Resources files (.qrc) not working

[degs2k4]

Hello,

I am porting a Qt3 Custom widget from qt3 to qt4, building a plugin for it. This custom widget uses 2 images, "butterfly.png" and "qtlogo.png":

MyCanvasView::MyCanvasView(QWidget *parent, const char *name )
             : Q3CanvasView(parent,name) {
 
  myCanvas = new Q3Canvas(800,600);
  QColor   c(0,0,255);//
  myCanvas->setBackgroundColor ( c );//
  myCanvas->setAdvancePeriod(30);
  myCanvas->setDoubleBuffering(true);
  this->setCanvas(myCanvas);
  imageRTTI = 984376;
  mainCount = 0;
  butterflyimg = 0;
  logoimg = 0;
  tb = 0;
  tp = 0;
  QString butterfly_fn = ":/images/butterfly.png";
  	butterflyimg = new QImage[4];
	butterflyimg[0].load( butterfly_fn );
	butterflyimg[1] = butterflyimg[0].scaled(
		int(butterflyimg[0].width()*0.75),
		int(butterflyimg[0].height()*0.75) );
	butterflyimg[2] = butterflyimg[0].scaled(
		int(butterflyimg[0].width()*0.5),
		int(butterflyimg[0].height()*0.5) );
	butterflyimg[3] = butterflyimg[0].scaled(
		int(butterflyimg[0].width()*0.25),
		int(butterflyimg[0].height()*0.25) );
  QString logo_fn = ":/images/qtlogo.png";
  logoimg = new QImage[4];
  logoimg[0].load( logo_fn );
  logoimg[1] = logoimg[0].scaled( int(logoimg[0].width()*0.75),
				       int(logoimg[0].height()*0.75) );
  logoimg[2] = logoimg[0].scaled( int(logoimg[0].width()*0.5),
					 int(logoimg[0].height()*0.5) );
  logoimg[3] = logoimg[0].scaled( int(logoimg[0].width()*0.25),
					 int(logoimg[0].height()*0.25) );
 
}
 
void MyCanvasView::addButterfly()
{
    [B]Q3CanvasPolygonalItem* i = new ImageItem(butterflyimg[rand()%4],myCanvas);[/B]
    i->move(rand()%(myCanvas->width()-butterflyimg->width()),
	    rand()%(myCanvas->height()-butterflyimg->height()));
    i->setZ(rand()%256+250);
    i->show();
}

MyCanvasView::MyCanvasView(QWidget *parent, const char *name )
             : Q3CanvasView(parent,name) {
    
  myCanvas = new Q3Canvas(800,600);
  QColor   c(0,0,255);//
  myCanvas->setBackgroundColor ( c );//
  myCanvas->setAdvancePeriod(30);
  myCanvas->setDoubleBuffering(true);
  this->setCanvas(myCanvas);
  imageRTTI = 984376;
  mainCount = 0;
  butterflyimg = 0;
  logoimg = 0;
  tb = 0;
  tp = 0;
  QString butterfly_fn = ":/images/butterfly.png";
  	butterflyimg = new QImage[4];
	butterflyimg[0].load( butterfly_fn );
	butterflyimg[1] = butterflyimg[0].scaled(
		int(butterflyimg[0].width()*0.75),
		int(butterflyimg[0].height()*0.75) );
	butterflyimg[2] = butterflyimg[0].scaled(
		int(butterflyimg[0].width()*0.5),
		int(butterflyimg[0].height()*0.5) );
	butterflyimg[3] = butterflyimg[0].scaled(
		int(butterflyimg[0].width()*0.25),
		int(butterflyimg[0].height()*0.25) );
  QString logo_fn = ":/images/qtlogo.png";
  logoimg = new QImage[4];
  logoimg[0].load( logo_fn );
  logoimg[1] = logoimg[0].scaled( int(logoimg[0].width()*0.75),
				       int(logoimg[0].height()*0.75) );
  logoimg[2] = logoimg[0].scaled( int(logoimg[0].width()*0.5),
					 int(logoimg[0].height()*0.5) );
  logoimg[3] = logoimg[0].scaled( int(logoimg[0].width()*0.25),
					 int(logoimg[0].height()*0.25) );

}

void MyCanvasView::addButterfly()
{
    [B]Q3CanvasPolygonalItem* i = new ImageItem(butterflyimg[rand()%4],myCanvas);[/B]
    i->move(rand()%(myCanvas->width()-butterflyimg->width()),
	    rand()%(myCanvas->height()-butterflyimg->height()));
    i->setZ(rand()%256+250);
    i->show();
}

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. The image files are here: (project folder)/images/(image file)

The code of my resources.qrc file used in the plugin is:

<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
    <qresource>
        <file>images/butterfly.png</file>
        <file>images/qtlogo.png</file>
    </qresource>
    </RCC>

<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
    <qresource>
        <file>images/butterfly.png</file>
        <file>images/qtlogo.png</file>
    </qresource>
    </RCC>

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The make file (.pro file from the plugin project) includes the line of the resource file:

RESOURCES = resources.qrc

RESOURCES = resources.qrc

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The plugin compiles, the c. widget appears in qtdesigner whith its methods and everything, it works.

I make a new project using this widget and I run it. The slots from the c. widget that do not need any resources work perfectly. But when I attempt to call the slots who need resources (images) to run, the images are not shown at all.

Why the images, correctly defined in the resources fil, are not being shown?

