Nathan,

 

I will take a look into the PyQGIS side of things. I’m much more comfortable in 
C++ than I am in Python, but I imagine I could probably make it work for me, as 
long as I’m not going the plugin route, I’ll be doing a lot of database type 
stuff and prefer my code to run in parallel with QGIS, rather than launching a 
plugin every time something needs done.

 

What’s required to get PyQGIS up and running on Windows 8.1? Is it just simply 
installing the standalone version of QGIS and Python (https://www.python.org/ 
)? Do I have access to all the QGIS files I need in this setup? Or do I need to 
pull the QGIS source code from Git?

 

Thanks!

 

Josh Q

 

From: Nathan Woodrow [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 9:41 AM
To: Joshua Quesenberry
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Compiling QGIS and C++ Application with QGIS 
Headers on Windows 8.1

 

Hey Joshua,

 

If your plan is to build a small application using QGIS I would recommend using 
Python with PyQGIS.  It's very easy to get up and running with that and your 
dev time will be much faster. Plus you don't have to compile it for every 
platform under the sun ;)

 

If you are keen to try that I have a working Python PyQGIS app here: 
https://github.com/DMS-Aus/Roam which include code to create a standalone exe 
with everything included.  That is pretty full on example but I can strip it 
down to the most important parts if needed.

 

Regards,

Nathan

 

On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 11:29 PM, Joshua Quesenberry <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

Good Morning,

 

I tried painfully to get QGIS compiled last night, but I’ve had no such luck. 
I’d like to try adding some features to the program in the future, but I’d also 
like to be able to build my own C++ applications that have access to the 
interface and can display basic map data.

 

I’m trying to follow the instructions on the INSTALL page 
(http://htmlpreview.github.io/?http://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/doc/INSTALL.html
 )

 

My current setup is this:

 

Windows 8.1

Visual Studio Express 2013

QGIS was standalone installed a month or so ago and is version 2.2.0

QT 5.3

CMake

Git (I’m using the main download at http://msysgit.github.io/ along with 
TortoiseGit)

Flex

Bison

OSGeo4W Advanced Installation with all the required packages

I tried Installing the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4, but 
after an hour of installing it was no more than like 1% complete, so I assume 
it was broken. Maybe I need the Windows SDK for Windows 8.1 and .NET Framework 
4.5.1?

 

Can you all help me get squared away? I was installing recent version of 
software, but maybe I need the very specific versions that are mentioned 
(Visual Studio Express 2010, QT 4.x, Windows 7)?

 

Just as some background with where I want to go with all of this; for one I’m 
working on a small project in Visual Studio Express that allows me to analyze 
the game Scotland Yard, for two I’ve been involved with Search and Rescue for a 
little over a decade and we have some tools that are being developed alongside 
ArcGIS that over an unknown period of time I’d like to try to make available 
through freely available software.

 

Thanks!

 

Josh Q


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