[Qt-interest] some questions

[Sean Harmer]

On Wednesday 15 December 2010 21:08:40 Michael S wrote:
> Good day all,
> 
> I am about to develop a multi-platform service type application and a few
> questions came up.
> 
> 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?
> 
> 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
> b) signals/slots
> c) Observer pattern?

I also recommend that you take a look at the QtService solution too. This 
takes care of turning your app into a windows service or Unix daemon for you.

http://qt.nokia.com/products/qt-addons/solutions-archive
http://qt.gitorious.org/qt-solutions/qt-solutions/trees/master/qtservice

We use this on Unix and it works nicely.

HTH,

Sean