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28 | /* NOT DOCUMENTED !
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29 | \page qmsdev.html
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30 |
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31 | \title The QMsDev Plugin
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32 |
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33 | The Visual Studio Integration Plugin is currently available only to users of
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34 | Visual Studio 6. It offers simple ways of doing common tasks when writing a
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35 | Qt application.
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36 |
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37 | \tableofcontents
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38 |
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39 | \section1 How to install the Visual Studio Integration Plugin
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40 |
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41 | When you install Qt, the integration plugin should be installed for you,
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42 | however, sometimes this does not happen, so to install the integration
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43 | plugin manually just carry out the following steps.
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44 |
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45 | \list
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46 | \i Start up Visual Studio.
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47 | \i Select Tools|Customize|Add-ins and Macro Files.
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48 | \i Ensure that there is a tick next to QMsDev Developer Studio Add-In.
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49 | \i Click Close.
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50 | \endlist
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51 |
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52 | Now the integration plugin should be installed. If this doesn't
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53 | work, then contact Qt technical support giving details of
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54 | what went wrong.
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55 |
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56 | \section1 How to uninstall the Visual Studio Integration Plugin
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57 |
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58 | When you want to uninstall the integration plugin, just carry out the
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59 | following steps.
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60 |
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61 | \list
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62 | \i Close down any instances of Visual Studio.
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63 | \i Delete the file '%MSDevDir%\\addins\\qmsdev.dll'
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64 | \endlist
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65 |
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66 | \section1 What can the Visual Studio Integration Plugin do?
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67 |
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68 | The integration plugin adds the following options to Visual Studio:
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69 |
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70 | \list
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71 | \i New Qt Project
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72 | \i New Qt Dialog
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73 | \i Qt Designer
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74 | \i Open Qt Project
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75 | \i Write Qt Project
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76 | \i Use Qt In Current Project
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77 | \i Add MOC
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78 | \endlist
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79 |
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80 | \section2 Using the 'New Qt Project' button
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81 |
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82 | The 'New Qt Project' button allows you to create a simple Qt project
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83 | ready for development. Simply fill in the form and if you select
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84 | 'Dialog' or 'Main Window' without MDI support then it will
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85 | automatically start up \e{Qt Designer}. When you have finished with
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86 | the form in \e{Qt Designer} just save it and it will appear in a
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87 | ready made Qt project.
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88 |
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89 | If you select 'Main Window' with 'MDI Support' then it will simply
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90 | give you a code skeleton in a project ready for you to populate with
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91 | your own code.
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92 |
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93 | \section2 Using the 'New Qt Dialog' button
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94 |
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95 | The 'New Qt Dialog' button works in two ways: You can use it to create a new
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96 | dialog for your project; or you can use it to insert an existing
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97 | dialog into your project.
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98 |
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99 | If you want to create a new dialog then all you need to do is specify where
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100 | the dialog file should be saved and give it a name. This will start up
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101 | \e{Qt Designer} to allow you to design your new dialog, and will add it to
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102 | the existing project.
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103 |
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104 | If you want to add an existing dialog to your project, then just select the
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105 | relevant UI file. This will then add it to your existing project and add
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106 | the relevant steps to create the generated code.
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107 |
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108 | \section2 Using the 'Qt Designer' button
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109 |
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110 | The 'Qt Designer' button simply starts up \e{Qt Designer}, it has no ties to
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111 | your existing project so whatever you do with it will not affect your
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112 | existing projects. It can also be started up by using the Ctrl+Shift+D key
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113 | combination in Visual Studio.
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114 |
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115 | \section2 Using the 'Open Qt Project' button
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116 |
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117 | The 'Open Qt Project' button allows you to convert an existing \c
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118 | qmake project file into a \c .dsp file which you can insert into
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119 | your existing workspace. When you click the 'Open Qt Project'
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120 | button, just select an existing \c qmake project file (a \c .pro
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121 | file) and then click OK. You will get a message box at the end
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122 | which asks you to insert the newly created \c .dsp file into your
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123 | existing workspace.
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124 |
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125 | \section2 Using the 'Write Qt Project' button
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126 |
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127 | The 'Write Qt Project' button creates a \c qmake project (\c .pro)
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128 | file for your current project so that you can easily copy the files
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129 | onto another platform and be able to use \c qmake to create a Makefile
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130 | on that other platform. All you need to do is make the project you
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131 | want to create a \c .pro file for, and click on the button. Just
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132 | name your \c qmake project file and click Save.
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133 |
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134 | \section2 Using the 'Use Qt In Current Project' button
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135 |
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136 | The 'Use Qt In Current Project' button simply adds in the necessary
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137 | information for the current project so that it links against Qt and
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138 | sets any other settings needed to use Qt in that project.
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139 |
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140 | \section2 Using the 'Add MOC' button
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141 |
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142 | The 'Add MOC' button will add in the custom build step for the selected file
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143 | so that it creates any needed MOC files and it will add these generated
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144 | files to the project. All you need to do to use it is click on a file that
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145 | has Q_OBJECT and click the button.
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146 |
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147 | You only need to use this button if you added a file that has
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148 | Q_OBJECT in it by hand, you don't need to use this if you used any
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149 | of the previously mentioned buttons. It can also be invoked by using
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150 | the \key{Ctrl+Shift+M} key combination in Visual Studio.
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151 |
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152 | */
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