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/*!
\example dialogs/licensewizard
\title License Wizard Example
\ingroup examples-dialogs
\brief The License Wizard example shows how to implement complex wizards in
Qt.
\image licensewizard-example.png Screenshot of the License Wizard example
Most wizards have a linear structure, with page 1 followed by
page 2 and so on until the last page. The
\l{dialogs/classwizard}{Class Wizard} example shows how to create
such wizards.
Some wizards are more complex in that they allow different
traversal paths based on the information provided by the user.
The License Wizard example illustrates this. It provides five
wizard pages; depending on which options are selected, the user
can reach different pages.
\image licensewizard-flow.png The License Wizard pages
The example consists of the following classes:
\list
\li \c LicenseWizard inherits QWizard and implements a non-linear
five-page wizard that leads the user through the process of
choosing a license agreement.
\li \c IntroPage, \c EvaluatePage, \c RegisterPage, \c
DetailsPage, and \c ConclusionPage are QWizardPage subclasses
that implement the wizard pages.
\endlist
\section1 The LicenseWizard Class
The \c LicenseWizard class derives from QWizard and provides a
five-page wizard that guides the user through the process of
registering their copy of a fictitious software product. Here's
the class definition:
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.h 1
The class's public API is limited to a constructor and an enum.
The enum defines the IDs associated with the various pages:
\table
\header \li Class name \li Enum value \li Page ID
\row \li \c IntroPage \li \c Page_Intro \li 0
\row \li \c EvaluatePage \li \c Page_Evaluate \li 1
\row \li \c RegisterPage \li \c Page_Register \li 2
\row \li \c DetailsPage \li \c Page_Details \li 3
\row \li \c ConclusionPage \li \c Page_Conclusion \li 4
\endtable
For this example, the IDs are arbitrary. The only constraints are
that they must be unique and different from -1. IDs allow us to
refer to pages.
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 2
In the constructor, we create the five pages, insert them into
the wizard using QWizard::setPage(), and set \c Page_Intro to be
the first page.
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 3
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 4
We set the style to \l{QWizard::}{ModernStyle} on all platforms
except \macos,
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 5
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 6
We configure the QWizard to show a \uicontrol Help button, which is
connected to our \c showHelp() slot. We also set the
\l{QWizard::}{LogoPixmap} for all pages that have a header (i.e.,
\c EvaluatePage, \c RegisterPage, and \c DetailsPage).
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 9
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 11
\dots
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 13
In \c showHelp(), we display help texts that are appropriate for
the current page. If the user clicks \uicontrol Help twice for the same
page, we say, "Sorry, I already gave what help I could. Maybe you
should try asking a human?"
\section1 The IntroPage Class
The pages are defined in \c licensewizard.h and implemented in \c
licensewizard.cpp, together with \c LicenseWizard.
Here's the definition and implementation of \c{IntroPage}:
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.h 4
\codeline
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 16
A page inherits from QWizardPage. We set a
\l{QWizardPage::}{title} and a
\l{QWizard::WatermarkPixmap}{watermark pixmap}. By not setting
any \l{QWizardPage::}{subTitle}, we ensure that no header is
displayed for this page. (On Windows, it is customary for wizards
to display a watermark pixmap on the first and last pages, and to
have a header on the other pages.)
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 17
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 19
The \c nextId() function returns the ID for \c EvaluatePage if
the \uicontrol{Evaluate the product for 30 days} option is checked;
otherwise it returns the ID for \c RegisterPage.
\section1 The EvaluatePage Class
The \c EvaluatePage is slightly more involved:
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.h 5
\codeline
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 20
\dots
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 21
\dots
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 22
First, we set the page's \l{QWizardPage::}{title}
and \l{QWizardPage::}{subTitle}.
Then we create the child widgets, create \l{Registering and Using
Fields}{wizard fields} associated with them, and put them into
layouts. The fields are created with an asterisk (\c
*) next to their name. This makes them \l{mandatory fields}, that
is, fields that must be filled before the user can press the
\uicontrol Next button (\uicontrol Continue on \macos). The fields' values
can be accessed from any other page using QWizardPage::field().
Resetting the page amounts to clearing the two text fields.
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 23
The next page is always the \c ConclusionPage.
\section1 The ConclusionPage Class
The \c RegisterPage and \c DetailsPage are very similar to \c
EvaluatePage. Let's go directly to the \c ConclusionPage:
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.h 6
This time, we reimplement QWizardPage::initializePage() and
QWidget::setVisible(), in addition to
\l{QWizardPage::}{nextId()}. We also declare a private slot:
\c printButtonClicked().
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 18
The default implementation of QWizardPage::nextId() returns
the page with the next ID, or -1 if the current page has the
highest ID. This behavior would work here, because \c
Page_Conclusion equals 5 and there is no page with a higher ID,
but to avoid relying on such subtle behavior, we reimplement
\l{QWizardPage::}{nextId()} to return -1.
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 27
We use QWizard::hasVisitedPage() to determine the type of
license agreement the user has chosen. If the user filled the \c
EvaluatePage, the license text refers to an Evaluation License
Agreement. If the user filled the \c DetailsPage, the license
text is a First-Time License Agreement. If the user provided an
upgrade key and skipped the \c DetailsPage, the license text is
an Update License Agreement.
\snippet dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 28
We want to display a \uicontrol Print button in the wizard when the \c
ConclusionPage is up. One way to accomplish this is to reimplement
QWidget::setVisible():
\list
\li If the page is shown, we set the \l{QWizard::}{CustomButton1} button's
text to \uicontrol{\underline{P}rint}, we enable the \l{QWizard::}{HaveCustomButton1}
option, and we connect the QWizard's \l{QWizard::}{customButtonClicked()}
signal to our \c printButtonClicked() slot.
\li If the page is hidden, we disable the \l{QWizard::}{HaveCustomButton1}
option and disconnect the \c printButtonClicked() slot.
\endlist
\sa QWizard, {Class Wizard Example}, {Trivial Wizard Example}
*/