[sword-devel] Getting Started on Windows Mobile Software

[David Trotz]

Also FYI:

You can get the source through svn either at the command line by:
    svn checkout https://crosswire.org/svn/swordreader/trunk swordreader
and you will obviously need the sword lib...
    svn checkout https://crosswire.org/svn/sword/trunk sword

It builds either by using eVC 3.0 (which appears to no longer be 
available from Microsoft) or with Visual Studio 2005 and the Windows 
Mobile 6 Professional (or Standard for SmartPhone suuport) SDK.

If you are a student you can obtain MSVC 2005 rather cheaply at your 
school's bookstore, if not its gonna cost you a pretty penny, which is 
why I kept eVC 3 support.

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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