Thanks, that has helped loads. I know about inheritance, but I'll just check up on method overwriting, as I never really have had to use that before. I'll continue looking at KMess...

Sorry, but what do you mean by QWidget, and how do I give it a classname. I'm getting there, but all this 'Q....' is hard to learn. Still, I will persevere

I would really recommend going through the tutorial on trolltech.com. This will get you started into the world of QWidget and all those other confusing classes.

I would also recommend reading a good book/online tutorial on C++. This is kind of essential once you want to get beyond just putting up pretty widgets. What if you want to actually do something with it!!

Just a suggestion.

Rhys

I was thinking about buying the book C++ GUI Programming with QT 3 (They're also make one on QT 4 as well). Apparently it's the only official book(s)...

Hmm, I was thinking about it also, but when Qt4 comes out, it will be out of date. I am not sure how long it is going to be, but I'm planning on waiting.

Rhys

I'll think I'll struggle along for the mo....

When you create an dialog/whatever in QT designer, you can specify the type of the dialog. Choose "widget" or "QWidget". It gives you an empty drawing space without any extra's.

Your class inheritance becomes: QObject -> QWidget -> YourWidgetInterface (created with the designer) -> YourWidget (created in C++).


About the Qt book, I'd recommend getting it anyway. Once Qt 4 is the new standard, you can follow any random tutorial on the Internet about what's changed. It's not like everything will be completely different, the basic stuff remains the same.

What type of project should I start with in KDevelop if I just want a shell, ready for my own widgets

eehh.. "Simple Designer based KDE application"?

Can u recommend one?

I just did. It can be found in the KDevelop "new file" dialog. I hope you have kdelibs-devel installed?

lol, I thought u were just going 'errr'. Anyway, i'll check it out...

Let's say the question was just a bit too obvious I hope you don't take it too seriously.

(unless off course, there is a good reason why the "KDE application" thing doesn't show up in the "new" dialog)

Dnt worry, Im only playing, I realise what you meant by ur second last post. I'll check it out...