Table of Contents

List of Articles

• Installing and Compiling
  • Installing CopperSpice
  • Definition of a Toolchain
  • Build File (using Example 1)
  • Compile, Link, and Run (using Example 1)
    

• Essays
  • Signals and Slots
  • CopperSpice and Verdigris
  • Finding the Documentation and Videos
  • Moving to C++20
    

List of Examples

• Creating a Window with a single Push Button
  • Example 1

• Display a dialog to select a Color
  • Example 2

• Refactor code for modularity
  • Example 3

• Use Color Dialog selection to change line edit background color
  • Example 4

• Text alignment in a QLineEdit
  • Example 5

• Input Mask in a QLineEdit
  • Example 6

• Display Passwords (echo, stars, etc) in a QLineEdit
  • Example 7

• SpinBox, ProgressBar, Slider, and a Dial
  • Example 8

• Information, Question, and Warning Dialogs using QMessageBox
  • Example 9

• Error Message and Critical Messages
  • Example 10

• Integer or Double input using static methods in QInputDialog
  • Example 11

• Fixed List selection or Text input using static methods in QInputDialog
  • Example 12

• Directory and File Name selection using static methods in QFileDialog
  • Example 13

• Calendar widget, set the min and max date range and select a date
  • Example 14

• Calendar widget, modify starting day of the week and visibility of grid
  • Example 15

• Calendar widget, colors for various days changed using a combo box
  • Example 16

• Auto completion in a line edit control
  • Example 17

• Comparison of three different ways to edit text
  • Example 18

• Tab Control with three pages
  • Example 19

• Load and Save Settings
  • Example 20

• Drawing a Frame
  • Example 21

• List of Strings displayed using QListView
  • Example 22

• Data from an SQL table displayed using QTableView
  • Example 23

• Display contents of a QList using QTreeView
  • Example 24

• QTreeView display of a File System
  • Example 25

• User application with a Menu Bar
  • Example 26

• Adding a Toolbar to a Main Window
  • Example 27

• Tool Tips on Toolbar Items and Push Buttons
  • Example 28

• “What’s This” added to Menu, Toolbar, and Push Buttons
  • Example 29

• Status Bar Messages on a Main Window
  • Example 30

• Setting the Tab Order for Controls
  • Example 31

• Render a Polygon
  • Example 32

• Render other Shapes
  • Example 33

• Syntax Highlighting
  • Example 34

• Resource Files (.qrc)
  • Example 35

• Split Screen
  • Example 36

• Language Translations
  • Example 37

• String processing using QStringParser
  • Example 38

• Pattern matching using QRegularExpression
  • Example 39

• Display currency, numbers, and dates using the selected locale
  • Example 40

• Find the Operating System Name and Version
  • Example 41

• Command Line Parsing, Optional Arguments
  • Example 42

• Command Line Parsing, Display Help
  • Example 43

• Console Output
  • Example 44

• Display a Subset of Values using QComboBox
  • Example 45

• Draw text using QPainter
  • Example 46

• Finding the absolute and canonical path using QDir
  • Example 47