- Qt 5.5
- Qt Assistant Manual
- Simple Text Viewer Example
- assistant.cpp Example File
- Qt 5.5.1 Reference Documentation

# assistant.cpp Example File

simpletextviewer/assistant.cpp

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    #include <QtCore/QByteArray>
    #include <QtCore/QDir>
    #include <QtCore/QLibraryInfo>
    #include <QtCore/QProcess>

    #include <QtWidgets/QMessageBox>

    #include "assistant.h"

    Assistant::Assistant()
        : proc(0)
    {
    }

    Assistant::~Assistant()
    {
        if (proc && proc->state() == QProcess::Running) {
            proc->terminate();
            proc->waitForFinished(3000);
        }
        delete proc;
    }

    void Assistant::showDocumentation(const QString &page)
    {
        if (!startAssistant())
            return;

        QByteArray ba("SetSource ");
        ba.append("qthelp://org.qt-project.examples.simpletextviewer/doc/");

        proc->write(ba + page.toLocal8Bit() + '\n');
    }

    bool Assistant::startAssistant()
    {
        if (!proc)
            proc = new QProcess();

        if (proc->state() != QProcess::Running) {
            QString app = QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::BinariesPath) + QDir::separator();
    #if !defined(Q_OS_MAC)
            app += QLatin1String("assistant");
    #else
            app += QLatin1String("Assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/Assistant");
    #endif

            QStringList args;
            args << QLatin1String("-collectionFile")
                << QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::ExamplesPath)
                + QLatin1String("/assistant/simpletextviewer/documentation/simpletextviewer.qhc")
                << QLatin1String("-enableRemoteControl");

            proc->start(app, args);

            if (!proc->waitForStarted()) {
                QMessageBox::critical(0, QObject::tr("Simple Text Viewer"),
                    QObject::tr("Unable to launch Qt Assistant (%1)").arg(app));
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }