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+<td align="right" valign="center"><img src="logo32.png" align="right" width="64" height="32" border="0"></td></tr></table><h1 align=center>Brief Technical FAQ</h1>
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+
+This document describes how to use more than one TQt version on one
+machine and how to use TQt on X11 without a window manager. In addition
+it explains the most common source of link errors with TQt.
+<p> Other frequently asked questions can be found in the
+<a href="http://www.trolltech.com/developer/faqs/">FAQ index</a> and
+in the <a href="http://www.trolltech.com/developer/faqs/technical.html">Technical FAQ</a>.
+<p> <ul>
+<li> <a href="#linkerror">Link error, complaining about a lack of
+<tt>vtbl</tt>, <tt>_vtbl</tt>, <tt>__vtbl</tt> or similar</a>
+<li> <a href="#diffver">Using different versions of TQt on the same
+machine</a>
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="#qtbin">Developers building for a single version of TQt on Unix - TQt binary packages</a>
+<li> <a href="#qtsrc">Developers building for two versions of TQt on Unix - TQt sources</a>
+</ul>
+<li> <a href="#nowinman">Using TQt on X11 without a window manager</a>
+<li> <a href="distributingqt.html">Distributing TQt Applications</a>
+</ul>
+<p> <a name="linkerror"></a>
+<h2> Link error, complaining about a lack of <tt>vtbl</tt>, <tt>_vtbl</tt>, <tt>__vtbl</tt> or similar
+</h2>
+<a name="1"></a><p> This indicates that you've included the <a href="metaobjects.html#Q_OBJECT">Q_OBJECT</a> macro in a class
+declaration and probably also run the <a href="moc.html#moc">moc</a>, but forgot to link the
+moc-generated object code into your executable. See <a href="moc.html">Using the Meta Object Compiler</a> for details on how to use moc.
+<p> <a name="diffver"></a>
+<h2> Using different versions of TQt on the same machine
+</h2>
+<a name="2"></a><p> TQt programs need the following components of a TQt distribution:
+<p> <dl>
+<p> <dt>Header files - Compile time
+<p> <dd>Programmers need to include the TQt header files. The TQt header files
+are usually located in the <tt>include</tt> subdirectory of TQt distributions.
+Care must be taken to include the header files of the relevant release of
+TQt. Those with a command-line compiler will typically use options such as
+<tt>/I%QTDIR%&#92;include</tt>
+
+the relevant release of TQt.
+<p> <dt>Meta Object Compiler and other tools - Compile time
+<p> <dd>Programmers need to run <em>moc</em> and other tools such as <em>uic</em>. These
+tools are usually located in the <tt>bin</tt> subdirectory of TQt distributions.
+Either run <tt>"$QTDIR"/bin/moc</tt> and <tt>"$QTDIR"/bin/uic</tt> or add <tt>"$QTDIR"/bin</tt>
+to your <tt>PATH</tt> and run <a href="moc.html#moc">moc</a> and <tt>uic</tt>. If you use <tt>qmake</tt> the
+appropriate lines will be added to your Makefiles so that <em>uic</em> and
+<em>moc</em> will be executed as retquired.
+<p> <dt>Static or shared libraries - Link time
+<p> <dd>Programmers need to link with the TQt static or shared libraries. The TQt
+libraries are usually located in the <tt>lib</tt> subdirectory of TQt distributions.
+Care must be taken to link with the libraries of the relevant release of
+TQt. Those with a command-line compiler will typically use options such as
+<tt>/L%QTDIR%&#92;lib&#92;qt.lib</tt> or <tt>-L"$QTDIR"/lib</tt> <tt>-lqt</tt> provided <tt>QTDIR</tt>
+specifies the relevant release of TQt.
+<p> <dt>Shared libraries - Run time
+<p> <dd>Users of programs linked with shared TQt libraries need these same
+shared libraries to run these programs. The TQt libraries are usually
+located in the <tt>lib</tt> subdirectory of TQt distributions. Shared libraries
+are made available to programs in places such as <tt>C:&#92;windows&#92;system</tt> on
+Windows platforms, directories listed in file <tt>/etc/ld.so.conf</tt> on Linux,
+standard <tt>lib</tt> directories on Unix, or directories listed in environment
+variables <tt>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</tt>, <tt>SHLIB_PATH</tt>, or <tt>LIBPATH</tt> on various Unix
+flavours. Make the relevant TQt libraries available using one of these
+mechanisms.
+<p> </dl>
+<p> TQt distributions consist of different files needed at compile time,
+link time, or run time. Trolltech distributes TQt in the form of a
+source package that contain all these files once they have been built.
+<p> Other vendors distribute TQt in the form of binary packages. Binary packages
+usually consist of two parts:
+<p> <ul>
+<li> shared libraries in the run time package, usually called <tt>qt3</tt>.
+<p> <li> header files, static libraries, the moc and other tools in the developers'
+kit, usually called <tt>qt3-dev</tt>.
+<p> </ul>
+<p> Depending on how you are using TQt, you need to make specific parts of
+the TQt distribution available to your programs. Typical situations are
+described below.
