[Qt-interest] some questions

[Constantin Makshin]

On Thursday 16 December 2010 00:08:40 Michael S wrote:
> Good day all,
>
> I am about to develop a multi-platform service type application and a few questions came up.
Hello and welcome.

> 1) I looked at the list of supported platforms, XP, Vista and Win7 are Tier 1 system. Can I assume that Win Server 2003 / 2008 are supported as well?
Yes.

> 2) The service will have a few types of events to respond to. What are the advantages of implementing an event system (just 3-4 types of events, some external, some scheduled) using
> 
> a) QEvent
Lower level than signals and slots allows you to catch and handle events not available in object's signals.

> b) signals/slots
Higher level than QEvent with event parameters provided in a convenient format. Also can be used to handle events sent by objects that don't support QEvent (QEvent is used primarily for GUI-related events, while almost every QObject-derived object has some specific signals and slots).

> c) Observer pattern?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Michael
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