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In this post I am going to share the source code and explain a very simple example project that can be used as a starting point for anyone who wants to begin using OpenGL in Qt. As it is seen in the picture, this program draws a single place on the screen and allows you to rotate it in all directions.
Continue reading “OpenGL in Qt for Beginners”You need to use a QRegExp to achieve this. “\s” means any white space character and “+” means any number of that pattern. So you can use the following line to find any number of consecutive white spaces and split you string:
line.split(QRegExp("\s+"))
If you have already seen my Guide on How to Build Qt 5.5 Static wit MSVC then you probably won’t find anything new in this article. This only covers the paths and configurations for Qt 5.6 and it’s titled MSVC 2010 because Qt 5.6 installation includes pre-built libraries for all Compiler versions except MSVC 2010.
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You can use the following piece of code in your Qt Window to disable Close (“X”) button in the title bar.
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You can use the following code to add Context Sensitive Help button (“?” button in the Window title bar) to your Qt Windows, that is QWindow or QMainWindow, not QDialog which has “?” button by default.
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In Qt/C++ you can open Compiled HTML Help files (*.CHM files) quite easily with a simple Win32 API function named HtmlHelp. In this post I have shared a wrapper function that you can copy and paste in your Qt/C++ code and use.
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Whether you are developing PC (and mobile) applications for a company or for yourself, revision control should be a crucial part of what you do. The two major revision control systems are Git and Apache SVN. In this post I am going to show you how simple it is to use SVN with Qt.
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To make your Qt application compatible with Windows XP (32-bit) you have to add the following line to your PRO file. Note that this will enable targeting for Windows XP without disrupting the application’s behavior in higher Windows versions.
QMAKE_LFLAGS_WINDOWS = /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS,5.01You also need to install Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015. You can find Microsoft official link below:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145
First of all you can check this link if you don’t know what hybrid applications are and what the difference between Hybrid and Native application is. In this article I am sharing the source code of a simple application that uses Qt with a combination of C++ and QML to run Hybrid applications (written using Framework7, Ionic or Famo.us) on the Operating Systems of your choice (Android, iOS, WP, Windows, Mac OS X and Linux).
Continue reading “How to Use Qt to Create Hybrid Applications”In this post I’m going to do a simple comparison of Hybrid and Native apps. If you are going to write an application, specially for mobile phones then at some point you will definitely face this decision.So here it is: