[sword-devel] Getting Started on Windows Mobile Software

[David Trotz]

John (or SonWon?)
Welcome to the community.

There is a Windows Mobile Version of Sword in the making, it is called 
SwordReader. I recently spent a lot of time doing a rewrite and 
restructuring the code base. It is now very structured. I do not use 
MFC, but I did write a framework that somewhat mimics MFC. I also wrote 
my own HTML renderer to give us greater control over the rendering of 
biblical texts, as well as a bit of a performance boost.

We would love to have your help on this project, please consider joining 
our team as opposed to starting your own venture. Together we can 
produce more feature rich software in a shorter amount of time.

In Christ,
David Trotz


John Mitchell wrote:
> I am interested in programming a Windows Mobile version of The Sword 
> Project.
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> I have experience in programming with Embedded Visual C++.  I actually 
> wrote a proprietary Bible Reader for Windows Mobile based PDAs.  
> However, I now desire to build an opensource Bible reader for all to 
> use, since I don't care for any of the available Bible readers on the 
> market today.  My strength is actually more towards a usable interface 
> design rather than coding, but I am able to get the code to work.  :)  
> I am a coding hack but will try to be more structured with this 
> project.  My focus is on ease of use so the software doesn't get in 
> the way of reading and understanding God's Word.
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> I have chosen The Sword Project because of the openness and because of 
> the large library of modules to choose from.
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> My plan is to write a reader that will be able to use all of the 
> available modules in the library.  I also hope to incorporate 
> module downloading from the Internet, but this would be a later goal.
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> From browsing the archives, it appears there is an API that will allow 
> me to read the various file formats of the modules?  Please correct me 
> if I am confused.
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> I think to get started I should take existing source code to learn how 
> to read the various modules.  I am thinking The Sword Project for 
> windows would be the best match.  But, I am also considering the 
> QPSWORD version.  This would require me to use/learn QT for coding 
> though.  And I understand from QT that I would still need to compile 
> my code in MS Visual Studio (VS).  I am leaning towards just using MS 
> VS.  Speaking of which, does anyone know where I can obtain 
> an inexpensive copy of MS VS ($300 is more than I can spare at the 
> moment.  I would then use the appropriate code from that reader to use 
> in the mobile version with mobile specific modifications.  I would 
> prefer to only work with C++ since I have no experience working 
> with MFC, etc.
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> Are there any current projects ongoing in building a Windows Mobile 
> version?
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> I am looking for advice on where/how to start before I dive in.
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> Thank you to everyone who replies!
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> SonWon
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