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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.
Continue reading “How to Open CHM Files and Topics in C++/Qt (Using Windows API)”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).
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The one and only correct answer is, you have to check if you can access some famous (like Google or Facebook) server on the internet. This question comes up a lot and surprisingly enough there is no clear answer for it because being connected to the internet can have different meanings in different countries. For example in my home country of Iran (and in China and some other countries too), Facebook and some other popular websites are forbidden under the law, so being connected to the Internet does not mean being connected to Facebook, and vice versa. So, you have to use a website which is not forbidden in the country your app is going to be used, and then use the simple approach below:
Continue reading “How to Check Internet Connection Availability Using Qt/C++”Qt allows you to easily grab an screenshot and save it using grabWindow function implemented in QScreen. Here is how you can use it:
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In this post I am going to share a very simple but crucial parts of my QRecorder program which is recording images into videos. At the time of writing this article, Qt doesn’t allow recording of video files and OpenCV with its multi-platform support seems to be the best solution.
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File and data compression using Qt is extremely easy. There are many cases where you’d possibly like your data to be compressed (for example before sending it over network to a remote host) and in such cases you can use the approach below:
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In this post I’m sharing a class called QGraphicsSepiaEffect that you can use to add Sepia effect to your Qt Widgets. It inherits QGraphicsEffect, which means you can easily add it to your project and use a single line of code to have Sepia effect on any widget or image (i.e. on a QLabel).
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You can use OpenCV to easily and quickly apply a Sepia filter to your images, as seen in these pictures. Here is how:
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You can use ActiveX Control List application to get a complete list of currently installed and registered ActiveX (and COM of course) components that are available on the system.
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