+<p> <a name="qtbin"></a>
+<h3> Developers building for a single version of TQt on Unix - TQt binary packages
+</h3>
+<a name="2-1"></a><p> You build programs with a single version of TQt, but you still need
+to run programs linked with another version of TQt. You are typically
+a Linux developer who builds programs for TQt 3.x on a KDE desktop based
+on TQt 2.x. TQt packages are usually split into a shared library
+package with a name like <tt>qt</tt> and a developer package with a name
+like <tt>qt-dev</tt>. You will need the appropriate packages:
+<p> <ul>
+<p> <li> To build programs you will need the header files, the libraries,
+the moc and other tools from TQt 3.x. They are included in the developer
+package of TQt 3.x (<tt>qt3-dev</tt> or similar).
+<p> <li> To run programs you will need the shared libraries of TQt 3.x and
+TQt 2.x. They are included in the regular packages of TQt 3.x (<tt>qt3</tt>
+or similar) and TQt 2.x (<tt>qt2</tt> or similar).
+<p> </ul>
+<p> Just install the packages, <tt>qt2</tt>, <tt>qt3</tt>, and <tt>qt3-dev</tt>. You may
+need to set the environment variable <tt>QTDIR</tt> to point to TQt 3.x.
+<p> <a name="qtsrc"></a>
+<h3> Developers building for two versions of TQt on Unix - TQt sources
+</h3>
+<a name="2-2"></a><p> You build and run programs for TQt 2.x and TQt 3.x. You will need:
+<p> <ul>
+<p> <li> the header files, the libraries, the moc and other tools from TQt 3.x
+and TQt 2.x to build programs,
+<p> <li> the shared libraries of TQt 3.x and TQt 2.x to run programs.
+<p> </ul>
+<p> Get the source distributions of both TQt 2.x and TQt 3.x.
+<p> <ol type=1>
+<p> <li> Install and build TQt 2.x and TQt 3.x, usually in <tt>/opt</tt> or
+<tt>/usr/local</tt>. In the case of <tt>/opt</tt>:
+<p> <pre>
+$ cd /opt
+$ gunzip -c \c qt-x11-2.3.1.tar.gz | tar xf -
+$ cd qt-2.3.1
+$ setenv QTDIR /opt/qt-2.3.1
+$ configure [options]
+$ make
+
+$ cd /opt
+$ gunzip -c qt-x11-free-3.0.0.tar.gz | tar xf -
+$ cd qt-3.0.0
+$ setenv QTDIR /opt/qt-3.0.0
+$ configure [options]
+$ make
+</pre>
+
+<p> <li> Make shared libraries available to programs at run time. Either
+add both <tt>/opt/qt-2.3.1/lib</tt> and <tt>/opt/qt-3.0.0/lib</tt> to your environment
+variable <tt>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</tt> or file <tt>/etc/ld.so.conf</tt> or whataver mechanism
+you're using, or make links to the libraries in a standard directory like
+<tt>/usr/local/lib</tt>:
+<p> <pre>
+cd /usr/local/lib
+ln -s /opt/qt-2.3.1/lib/libqt.so.2 .
+ln -s /opt/qt-2.3.1/lib/libtqt-mt.so.2 .
+ln -s /opt/qt-2.3.1/lib/libqutil.so.1 .
+ln -s /opt/qt-3.0.0/lib/libqt.so.3 .
+ln -s /opt/qt-3.0.0/lib/libtqui.so.1 .
+</pre>
+
+<p> </ol>
+<p> To develop with TQt 2.x use:
+<p> <pre>
+setenv QTDIR /opt/qt-2.3.1
+setenv PATH ${QTDIR}/bin:${PATH}
+</pre>
+
+<p> To develop with TQt 3.x use:
+<p> <pre>
+setenv QTDIR /opt/qt-3.0.0
+setenv PATH ${QTDIR}/bin:${PATH}
+</pre>
+
+<p> Setting <tt>QTDIR</tt> ensures that the proper resources are used, such as the
+documentation appropriate to the version of TQt you're using. Also
+your Makfiles may refer to <tt>"$QTDIR"/include</tt> and <tt>"$QTDIR"/lib</tt> to
+include the proper header files and link with the proper libraries.
+Setting the <tt>PATH</tt> ensures that the proper version of moc and other
+tools is being used.
+<p> <a name="nowinman"></a>
+<h2> Using TQt on X11 without a window manager
+</h2>
+<a name="3"></a><p> When using TQt without a window manager on Unix/X11, you will most
+likely experience focus problems. Without a window manager, there is
+no focus handling on X11, and no concept of an active window
+either. If you want your application to work in such an environment,
+you have to explicitly mark a window as active <em>after</em> showing it:
+<p> <pre>
+ yourWindow-&gt;show();
+ yourWindow-&gt;setActiveWindow();
+</pre>
+
+<p> Note that setActiveWindow() won't work if the widget does not become
+physically visible during this event cycle. However, without a window
+manager running, this is guaranteed to happen. For the curious reader:
+setActiveWindow() emulates a window manager by explicitly setting the
+X Input Focus to a widget's top level window.
+<p>
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