[Qt-wince-interest] Advice on reduction of Qt dll size in Windows Mobile

Constantin Makshin cmakshin at gmail.com
Mon Jan 18 12:52:15 CET 2010


My Windows Mobile version of Qt 4.6 is 20.5MB ("core" DLLs + plugins). The  
only thing it lacks is OpenSSL support. If that's acceptable for you, I  
could send you the CAB package with Qt and/or files I use to compile it  
(compilation script and mkspecs files).

On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:30:49 +0300, Johan Lantz <johan.lantz at genaker.net>  
wrote:
> Hi
>
> So I have found out that the Qt dll is to big (atleast in Debug mode)
> for the 32mb Windows Mobile restrictions.
>
> I know there is a qconfig tool that can help me reduce the size but I
> have some questions:
>
> 1. Which changes can I achive with the "configure" parameters when it
> comes to Windows CE. I know that if I run configure -help I get some
> info but I am not sure if everything is covered.
> Question: Are there some major things that is normally not needed in
> Windows CE that can be removed when running configure with some extra
> switches, I have already removed the Qt 3 support.
>
> 2. Are there any advice on the things to remove with the configuration
> tool that will have a large impact on the final dll sizes and that are
> rarely used?
>
> Basically I am looking for some pointers on things that can normally be
> removed without causing difficulties later on. My project will most
> likely be pretty basic and use the normal Qt controls.
>
> All suggestions are appriciated.

-- 
Constantin Makshin



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