[ksqt]

The only difference I see from what you have and what I did in something similar is:

<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
<qresource prefix="">     <---------- here added prefix=""
   <file>png/fit.png</file>
   <file>png/normal.png</file>
   <file>png/smaller.png</file>
   <file>png/bigger.png</file>
   <file>pics2.qm</file>
</qresource>
</RCC>

<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
<qresource prefix="">     <---------- here added prefix=""
   <file>png/fit.png</file>
   <file>png/normal.png</file>
   <file>png/smaller.png</file>
   <file>png/bigger.png</file>
   <file>pics2.qm</file>
</qresource>
</RCC>

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and in .pro file:

RESOURCES += xxxxx.qrc <------- +=

RESOURCES += xxxxx.qrc <------- +=

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[degs2k4]

I have just tried that, it still doesn't work. The images are not displayed.

Thanks anyway.

[triperzz]

try adding Q_INIT_RESOURCES(your_file).qrc to your main.cpp i dont remember if thats the right code, just check it in qt assistant

[degs2k4]

Thanks for the reply, but it is not solved yet...

I am going to try to explain the problem in more detail:

I have a qt4-ported qt3 custom widget, and it uses images in 2 slots (addButterfly() adds a butterfly.png image; addLogo() adds a logo.png image). The widget compiles perfectly and the slots that don't use any images run perfectly. The slots that use images do not work at all.

I just want to be able to use those slots of the custom widget (and consequently the images inside of it ) in a new project.

So I put the line :

Q_INIT_RESOURCE(resources);

Q_INIT_RESOURCE(resources);

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in the main.cpp file of the project which uses the ported custom widget.

and I add to the same project the file qrc_resources.cpp of the custom widget, generating a .o object.

But the images of the Custom widget are not shown.

I also tried to compile the resource file (.qrc) separately (with rcc) but no changes...

[jacek]

What does butterflyimg[0].load( butterfly_fn ) return?

[degs2k4]

Thanks for your reply.

I put, in the main of a new project, the code for loading the image of the custom widget and it returned true...

Perhaps it will be better to post here the files of the ported custom widget.

the zip contains all the necessary files of the ported custom widget (custom widget + plugin).

If you try to make a new project which uses this widget, you will see that slots like addLine() work, but methods like addButterfly() don't work:

sample code for the slots call in mainwinimpl.cpp:

//this works
void MainWindowImpl::on_pushButton_pressed()
{
	mycanvasview->addLine();
}
 
 
//not working
void MainWindowImpl::on_pushButton_2_pressed()
{
 
	mycanvasview->addButterfly();
 
}

//this works
void MainWindowImpl::on_pushButton_pressed()
{
	mycanvasview->addLine();
}


//not working
void MainWindowImpl::on_pushButton_2_pressed()
{
	
	mycanvasview->addButterfly();
	
}

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sample code for the resources initalization from main.cpp:

int main(int argc, char ** argv)
{
	Q_INIT_RESOURCE(resources);
	QApplication app( argc, argv );
	MainWindowImpl win;
	win.show(); 
	app.connect( &app, SIGNAL( lastWindowClosed() ), &app, SLOT( quit() ) );
	return app.exec();
}

int main(int argc, char ** argv)
{
	Q_INIT_RESOURCE(resources);
	QApplication app( argc, argv );
	MainWindowImpl win;
	win.show(); 
	app.connect( &app, SIGNAL( lastWindowClosed() ), &app, SLOT( quit() ) );
	return app.exec();
}

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Thanks everyone. Your help here is absolutely priceless.

[jacek]

I put, in the main of a new project, the code for loading the image of the custom widget and it returned true...

Did you saw the image after that?

[degs2k4]

Did you saw the image after that?

No, I didn't....

I think that the resource file is correctly added: I edited this line, adding an icon from the resource file:

QIcon MyCanvasViewPlugin::icon() const
{
    return QIcon(":/images/qtlogo.png");
}

QIcon MyCanvasViewPlugin::icon() const
{
    return QIcon(":/images/qtlogo.png");
}

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and this image appeared in QtDesigner on the WQidget Box next to the custom widget.

The load image function is also working fine, but calling the slot addButterfly() makes no effect when using the Q3CanvasPolygonalItem class.

UPDATE

the slot addButterfly() uses the class Q3CanvasPolygonalItem for displaying the image. I found this on the Internet:

The Q3CanvasPolygonalItem class provides a polygonal canvas item on a Q3Canvas. More...

#include <Q3CanvasPolygonalItem>

This class is part of the Qt 3 support library. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code. See Porting to Qt 4 for more information.

Note to Qt Desktop Light Edition users: This class is only available in the Qt Desktop Edition.

Maybe I should use the class QAbstractGraphicsShapeItem instead?

Any suggerences?

[jacek]

No, I didn't....

So maybe the resources work and the problem is in the code that displays the image?

What happens if you add:

QLabel l;
l.setPixmap( QPixmap( ":/images/butterfly.png" ) );
l.show();

QLabel l;
l.setPixmap( QPixmap( ":/images/butterfly.png" ) );
l.show();

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just before return app.exec()?

Maybe I should use the class QAbstractGraphicsShapeItem instead?

No, you have to use Q3CanvasItem subclass, if you want to stick with Q3Canvas.

[degs2k4]

What happens if you add:
Qt Code:

QLabel l;
 l.setPixmap( QPixmap( ":/images/butterfly.png" ) );
 l.show();

QLabel l;
 l.setPixmap( QPixmap( ":/images/butterfly.png" ) );
 l.show();

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just before return app.exec()?

If I do that, I can see the image !

So the problem is in addButterfly() slot then, right?