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  1. 24th April 2013, 16:44 #1
    khilin
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    Question QWebView with two instances of QApplication

    We are developing our own widget that inherits from QWebView; we are using TDD (Test Driven Development) to do this. For every test we run, we create a QApplication, run the test code and delete the QApplication, the idea behind this is to have tests that behave as much as possible as if they were completely independent from the rest of the tests.
    The problem we are having is that after the first test (the tests run every time in a random order, so every test can be the first test) when we set a piece of HTML code to our QWebView class (using setHtml(QString)) the code is not interpreted, it is shown as plain text (but without the HTML tags).
    To try this we made a test that creates an instance of our class, set the HTML code, shows the widget on screen (so we can see the results) and then deletes the instance it created. We create a duplicate of this test and run them in random order, no matter the order they run, always the one that runs first works, the second shows plain text.
    We went even further and modify both tests so after showing the widget on screen and deleting it, they create a new instance, set a different piece of HTML code, show it on screen again and delete the new instance. The results are exactly the same, the first test that runs shows the correct, interpreted, web page (both times), the second shows only uninterpreted HTML code without tags (both times).
    To isolate the problem, we created a main function using only QApplication and QWebView: we created an instance of a QApplication, an instance of QWebView, set a piece of HTML code, show it on screen, delete the QWebView, delete the QApplication and start over again. The results are exactly the same, the first time it is ok and the second shows only plain text. Here is the source code for this test, it only uses QApplication and QWebView, to see the result, after the first window is shown, just close it and the second one will appear.

    Qt Code: 
    1. #include <QApplication>
    2. #include <QWebView>
    3. int main (int argc, char **argv)
    4. {
    5. 	// Declare and create the QApplication
    6. 	QApplication* theApplication;
    7. 	theApplication = new QApplication(argc, argv);
    8.  
    9. 	// Declare and create the QWebView, set a minimun size so we can see it OK
    10. 	QWebView* pkWebView = new QWebView();
    11. 	pkWebView->setMinimumSize(320,240);
    12.  
    13. 	// Set the HTML code
    14. 	pkWebView->setHtml("<html>\
    15. 				<head>\
    16. 				<title></title>\
    17. 				</head>\
    18. 				<body>\
    19. 				<!-- Put the body of your page below this line -->\
    20. 				<p><b>This text is bold</b></p>\
    21. 				<p><strong>This text is strong</strong></p>\
    22. 				<p><em>This text is emphasized</em></p>\
    23. 				<p><i>This text is italic</i></p>\
    24. 				<p><small>This text is small</small></p>\
    25. 				<p>This is<sub> subscript</sub> and <sup>superscript</sup></p>\
    26. 				<!-- Put the body of your page above this line -->\
    27. 				</body>\
    28. 				</html>");
    29.  
    30. 	// Show it on screen
    31. 	pkWebView->show();
    32. 	theApplication->exec();
    33.  
    34. 	// Delete the QWebView
    35. 	delete pkWebView;
    36. 	pkWebView = NULL;
    37.  
    38. 	// Exit and delete the QApplication
    39. 	qApp->exit(0);
    40. 	delete qApp;
    41.  
    42. 	// Create a new QApplication
    43. 	theApplication = new QApplication(argc, argv);
    44.  
    45. 	// Create a new QWebkit with the same size
    46. 	pkWebView = new QWebView();
    47. 	pkWebView->setMinimumSize(320,240);
    48.  
    49. 	// Set the same HTML code
    50. 	pkWebView->setHtml("<html>\
    51. 				<head>\
    52. 				<title></title>\
    53. 				</head>\
    54. 				<body>\
    55. 				<!-- Put the body of your page below this line -->\
    56. 				<p><b>This text is bold</b></p>\
    57. 				<p><strong>This text is strong</strong></p>\
    58. 				<p><em>This text is emphasized</em></p>\
    59. 				<p><i>This text is italic</i></p>\
    60. 				<p><small>This text is small</small></p>\
    61. 				<p>This is<sub> subscript</sub> and <sup>superscript</sup></p>\
    62. 				<!-- Put the body of your page above this line -->\
    63. 				</body>\
    64. 				</html>");
    65.  
    66. 	// Show it on screen
    67. 	pkWebView->show();
    68. 	theApplication->exec();
    69.  
    70. 	// Delete the QWebkit
    71. 	delete pkWebView;
    72. 	pkWebView = NULL;
    73. }
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    Another curious thing is that if we add create a second QWebView instance for each instance of QApplication we are using, the second theApplication->exec(); throws and exception, but if we comment this line the other 3 times that it is called it works OK, We really don't know if it is related or not, here is the code of this second test, with the line that generates the exception commented, uncomment it to see the exception:

