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Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5

You're reading from   Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5 Build stunning cross-platform applications and widgets with the most powerful GUI framework

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788397827
Length 404 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Lee Zhi Eng Lee Zhi Eng
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Qt FREE CHAPTER 2. Qt Widgets and Style Sheets 3. Database Connection 4. Graphs and Charts 5. Item Views and Dialogs 6. Integrating Web Content 7. Map Viewer 8. Graphics View 9. The Camera Module 10. Instant Messaging 11. Implementing a Graphics Editor 12. Cloud Storage 13. Multimedia Viewers 14. Qt Quick and QML 15. Cross-Platform Development 16. Testing and Debugging 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Working with dialog boxes

One very important aspect of creating a user-friendly application is the ability to display vital information regarding the status of the application when a certain event (intended or unintended) occurs. To display such information, we need an external window that can be dismissed by the user once he/she has acknowledged the information.

Qt comes with this functionality, and it's all residing in the QMessageBox class. There are several types of message box you can use in Qt; the most basic one uses just a single line of code, like so:

QMessageBox::information(this, "Alert", "Just to let you know, something happened!"); 

There are three parameters you need to provide for this function. The first one is the parent of the message box, which we have set as the main window. The second parameter is for the window title, and the third...

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