Thanks Andy. I do not need to port to Qt but it is good to know. I will have to write it from scratch using Carbon C++ application template. The given link is very useful.
Regards Rakesh On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Andy Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you seen http://doc.trolltech.com/solutions/qtwinmigrate/index.html ? > If you need a hand then drop me a line, I have been coding with Qt for the > last 6 years, using it on Mac and Windows. I guess starting from scratch is > somewhat of a sledge hammer solution, but if you really want a native Mac OS > X app then I would use Cocoa anytime, it all depends on the size and > complexity of the project. > > Andy > > > > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Jason Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Rakesh Singhal wrote: >> >>> I do not know about porting Windows code (MFC based) to Mac OS. The >>> existing >>> code is written in C++. As suggested that it is possible then how to do >>> it? >>> Do I need to change the existing code (Windows code) very much. I have >>> not >>> used Qt before this. Does Qt support the MFC? >>> >> >> To answer your last question, "No." Qt is a widget toolkit that serves the >> same purpose of MFC, but does so in a very different way, and unlike MFC is >> inherently cross-platform. >> >> You will basically need to rewrite the program from scratch. There is no >> tool that will automagically turn the MFC code in the application into >> something that will work on Mac OS X or anything other than Windows. >> >> Even a few seconds using Google would have answered your questions. >> >> Jason >> >> >>> Regards >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:01 AM, Bill Bumgarner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> On Oct 30, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Tommy Nordgren wrote: >>>> >>>> I suggest you port your app to use the Qt framework from >>>>> TrollTech >>>>> (http://www.trolltech.com) It is implemented in C++, and the native >>>>> layer >>>>> on Mac OS X is implemented using Carbon and Cocoa. >>>>> You might have to implement some modules in your app differently >>>>> depending on target OS, particularly to get native look and feel. >>>>> The most important thing with using Qt, is that you will be able >>>>> to >>>>> port your app to any unix dialect that uses X windows, as well. >>>>> >>>>> Qt is good stuff, but be very careful going down this path. >>>> >>>> While Qt applications are very portable, the Macintosh Qt apps tend to >>>> stick out like sore thumbs. >>>> >>>> Google Earth, likely one of the most popular Qt applications around, is >>>> certainly an awesomely powerful application. >>>> >>>> But the UI stinks. It looks bad, it doesn't behave like standard Mac >>>> OS X >>>> applications, and it is generally clunky. >>>> >>>> b.bum >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) >>> >>> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. >>> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >>> >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/jason%40sigio.com >>> >>> This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) >> >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. >> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >> >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/andy.bell%40allbabel.com >> >> This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
