examples/ipc/README
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These examples demonstrate IPC support in Qt.
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The example launcher provided with Qt can be used to explore each of the
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examples in this directory.
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Documentation for these examples can be found via the Tutorial and Examples
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link in the main Qt documentation.
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Finding the Qt Examples and Demos launcher
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On Windows:
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The launcher can be accessed via the Windows Start menu. Select the menu
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entry entitled "Qt Examples and Demos" entry in the submenu containing
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the Qt tools.
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On Mac OS X:
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For the binary distribution, the qtdemo executable is installed in the
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/Developer/Applications/Qt directory. For the source distribution, it is
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installed alongside the other Qt tools on the path specified when Qt is
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configured.
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On Unix/Linux:
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The qtdemo executable is installed alongside the other Qt tools on the path
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specified when Qt is configured.
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On all platforms:
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The source code for the launcher can be found in the demos/qtdemo directory
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in the Qt package. This example is built at the same time as the Qt libraries,
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tools, examples, and demonstrations.