“Open C Plug-in MR for S60 C++ SDK” is a Maintenance Release for the previously released “Open C SDK plugin for S60 3rd Edition SDKs”, which contains bug fixes and improvements over and above the earlier release. More details can be found from the Release Notes, contained within the package.

The Open C SDK plug-in for S60 3rd Edition SDKs provides developers with access to a comprehensive range of functions from nine well-known standard POSIX and middleware C libraries — libc, libdl, libpthread, libm, libz, libcrypt, libcrypto, libglib, and libssl. These Open C libraries provide a Linux-like, vendor-neutral C-programming interface to core functions on S60 devices. Open C makes it easier for developers to port a range of existing standard C applications to S60 3rd Edition. It also allows developers with little or no Symbian C++ development experience to create components for application that will run on S60 3rd Edition devices.

Open C was jointly developed with Symbian Limited; as a result, code written on top of Open C delivers performance comparable to that of native Symbian C++ applications.

The Open C SDK plug-in enables applications and application components to be developed using the developer’s chosen integrated development environment (IDE) for S60 development, although Carbide.c++ is recommended. Once an application has been built, the plug-in allows it to be tested on the S60 emulator.

Support for Open C will be integrated into devices based on S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2. For devices based on S60 3rd Edition and S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1, the Open C plug-in is delivered as a signed Symbian Installation System (SIS) package. This SIS package can be included in a Symbian Signed SIS file with an application using Open C components, enabling the delivery of a single installation package.

Datasheet for more details
Download a datasheet of Open C SDK plug-in for full details.

Carbide.c++
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Source codes for Glib will be part of this package.

Nokia offers to provide complete corresponding source code of the software under LGPL (Glib) to you on CD-ROM for a charge covering the cost of performing such distribution, such as the cost of media, shipping and handling, upon written request to Nokia at and they can also be received from following address:

Open C for S60
P.O. Box 321
00045 NOKIA GROUP
Helsinki
Finland

Glib sources will also be available in: http://opensource.nokia.com/projects/openc/

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