    Qt Code: 
    1. #include <QApplication>
    2. #include <QWebView>
    3. int main (int argc, char **argv)
    4. {
    5. 	// Declare and create the QApplication
    6. 	QApplication* theApplication;
    7. 	theApplication = new QApplication(argc, argv);
    8.  
    9. 	// Declare and create the QWebView, set a minimun size so we can see it OK
    10. 	QWebView* pkWebView = new QWebView();
    11. 	pkWebView->setMinimumSize(320,240);
    12.  
    13. 	// Set the HTML code
    14. 	pkWebView->setHtml("<html>\
    15. 				<head>\
    16. 				<title></title>\
    17. 				</head>\
    18. 				<body>\
    19. 				<!-- Put the body of your page below this line -->\
    20. 				<p><b>This text is bold</b></p>\
    21. 				<p><strong>This text is strong</strong></p>\
    22. 				<p><em>This text is emphasized</em></p>\
    23. 				<p><i>This text is italic</i></p>\
    24. 				<p><small>This text is small</small></p>\
    25. 				<p>This is<sub> subscript</sub> and <sup>superscript</sup></p>\
    26. 				<!-- Put the body of your page above this line -->\
    27. 				</body>\
    28. 				</html>");
    29.  
    30. 	// Show it on screen
    31. 	pkWebView->show();
    32. 	theApplication->exec();
    33.  
    34. 	// Delete the QWebView
    35. 	delete pkWebView;
    36. 	pkWebView = NULL;
    37.  
    38. 	// Create the QWebView again within the same instance of QApplication
    39. 	pkWebView = new QWebView();
    40. 	pkWebView->setMinimumSize(320,240);
    41.  
    42. 	// Set the HTML code
    43. 	pkWebView->setHtml("<html>\
    44. 				<head>\
    45. 				<title></title>\
    46. 				</head>\
    47. 				<body>\
    48. 				<!-- Put the body of your page below this line -->\
    49. 				<p><b>This text is bold</b></p>\
    50. 				<p><strong>This text is strong</strong></p>\
    51. 				<p><em>This text is emphasized</em></p>\
    52. 				<p><i>This text is italic</i></p>\
    53. 				<p><small>This text is small</small></p>\
    54. 				<p>This is<sub> subscript</sub> and <sup>superscript</sup></p>\
    55. 				<!-- Put the body of your page above this line -->\
    56. 				</body>\
    57. 				</html>");
    58.  
    59. 	// Show it on screen
    60. 	pkWebView->show();
    61. 	//------------------------------------------------------------------
    62. 	// UNCOMMENT THIS LINE TO SEE THE EXCEPTION
    63. 	//theApplication->exec();
    64. 	//------------------------------------------------------------------
    65.  
    66. 	// Delete the QWebView
    67. 	delete pkWebView;
    68. 	pkWebView = NULL;	
    69.  
    70. 	// Exit and delete the QApplication
    71. 	qApp->exit(0);
    72. 	delete qApp;
    73.  
    74. 	// Create a new QApplication
    75. 	theApplication = new QApplication(argc, argv);
    76.  
    77. 	// Create a new QWebkit with the same size
    78. 	pkWebView = new QWebView();
    79. 	pkWebView->setMinimumSize(320,240);
    80.  
    81. 	// Set the same HTML code
    82. 	pkWebView->setHtml("<html>\
    83. 				<head>\
    84. 				<title></title>\
    85. 				</head>\
    86. 				<body>\
    87. 				<!-- Put the body of your page below this line -->\
    88. 				<p><b>This text is bold</b></p>\
    89. 				<p><strong>This text is strong</strong></p>\
    90. 				<p><em>This text is emphasized</em></p>\
    91. 				<p><i>This text is italic</i></p>\
    92. 				<p><small>This text is small</small></p>\
    93. 				<p>This is<sub> subscript</sub> and <sup>superscript</sup></p>\
    94. 				<!-- Put the body of your page above this line -->\
    95. 				</body>\
    96. 				</html>");
    97.  
    98. 	// Show it on screen
    99. 	pkWebView->show();
    100. 	theApplication->exec();
    101.  
    102. 	// Delete the QWebkit
    103. 	delete pkWebView;
    104. 	pkWebView = NULL;
    105.  
    106. 	// Create the QWebView again within the same instance of QApplication
    107. 	pkWebView = new QWebView();
    108. 	pkWebView->setMinimumSize(320,240);
    109.  
    110. 	// Set the HTML code
    111. 	pkWebView->setHtml("<html>\
    112. 				<head>\
    113. 				<title></title>\
    114. 				</head>\
    115. 				<body>\
    116. 				<!-- Put the body of your page below this line -->\
    117. 				<p><b>This text is bold</b></p>\
    118. 				<p><strong>This text is strong</strong></p>\
    119. 				<p><em>This text is emphasized</em></p>\
    120. 				<p><i>This text is italic</i></p>\
    121. 				<p><small>This text is small</small></p>\
    122. 				<p>This is<sub> subscript</sub> and <sup>superscript</sup></p>\
    123. 				<!-- Put the body of your page above this line -->\
    124. 				</body>\
    125. 				</html>");
    126.  
    127. 	// Show it on screen
    128. 	pkWebView->show();
    129. 	theApplication->exec();
    130.  
    131. 	// Delete the QWebView
    132. 	delete pkWebView;
    133. 	pkWebView = NULL;		
    134. }
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    We tried this code with Qt 4.7.4 and 4.8.4 and the results were the same. We are using Visual Studio 2008 on Microsoft Windows 7 (64 bits).

    Any hint that can point us in the right direction will be appretiated.

    It would also help to know, if someone can try this on Mac or Unix, if this happens on another platfom/compiler combination.

    Thank you very much for you time.

    I also asking this on Stack Exchange and QtForum.org

    Daniel
    Last edited by khilin; 24th April 2013 at 17:16.
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