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    42 /*!
       
    43     \example dialogs/licensewizard
       
    44     \title License Wizard Example
       
    45 
       
    46     The License Wizard example shows how to implement complex wizards in
       
    47     Qt.
       
    48 
       
    49     \image licensewizard-example.png Screenshot of the License Wizard example
       
    50 
       
    51     Most wizards have a linear structure, with page 1 followed by
       
    52     page 2 and so on until the last page. The
       
    53     \l{dialogs/classwizard}{Class Wizard} example shows how to create
       
    54     such wizards.
       
    55 
       
    56     Some wizards are more complex in that they allow different
       
    57     traversal paths based on the information provided by the user.
       
    58     The License Wizard example illustrates this. It provides five
       
    59     wizard pages; depending on which options are selected, the user
       
    60     can reach different pages.
       
    61 
       
    62     \image licensewizard-flow.png The License Wizard pages
       
    63 
       
    64     The example consists of the following classes:
       
    65 
       
    66     \list
       
    67     \o \c LicenseWizard inherits QWizard and implements a non-linear
       
    68        five-page wizard that leads the user through the process of
       
    69        choosing a license agreement.
       
    70     \o \c IntroPage, \c EvaluatePage, \c RegisterPage, \c
       
    71        DetailsPage, and \c ConclusionPage are QWizardPage subclasses
       
    72        that implement the wizard pages.
       
    73     \endlist
       
    74 
       
    75     \section1 The LicenseWizard Class
       
    76 
       
    77     The \c LicenseWizard class derives from QWizard and provides a
       
    78     five-page wizard that guides the user through the process of
       
    79     registering their copy of a fictitious software product. Here's
       
    80     the class definition:
       
    81 
       
    82     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.h 1
       
    83 
       
    84     The class's public API is limited to a constructor and an enum.
       
    85     The enum defines the IDs associated with the various pages:
       
    86 
       
    87     \table
       
    88     \header \o Class name \o Enum value \o Page ID
       
    89     \row \o \c IntroPage \o \c Page_Intro \o 0
       
    90     \row \o \c EvaluatePage \o \c Page_Evaluate \o 1
       
    91     \row \o \c RegisterPage \o \c Page_Register \o 2
       
    92     \row \o \c DetailsPage \o \c Page_Details \o 3
       
    93     \row \o \c ConclusionPage \o \c Page_Conclusion \o 4
       
    94     \endtable
       
    95 
       
    96     For this example, the IDs are arbitrary. The only constraints are
       
    97     that they must be unique and different from -1. IDs allow us to
       
    98     refer to pages.
       
    99 
       
   100     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 2
       
   101 
       
   102     In the constructor, we create the five pages, insert them into
       
   103     the wizard using QWizard::setPage(), and set \c Page_Intro to be
       
   104     the first page.
       
   105 
       
   106     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 3
       
   107     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 4
       
   108 
       
   109     We set the style to \l{QWizard::}{ModernStyle} on all platforms
       
   110     except Mac OS X,
       
   111 
       
   112     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 5
       
   113     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 6
       
   114 
       
   115     We configure the QWizard to show a \gui Help button, which is
       
   116     connected to our \c showHelp() slot. We also set the
       
   117     \l{QWizard::}{LogoPixmap} for all pages that have a header (i.e.,
       
   118     \c EvaluatePage, \c RegisterPage, and \c DetailsPage).
       
   119 
       
   120     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 9
       
   121     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 11
       
   122     \dots
       
   123     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 13
       
   124 
       
   125     In \c showHelp(), we display help texts that are appropiate for
       
   126     the current page. If the user clicks \gui Help twice for the same
       
   127     page, we say, "Sorry, I already gave what help I could. Maybe you
       
   128     should try asking a human?"
       
   129 
       
   130     \section1 The IntroPage Class
       
   131 
       
   132     The pages are defined in \c licensewizard.h and implemented in \c
       
   133     licensewizard.cpp, together with \c LicenseWizard.
       
