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Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction

   Why GUI Toolkits?

   Why Portability?

   Why Qt?

   Implementing Cross-Platform GUI Libraries

   Acquiring Qt

   Compiling and Installing Qt

   C++ as Used by Qt

   Getting Help

Chapter 2. First Steps in Qt Programming

   Hello, world!

   Using the Qt Reference Documentation

   Adding an Exit Button

   Introduction to Signals and Slots

   Event Handling and Simple Drawings with QPainter

Chapter 3. Learning More About Qt

   Adding Menus

   Adding a Scrolled View

   Adding a Context Menu

   File I/O

Chapter 4. A Guided Tour Through the Simple Widgets

   General Widget Parameters

   Widget Styles

   Buttons

   Selection Widgets

   Widgets for Bounded-Range Input

   Scrollbars

   Menu-Related Widgets

   Arrangers

   Tab-Related Widgets

   Text-Entry Fields

   Labels

   Widgets for the Office

   Progress Bars

   Scrolled Views

   List Views

   Icon Views

   Widgets for Tabular Material

   Widgets for Displaying Rich Text

Chapter 5. A Guided Tour Through the Qt Dialog Boxes

   Predefined Dialog Boxes

   Building Blocks for Your Own Dialog Boxes

Chapter 6. Using Layout Managers

   Layout Manager Basics

   Laying Out Widgets in Rows and Columns

   Nested Layout Managers

   Grid Layout

   Implicit Geometry Management

Chapter 7. Some Thoughts on GUI Design

Chapter 8. Container Classes

   Available Container Classes

   Choosing a Container Class

   Working with Reference-Based Container Classes

   Working with Value-Based Container Classes

Chapter 9. Graphics

   Animations

   Printing

   Managing Colors

   Basic QPainter: Drawing Figures

   Advanced QPainter

   Double-Buffering and Other Nifty Techniques

   Independently Movable Objects with QCanvas

   Working with Styles

   Loading and Saving Custom Image Formats

   Setting a Cursor

Chapter 10. Text Processing

   Internationalization and Localization of On-Screen Text

   Validating User Input

   Working with Regular Expressions

   Reading and Writing XML Files

   Rich Text

Chapter 11. Working with Files and Directories

   Reading a Text File

   Traversing a Directory

   File Information

   Reading and Writing Configuration Data

Chapter 12. Interapplication Communication

   Using the Clipboard

   Drag-and-Drop

Chapter 13. Interfacing with the Operating System

   Working with Date and Time Values

   Loading Code Libraries Dynamically

   Spawning Child Processes

   Playing Sounds

Chapter 14. Writing Your Own Widgets

   Implementing a Coordinate Selector

   Implementing a Browse Box

Chapter 15. Focus Handling

Chapter 16. Advanced Event Handling

   Event Filters

   Sending Synthetic Events

Chapter 17. Advanced Signals and Slots

   Signals and Slots Revisited

   Connecting Several Buttons to One Slot

   Actions

Chapter 18. Providing Help

Chapter 19. Accessing Databases

   Installation of the SQL module

   Connecting to a Database

   Simple Data Retrieval

   Data Retrieval with Cursors

   Data Display

   Data Manipulation

   Anything Else?

Chapter 20. Multithreading

   Configuring Qt for Multithreading

   Using Qt's Multithreading Classes

   Multithreading Pitfalls

   Alternatives to Multithreading

Chapter 21. Debugging

Chapter 22. Portability

   Why Portability Is Desirable

   How to Write Portable Programs

   Danger Ahead: When Even Qt Is Not Portable

   Building Projects Portably with qmake

Chapter 23. Qt Network Programming

   Low-Level Socket Access

   Higher-Level Network Access

Chapter 24. Interfacing Qt with Other Languages and\ Libraries

   OpenGL Programming with Qt

   Writing Netscape Plug-ins

   Integrating Xt Widgets

   Interfacing Qt with Perl

Chapter 25. Using the Visual C++ IDE for Qt Programs

   Importing an Existing Makefile

   Creating Your Own Project from Scratch

   Using qmake to Create a Project File

   Using the MS Visual Studio Integration

Chapter 26. Visual Design with Qt Designer

   Why Do You Need A GUI Designer?

   Creating a Simple Application with the Help of Qt Designer

   Adding Functionality to a Dialog Box by Subclassing

   Using Layout Management

   Useful Techniques

Appendix A. Answers to Exercises

Glossary

Index