Oslo, Norway - December 19 2005
Trolltech is pleased to announce the release of Qt 4.1, the latest version of its leading cross-platform development software. Qt 4.1 - the first feature release since Qt 4.0 - includes a wide range of performance and stability enhancements, as well a number functionality additions. Key features include:
Integrated support for rendering scalable vector graphics (SVG) drawings and animations, delivering compact, high fidelity images, independent of scale. Qt 4.1 supports Tiny profiles of SVG 1.1 and 1.2.
A PDF backend to the Qt printing system, making the creation of PDF files from both desktop and server applications as simple as printing
A lightweight unit testing framework that enables rapid, thread- and type-safe testing of Qt applications and libraries.
In addition to these key new features, Qt 4.1 introduces new functionality across the board. Additional new features include:
An interactive menu and action editor in Qt Designer, enabling drag-and-drop of actions into menus and toolbars
New proxy models to enable view-specific sorting and filtering of data displayed using item views
Expanded features for development with OpenGL, including support for pixel and sample buffers
A flexible syntax highlighting class added to the Qt text rendering framework
Improved integration with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, including binaries for Visual Studio .NET 2005
Compatibility with other C++ libraries improved via 'no_keywords'- freely mix and even connect Qt Signals and Slots with Boost.Signals
Support for network proxy servers using the SOCKS5 protocol
Support for OLE verbs and MIME data handling in ActiveQt
Universal Binaries for Mac OS X
Available with Qt 4.1, improvements to qmake - Trolltech's cross-platform makefile build tool - now make it possible to create universal binaries for Mac OS X out of the box, enabling the creation of binaries that run on both Apple's PowerPC and new Intel architecture.
For detailed information, please consult the changes-4.1.0 file found in the distribution files, or visit
http://www.trolltech.com/developer/changes/changes-4.1.0.htmlAvailability
To download an evaluation version of Qt 4.1, please go to
http://www.trolltech.com/download/index.html