   134 
       
   135     Here's the definition and implementation of \c{IntroPage}:
       
   136 
       
   137     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.h 4
       
   138     \codeline
       
   139     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 16
       
   140 
       
   141     A page inherits from QWizardPage. We set a
       
   142     \l{QWizardPage::}{title} and a
       
   143     \l{QWizard::WatermarkPixmap}{watermark pixmap}. By not setting
       
   144     any \l{QWizardPage::}{subTitle}, we ensure that no header is
       
   145     displayed for this page. (On Windows, it is customary for wizards
       
   146     to display a watermark pixmap on the first and last pages, and to
       
   147     have a header on the other pages.)
       
   148 
       
   149     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 17
       
   150     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 19
       
   151 
       
   152     The \c nextId() function returns the ID for \c EvaluatePage if
       
   153     the \gui{Evaluate the product for 30 days} option is checked;
       
   154     otherwise it returns the ID for \c RegisterPage.
       
   155 
       
   156     \section1 The EvaluatePage Class
       
   157 
       
   158     The \c EvaluatePage is slightly more involved:
       
   159 
       
   160     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.h 5
       
   161     \codeline
       
   162     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 20
       
   163     \dots
       
   164     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 21
       
   165     \dots
       
   166     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 22
       
   167 
       
   168     First, we set the page's \l{QWizardPage::}{title}
       
   169     and \l{QWizardPage::}{subTitle}.
       
   170 
       
   171     Then we create the child widgets, create \l{Registering and Using
       
   172     Fields}{wizard fields} associated with them, and put them into
       
   173     layouts. The fields are created with an asterisk (\c
       
   174     *) next to their name. This makes them \l{mandatory fields}, that
       
   175     is, fields that must be filled before the user can press the
       
   176     \gui Next button (\gui Continue on Mac OS X). The fields' values
       
   177     can be accessed from any other page using QWizardPage::field().
       
   178 
       
   179     Resetting the page amounts to clearing the two text fields.
       
   180 
       
   181     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 23
       
   182 
       
   183     The next page is always the \c ConclusionPage.
       
   184 
       
   185     \section1 The ConclusionPage Class
       
   186 
       
   187     The \c RegisterPage and \c DetailsPage are very similar to \c
       
   188     EvaluatePage. Let's go directly to the \c ConclusionPage:
       
   189 
       
   190     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.h 6
       
   191 
       
   192     This time, we reimplement QWizardPage::initializePage() and
       
   193     QWidget::setVisible(), in addition to
       
   194     \l{QWizardPage::}{nextId()}. We also declare a private slot:
       
   195     \c printButtonClicked().
       
   196 
       
   197     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 18
       
   198 
       
   199     The default implementation of QWizardPage::nextId() returns
       
   200     the page with the next ID, or -1 if the current page has the
       
   201     highest ID. This behavior would work here, because \c
       
   202     Page_Conclusion equals 5 and there is no page with a higher ID,
       
   203     but to avoid relying on such subtle behavior, we reimplement
       
   204     \l{QWizardPage::}{nextId()} to return -1.
       
   205 
       
   206     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 27
       
   207 
       
   208     We use QWizard::hasVisitedPage() to determine the type of
       
   209     license agreement the user has chosen. If the user filled the \c
       
   210     EvaluatePage, the license text refers to an Evaluation License
       
   211     Agreement. If the user filled the \c DetailsPage, the license
       
   212     text is a First-Time License Agreement. If the user provided an
       
   213     upgrade key and skipped the \c DetailsPage, the license text is
       
   214     an Update License Agreement.
       
   215 
       
   216     \snippet examples/dialogs/licensewizard/licensewizard.cpp 28
       
   217 
       
   218     We want to display a \gui Print button in the wizard when the \c
       
   219     ConclusionPage is up. One way to accomplish this is to reimplement
       
   220     QWidget::setVisible():
       
   221 
       
   222     \list
       
   223     \o If the page is shown, we set the \l{QWizard::}{CustomButton1} button's
       
   224        text to \gui{\underline{P}rint}, we enable the \l{QWizard::}{HaveCustomButton1}
       
   225        option, and we connect the QWizard's \l{QWizard::}{customButtonClicked()}
       
   226        signal to our \c printButtonClicked() slot.
       
   227     \o If the page is hidden, we disable the \l{QWizard::}{HaveCustomButton1}
       
   228        option and disconnect the \c printButtonClicked() slot.
       
   229     \endlist
       
   230 
       
   231     \sa QWizard, {Class Wizard Example}, {Trivial Wizard Example}
       
   232 */