> again, I am not laughing at your project, I am just noting that you > explained well "what" and "how" but not "why" (at least *I* didn't > understand this last point). At the end you say: QT/(KDE) free cross-platform application development. For now, if you want to develop a cross-platform app, you're stuck with Qt-2.3.0 and the non- commercial edition for Windows, you cannot develop using Qt >= 3.x I experienced it with a small app I'm working on (http://jvtool.sourceforge.net), cross-platform development works very well, but sometimes it's a pity that you cannot use features of Qt >= 3.x. OTOH, native QT on Windows runs as smooth as under Linux, QT/cygwin does not. Michael Goffioul.