First Qt build (no emulation yet)

[Spacy]

EDIT:

Get the latest build from this post: First Qt build (no emulation yet)


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Hi there. I just happened to have some free time, so I started to code on the Qt build. I start to really like Qt, because it is easy to code and I get to see results fast AND the build system kicks ass!

Get the binary from http://vba-m.ngemu.com/vbam/vbaother.../vba_qt_358.7z

About this build:

• Compiled with MSVC++ 2008 Express
• Static Qt build
• Static C/C++ runtimes
• OpenGL enabled
• German translation available (remove the "lang" folder in order to see the english interface)

Of course translations will be optional and selectable later on. The Qt translation system is really great and flexible, so it won't take long until VBA-M got a bunch of translations.

This build is just for demonstration purposes, no emulation at all yet.


Edit:
By the way, I would be glad about feedback on whether the .pro makefile compiles without changes on Linux with GCC.

[Dualscreenman]

After wrestling around with (minor) build issues on IRC for a while, Spacy and I achieved compilage on Linux:



(Yes, that's supposed to be pink)
Looks great! The Oxygen Qt4 theme really makes it look sexy.

[Spacy]

Build issues should be fixed now.

For a short build how-to have a look at our Wiki @ https://vbam.bountysource.com/wiki

[Dualscreenman]

I made a Spanish Translation. It shouldn't be bad, (it should be good) but if a native speaker (or anyone else for that matter) comes across a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.

Zip includes the .ts file and the svn diff of vba-m.pro.

[shashClp]

Just fixed spanish translation a bit, basically changing:

- "Exit"->"Salida" to "Salir" (like Firefox or other programs use)
- "Select translation" -> "Selecto traducción" to "Seleccione traducción" (selecto doesn't selection in spanish, it means something like "exclusive")

I attach a fixed zip. As a comment, shouldn't "Select translation" be changed to "Select language"? Imho, it's more logical that the program uses a certain language than it's translation, not to mention that most applications use that convention.

[ubuntummc]

Great Look forward to seeing the linux build to have an awesome gui now great work Spacy

[Squall-Leonhart]

guys, i love it, is that Oxygen theme available on the windows version as well?

[Surkow]

I think the windows version of Qt will use your current native theme. There are two themes available for non-Linux systems, "Windows XP" and "Aqua". But no Oxygen theme (or you'll have to port it yourself).

Originally Posted by Re: What a poor article

There are two "special" themes in Qt, "Windows XP" and "Aqua", which are only available on their respective platforms and which use the native widgets. They are also the default themes for these platforms. However, you can still use any of the other available themes or write your own silly roll-your-own theme, even under Windows or Mac OSX.

[Spacy]

Just as a note, I recommend waiting with the translations until VBA is in a more useful state so you don't have to redo your stuff as we make changes all the time. I'll add that translation nevertheless.

[Dualscreenman]

I was bored and I wanted to get familiar with the translation system. The Qt Linguist is a nifty tool, I like it.

[Spacy]

I wrote a small how-to to select another widget style for VBA:
https://vbam.bountysource.com/wiki

This works on any Qt app.


EDIT:
Hi there, it's me again.

I just added a basic cheat side bar. Other side bars I plan to add are one for cheat searching, emulation pause/resume/breakpoints and later maybe enable the user to put the tile viewers into sidebars. A disassembler/register viewer might be nice as well.

Tell me if you have more ideas for useful side bars.
I'll have to add the possibilitie to save/preserve the side bar positions and only show individual side bars later.

Get the build (365) from http://vba-m.ngemu.com/vbam/vbaother.../vba_qt_365.7z

[Dualscreenman]

Added translation instructions for Linux.

[Spacy]

Patch applied.

[Squall-Leonhart]

with that, i 100% support the writing of an official theme for VBA under windows :P

[TheCloudOfSmoke]

Wow, almost a 2 meg download. Is it going to be like that for every new build when emulation is added in?

[mudlord]

It might be a bit more, but we can EXE compress it to make sure it all fits. Thats the price we pay for pure cross platform compatibility.

Spacy, I had a thought. We could add QPainter support. Sindre Aamas's GB/GBC emulator uses Qt exclusively and it uses QPainter. And from my testing, its damn fast. Could be useful as a replacement for DirectDraw....

[Squall-Leonhart]

indeed, QPainter would be a good idea, i've seen a few apps that use it.

[Spacy]

ok, so we have to do the Display Interface thingy again ^^


About the download size: As I said, I compiled my own static version of Qt so nobody has to mess around with DLLs.
An option would be to provide one DLL pack here and distribute the much smaller exe. This would sure save some space. I got a flatrate, so I haven't cared for that yet, sorry

[Squall-Leonhart]

anyone who has Nach's NSRT on thier computer has the NF.exe which requires the dll's

but i do agree the dll files should be seperate to the program and only the vba.exe should be distributed in the zip.

[TheCloudOfSmoke]

Originally Posted by Spacy

About the download size: As I said, I compiled my own static version of Qt so nobody has to mess around with DLLs.
An option would be to provide one DLL pack here and distribute the much smaller exe. This would sure save some space. I got a flatrate, so I haven't cared for that yet, sorry

Ah, ok. Yeah, providing the dll pack for a one time download is a good idea.