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/*!
    \group qtce
    \title Qt for Windows CE
    \ingroup qt-embedded
    \brief Documents related to Qt on Windows CE

    Qt for Windows CE is a C++ framework for GUI and application development
    for embedded devices running Windows CE. It runs on a variety of processors,
    including ARM, Intel x86, MIPS and SH-4.

    \table 100%
    \header \o Getting Started \o Reference \o Performance and Optimization
    \row
    \o
     \list
        \o \l {Qt for Windows CE Requirements}
        \o \l {Installing Qt on Windows CE}
        \o \l {Windows CE - Introduction to using Qt}{Introduction to using Qt}
    \endlist
    \o
    \list
        \o \l {Windows CE - Using shadow builds}{Using shadow builds}
        \o \l {Windows CE - Working with Custom SDKs}{Working with Custom SDKs}
    \endlist
    \o
    \list
        \o \l {Qt for Windows CE Hardware Accelerated Graphics}{Hardware Accelerated Graphics}
        \o \l {Qt Performance Tuning}
        \o \l {Fine-Tuning Features in Qt}
    \endlist
    \endtable
*/

/*!
    \page wince-with-qt-introduction.html

    \title Windows CE - Introduction to using Qt
    \brief An introduction to Qt for Windows CE developers.
    \ingroup qtce

    \tableofcontents

    \section1 Required tools

    In order to use Qt for Windows CE you need to have Visual Studio
    2005 or 2008 and at least one of the supported Windows
    CE/Mobile SDKs installed.
    Note, that the Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition doesn't come
    with Windows CE support. You will need the Professional Edition,
    if you're using Visual Studio 2008.

    We recommend the \e{Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK for Pocket PC} SDK available
    \l{http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=83a52af2-f524-4ec5-9155-717cbe5d25ed&DisplayLang=en}{here}.

    \section1 Installing Qt

    Follow the instructions found in \l{Installing Qt on Windows CE}.

    \section1 Building your own applications

    If you are new to Qt development, have a look at \l{How to Learn Qt}
    and \l{Tutorials}. In general there is little or no difference in
    developing Qt applications for Windows CE compared to any of the
    other platforms supported by Qt.

    Once you have a \c .pro file, there are two ways of building your
    application. You can either do it on the command line or inside of
    Visual Studio. To do it on the command line, simply write:

    \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_wince-introduction.qdoc 0

    To build the project inside of Visual Studio, on the command line write:

    \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_wince-introduction.qdoc 1

    then start Visual Studio with the generated \c .vcproj or \c .sln file and
    select \e{Build project}.

    For more information on how to use qmake have a look at the \l
    {qmake Tutorial}.

    \section1 Running the application

    In order to run the application, it needs to be deployed on the
    Windows CE/Mobile device you want to test it for. This can either
    be done manually or automated using Visual Studio.

    To do it manually, simply copy the executable, the Qt \c{.dll}
    files needed for the application to run, and the C-runtime library
    into a folder on the device, and then click on the executable to
    start the program. You can either use the \e Explorer found in
    ActiveSync or the \e{Remote File Viewer} found in Visual Studio to do
    this.