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Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5

By : Lee Zhi Eng
Book Image

Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5

By: Lee Zhi Eng

Overview of this book

Qt 5, the latest version of Qt, enables you to develop applications with complex user interfaces for multiple targets. It provides you with faster and smarter ways to create modern UIs and applications for multiple platforms. This book will teach you to design and build graphical user interfaces that are functional, appealing, and user-friendly. In the initial part of the book, you will learn what Qt 5 is and what you can do with it. You will explore the Qt Designer, discover the different types of widgets generally used in Qt 5, and then connect your application to the database to perform dynamic operations. Next, you will be introduced to Qt 5 chart which allows you to easily render different types of graphs and charts and incorporate List View Widgets in your application. You will also work with various Qt modules, like QtLocation, QtWebEngine, and the networking module through the course of the book. Finally, we will focus on cross-platform development with QT 5 that enables you to code once and run it everywhere, including mobile platforms. By the end of this book, you will have successfully learned about high-end GUI applications and will be capable of building many more powerful, cross-platform applications.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Saving vector images to an SVG File

Beside drawing vector graphics, Qt allows us to save these graphics into a vector image file, called the SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) file format. The SVG format is an open format used by a lot of software, including web browsers to display vector graphics. In fact, Qt can also read SVG files and render them on screen, but we'll skip that for now. Let's check out how we can save our vector graphics to an SVG file!

This example continues from where we left it in the previous section. Therefore, we don't have to create a new Qt project and can just stick to the previous one.

First, let's add a menu bar to our main window if it doesn't already have one. Then, open mainwindow.ui, and in the form editor, right-click on the MainWindow object on the hierarchy window and select Create Menu Bar:

Once you're done, add...