[Qt-creator] Qt Creator 3.4 binaries will be compiled with MSVC 2013 (dynamic opengl)

[Koehne Kai]

Hi,

We just switched the compiler we use to build the Qt Creator binaries on Windows from MSVC 2010 to MSVC 2013. To be more accurate, we now build the packages with Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 32 bit, and Qt 5.4.1 MSVC 2013 32 bit.

This allows us to (again) use an official Qt build. The dynamic opengl switching in this Qt build also enables Qt Creator to run in environments where DirectX isn't working (Virtual Machines etc). However, this also means also that the build won't run anymore on Windows XP.

Note that compiling Qt Creator with Visual Studio 2010 is still supported for 3.4 (but we plan to drop support in 3.5, see the "Using C++11 in Creator's source" thread). 

The change is already done in the latest snapshots:

http://download.qt.io/snapshots/qtcreator/3.4.0-rc1/latest/

Feel free to give it a try :)

Regards

Kai


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