Carbide.vs

Carbide.vs withdrawal

Forum Nokia has determined that Carbide.vs no longer offers a strategic development option for Symbian C++ development. As a result, Forum Nokia has withdrawn both Carbide.vs 2.0 and Carbide.vs 3.0.

Why has Forum Nokia chosen to withdraw Carbide.vs?

Forum Nokia has seen an increasing number of developers choosing Carbide.c++ as their development environment for Symbian C++, Open C/C++, and Qt software applications. Because Carbide.c++ is available free of charge, Forum Nokia expects this trend to accelerate, particularly given the additional productivity tools Carbide.c++ now offers all developers.

Can I still download Carbide.vs?

Forum Nokia has withdrawn Carbide.vs, and the product downloads are no longer available.

I rely on Carbide.vs to build applications for Symbian OS, so what should I do?

Forum Nokia recommends that you switch development to Carbide.c++. Carbide.c++ is now available free of charge and offers a range of tools that make development more productive. These tools include TRK for on-device debugging; UI Designer, which enables drag-and-drop UI designing; Performance Investigator to locate application performance issues; and CodeScanner to provide advice on best-practice coding for Symbian C++ applications.

Find out more about the capabilities and features of Carbide.c++ »

Can I continue using Carbide.vs?

You can continue using Carbide.vs; however, neither Carbide.vs 2.0 nor Carbide.vs 3.0 will be available for download from Forum Nokia, and there will be no enhancements or defect fixes made to either product. In addition, there is no guarantee that SDKs for future editions of the S60 platform will work correctly in Carbide.vs 2.0 or Carbide.vs 3.0. Also, there will be no formal support for Carbide.vs, although developers are welcome to continue using the Symbian Tools & SDKs discussion board to discuss issues with other Carbide.vs users.

If I continue using Carbide.vs what support will be available?

There will no longer be formal support for Carbide.vs, and support requests under pay-per-incident support or support agreements will be returned. You will, however, be welcome to continue using the Symbian Tools & SDKs discussion board to exchange information with other Carbide.vs users.

If I want to move my development work to Carbide.c++, how can Forum Nokia help?

Forum Nokia has created a number of resources that will help you move to Carbide.c++ and then rapidly become productive. The recommended starting point is the document Switching to Carbide.c++, which reviews the differences between Carbide.c++ and Microsoft Visual Studio and offers advice on how to transition from one to the other.

Once you have understood the basic differences between Visual Studio and Carbide.c++, you might want to read the Carbide.c++: Introductory White Paper or view the Getting Started with Carbide.c++ Express Screencast, both of which will take you through the basics of creating, building, and deploying your first application.

Then consider reading the Carbide.c++ UI Designer White Paper to learn how UI Designer can help speed development by creating application GUIs visually.

When your application is ready for testing, consider the On-Device Debugging with Carbide.c++ document or video. Both resources are designed to help you connect your device for on-device debugging and can guide you through the use of the debugging tools available in Carbide.c++.

Finally, the document Analyzing Application Performance with the Carbide.c++ Performance Investigator and the video Getting Started with Carbide.c++ Performance Investigator provide helpful information on capturing and analysing information on a device's consumption of resources such as memory, CPU, and battery.

In addition, the Forum Nokia Wiki Carbide Training Videos page offers a number of short training videos that deal with specific features of Carbide.c++ such as perspectives, debugging DLLs, and the capability scanner.

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