[Qt-interest] What versions of Windows can Qt programs run on?

[Bo Thorsen]

Den 06-09-2010 06:16, Bob Babcock skrev:
> What versions of Windows can run Qt programs?  Looking at
>    http://doc.trolltech.com/4.6/supported-platforms.html
> it seems the official answer is XP or higher are supported.  But I've tried
> Win/2K with success, so unsupported doesn't mean it won't work.  Win/95 and
> Win/98 gave DLL errors that I couldn't fix.  I don't have ME or NT
> available for testing.  I have no desire to run these older operating
> systems, but I'd like to know what to say when I'm documenting system
> requirements.
>
> This article
>    http://www.off-soft.net/en/develop/qt/qtb7.html
> indicates that the answer depends on both the Qt version and the compiler
> used.  I'm using Qt 4.7-rc1 and MinGW 4.4.

I can't help but answer with a movie quote: "Why do you ask questions to 
which you already know the answer?"

Qt runs on XP and higher. If it runs on something before that it's a 
coincidence (or rather good and portable coding), and some day it will 
just break without anyone telling you.

If you need to support Windows ME - which would instantly drive me 
insane :) - or some other incredibly old version, don't use Qt. The same 
goes for all other platforms. You are not going to find a recent Qt that 
runs on SuSE 6.2.

Bo Thorsen,
Fionia Software.

Bo Thorsen,
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