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.
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.
I have chosen The Sword Project because of the openness and because of
the large library of modules to choose from.
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.
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.
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.
Are there any current projects ongoing in building a Windows Mobile
version?
I am looking for advice on where/how to start before I dive in.
Thank you to everyone who replies!
SonWon
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