[Qt-interest] Qt opensource on windows 64

[André Somers]

Hi,

"André Somers" <andre at familiesomers.nl> schreef in bericht 
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> Hi,
>
> "Constantin Makshin" <dinosaur-rus at users.sourceforge.net> schreef in 
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>> IIRC, Visual Studio Express doesn't support development of 64-bit 
>> applications. You'll have to use the compiler from Windows SDK and 
>> stand-alone version of the debugger. Quite inconvenient...
>>
>> Officially, MinGW doesn't have a 64-bit compiler, too. There's an 
>> unofficial 64-bit Windows version of GCC at 
>> http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net . You may try it.
>
> That MinGW version is exactly how far I got, actually. Problem is: how to 
> make Qt play nice with it? I downloaded the SDK, but it ships it's own 
> version of MinGW, which is based on a very version of GCC. I can't imagine 
> I'm the first to actually try to harnass the capabilities of his shiny 64 
> bit machine on Windows?

Doesn't anyone have a clue on how to get Qt working with a 64 bits, 
non-commercial compiler on Windows? I am not saying I am stuck to GCC/MinGW, 
but a commercial (paid) compiler is currently not an option.

André