are there prebuilt qt-binaries or does one always have to build it himself?

[notsonerdysunny]

are there pre-built qt-binaries or does one always have to build it himself in windows.

[gfunk]

Yes, Trolltech distributes installers that will install both pre-built binaries and source. From there, you can further configure your Qt install for other platforms.
It's in here:
http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qt/windows

Of course, if you need VS2005 support, you have to buy the commercial version of Qt. Otherwise, MinGW is your c++ compiler.

[darksaga]

Of course, if you need VS2005 support, you have to buy the commercial version of Qt. Otherwise, MinGW is your c++ compiler.

You can use VS2003, VS2005 & other versions with the open source edition, without a problem.

But then you have to build your binaries, and apply some patches, e.g. for VS2003 you can find the patch here (http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtwin/).

How to build your own version you can read here (http://wiki.qtcentre.org/index.php?title=Qt4_with_Visual_Studio)

it takes some time, but is not a big deal...

greetz