C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3

ISBN: 0131240722
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2006
Pages: 140

Authors: Jasmin Blanchette, Mark Summerfield

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Part I: Basic Qt

Getting Started

• Getting Started
• Hello Qt
• Making Connections
• Using the Reference Documentation

Creating Dialogs

• Creating Dialogs
• Subclassing QDialog
• Signals and Slots in Depth
• Rapid Dialog Design
• Shape-Changing Dialogs
• Dynamic Dialogs
• Built-in Widget and Dialog Classes

Creating Main Windows

• Creating Main Windows
• Subclassing QMainWindow
• Creating Menus and Toolbars
• Implementing the File Menu
• Setting Up the Status Bar
• Using Dialogs
• Storing Settings
• Multiple Documents
• Splash Screens

Implementing Application Functionality

• Implementing Application Functionality
• The Central Widget
• Subclassing QTable
• Loading and Saving
• Implementing the Edit Menu
• Implementing the Other Menus
• Subclassing QTableItem

Creating Custom Widgets

• Creating Custom Widgets
• Customizing Qt Widgets
• Subclassing QWidget
• Integrating Custom Widgets with Qt Designer
• Double Buffering

Part II: Intermediate Qt

Layout Management

• Layout Management
• Basic Layouts
• Splitters
• Widget Stacks
• Scroll Views
• Dock Windows
• Multiple Document Interface

Event Processing

• Event Processing
• Reimplementing Event Handlers
• Installing Event Filters
• Staying Responsive During Intensive Processing

2D and 3D Graphics

• 2D and 3D Graphics
• Painting with QPainter
• Graphics with QCanvas
• Printing
• Graphics with OpenGL

Drag and Drop

• Drag and Drop
• Enabling Drag and Drop
• Supporting Custom Drag Types
• Advanced Clipboard Handling

Input/Output

• Input/Output
• Reading and Writing Binary Data
• Reading and Writing Text
• Handling Files and Directories
• Inter-Process Communication

Container Classes

• Container Classes
• Vectors
• Lists
• Maps
• Pointer-Based Containers
• QString and QVariant

Databases

• Databases
• Connecting and Querying
• Presenting Data in Tabular Form
• Creating Data-Aware Forms

Networking

• Networking
• Using QFtp
• Using QHttp
• TCP Networking with QSocket
• UDP Networking with QSocketDevice

XML

• XML
• Reading XML with SAX
• Reading XML with DOM
• Writing XML

Internationalization

• Internationalization
• Working with Unicode
• Making Applications Translation-Aware
• Dynamic Language Switching
• Translating Applications

Providing Online Help

• Providing Online Help
• Tooltips, Status Tips, and Whats This? Help
• Using QTextBrowser as a Simple Help Engine
• Using Qt Assistant for Powerful Online Help

Multithreading

• Multithreading
• Working with Threads
• Communicating with the GUI Thread
• Using Qts Classes in Non-GUI Threads

Platform-Specific Features

• Platform-Specific Features
• Interfacing with Native APIs
• Using ActiveX
• Session Management
• Appendix A. Installing Qt
• A Note on Licensing
• Installing Qt/Windows
• Installing Qt/Mac
• Installing Qt/X11