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+++ b/doc/src/snippets/alphachannel.cpp	Thu Apr 08 14:19:33 2010 +0300
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+/****************************************************************************
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+
+#include <qapplication.h>
+#include <qlabel.h>
+#include <qpixmap.h>
+#include <qprinter.h>
+#include <qpainter.h>
+#include <qfile.h>
+#include <qdir.h>
+#include <qfileinfo.h>
+#include <QtGui>
+#include <QtCore>
+
+class MyClass : public QWidget
+{
+public:
+     MyClass(QWidget *parent = 0) : QWidget(parent) { }
+
+protected:
+     void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *e)
+     {
+        /*QRadialGradient rg(50, 50, 50, 50, 50);
+         rg.setColorAt(0, QColor::fromRgbF(1, 0, 0, 1));
+         rg.setColorAt(1, QColor::fromRgbF(0, 0, 0, 0));
+         QPainter pmp(&pm);
+         pmp.fillRect(0, 0, 100, 100, rg);
+         pmp.end();*/
+
+	createImage();
+
+	QPainter p(this);
+	p.fillRect(rect(), Qt::white);
+
+	p.drawPixmap(0, 0, pixmap);
+
+	p.drawPixmap(100, 0, channelImage);
+     }
+
+    void createImage()
+    {
+//! [0]
+	pixmap = QPixmap(100, 100);
+	pixmap.fill(Qt::transparent);
+
+	QRadialGradient gradient(50, 50, 50, 50, 50);
+	gradient.setColorAt(0, QColor::fromRgbF(1, 0, 0, 1));
+	gradient.setColorAt(1, QColor::fromRgbF(0, 0, 0, 0));
+	QPainter painter(&pixmap);
+	painter.fillRect(0, 0, 100, 100, gradient);
+
+	channelImage = pixmap.alphaChannel();
+	update();
+//! [0]
+    }
+
+    QPixmap channelImage, pixmap;
+    QSize sizeHint() const { return QSize(500, 500); }
+};
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+     QApplication app(argc, argv);
+
+     MyClass cl;
+     cl.show();
+     QObject::connect(&app, SIGNAL(lastWindowClosed()), &app, SLOT(quit()));
+
+     int ret = app.exec();
+     return ret;
+}