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<li class="level1"><a href="#qt-on-windows">Qt on Windows</a></li>
<li class="level1"><a href="#getting-started-on-windows">Getting Started on Windows</a></li>
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<h1 class="title">Support for Windows</h1>
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<h2>Qt on Windows</h2>
<p>Qt is a comprehensive application and UI framework for developing Windows applications that can also be deployed across many other desktop and embedded operating systems without rewriting the source code. Use the code from one single code-base and rebuild for all <a href="supported-platforms.html">supported Windows versions and other platforms</a>.</p>
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<h2>Getting Started on Windows</h2>
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<li><a href="gettingstarted.html">Getting Started with Qt</a></li>
<li><a href="supported-platforms.html">Supported Windows platforms</a> - Qt supports a wide range of Windows platforms.</li>
<li><a href="requirements-win.html">Qt for Windows Requirements</a> - Requirements for developing with Qt on Windows.</li>
<li><a href="install-win.html">Installing Qt for Windows</a> - Build Qt for Windows development.</li>
<li><a href="platform-notes-windows.html">Platform and Compiler Notes - Windows</a> - Windows platform specific notes.</li>
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<h2>Key Features for Windows Development</h2>
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<h3>Rich Class Library</h3>
<p>The Qt class library includes all the functionality needed to build advanced GUI applications.</p>
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<li>Complete set of customizable <a href="qt-gui-concepts.html">UI controls/widgets</a></li>
<li>3D graphics support with OpenGL or Direct3D</li>
<li>Powerful multi-threading features</li>
<li>2D graphics canvas capable of handling millions of items</li>
<li><a href="qt5-intro.html#multimedia">Multimedia</a> support</li>
<li>WebKit integration</li>
<li>Networking, XML and <a href="topics-data-storage.html">data storage</a> functionality</li>
<li>ECMA standard scripting engine</li>
<li><a href="qt-activex.html">ActiveX in Qt</a></li>
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<h3>Integrated Development Tools</h3>
<p>Qt includes a set of integrated development tools to speed development on the Windows platform.</p>
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<li>Qt Designer provides a drag and drop visual GUI builder.</li>
<li>Qt Linguist provides internationalization and translation features.</li>
<li>Qt Assistant is a customizable HTML help file reader providing the complete Qt documentation offline.</li>
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<h3>Cross-Platform Development using Qt Creator</h3>
<p><a href="http://qt-project.org/doc/qtcreator/index.html">Qt Creator</a> is a complete Cross-platform IDE included in the Qt SDK. The IDE allows programmers to create, build, debug and run Qt applications accross all supported platforms.</p>
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<h3>Visual Studio Add-in.</h3>
<p>The Qt Visual Studio Add-in allows programmers to create, build, debug and run Qt applications from within Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008 and 2010. The add-in contains project wizards, Qt project import/export support, integrated Qt resource manager and automated build setup for the Qt Meta-Object Compiler, User Interface Compiler, and Resource Compiler.</p>
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