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diff --git a/doc/html/designer-manual-5.html b/doc/html/designer-manual-5.html index 9e8e4281f..80e4f0724 100644 --- a/doc/html/designer-manual-5.html +++ b/doc/html/designer-manual-5.html @@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ body { background: #ffffff; color: black; } <p>When you've opened or created a project you can set up its database connections using the <em>Edit Database Connections</em> dialog (invoked by the <b>Project|Database Connections</b> menu option). The connections you make are stored in a <tt>.db</tt> file. When you reload a project you can reconnect by going to the <em>Edit Database Connections</em> dialog, clicking a connection in the list and clicking the <b>Connect</b> button.</p> <p>In most non-trivial database applications you will want to access the database from more than one form. This is why the <tt>.db</tt> file is part of a project, not just part of a single form.</p> <h4><a name="2-4"></a>.pro files</h4> -<p><em>TQt Designer</em> needs to store information on projects, for example, the list of forms, the image collection and information about available databases and how to access them. The majority of TQt users already use a project file format to create multiplatform makefiles: <tt>tmake</tt> (and with TQt 3.0 <tt>qmake</tt>) project <tt>.pro</tt> files. These files already contain the list of forms, <tt>.ui</tt> files, used in the project for <tt>tquic</tt>.</p> -<p>We've extended the sections in the <tt>.pro</tt> file to include the extra information that <em>TQt Designer</em> needs to manage projects. For example, when you add a form to your project in <em>TQt Designer</em>, it is automatically added to the FORMS section of the project file, and thus <tt>qmake</tt> will generate the required build rules without any further work. Similarly, the images are added to the IMAGES section and thus gets automatically compiled into your executable.</p> -<p>We don't force you to use <tt>qmake</tt>; if you prefer another build system, for example automake/autoconf or jam, you can still continue to use it. Look upon the <tt>.pro</tt> file as a file that describes the GUI part of your application. All you need to do -- as previously -- is add the <tt>.ui</tt> files and the images collection to your own Makefiles.</p> +<p><em>TQt Designer</em> needs to store information on projects, for example, the list of forms, the image collection and information about available databases and how to access them. The majority of TQt users already use a project file format to create multiplatform makefiles: <tt>tmake</tt> (and with TQt 3.0 <tt>tqmake</tt>) project <tt>.pro</tt> files. These files already contain the list of forms, <tt>.ui</tt> files, used in the project for <tt>tquic</tt>.</p> +<p>We've extended the sections in the <tt>.pro</tt> file to include the extra information that <em>TQt Designer</em> needs to manage projects. For example, when you add a form to your project in <em>TQt Designer</em>, it is automatically added to the FORMS section of the project file, and thus <tt>tqmake</tt> will generate the required build rules without any further work. Similarly, the images are added to the IMAGES section and thus gets automatically compiled into your executable.</p> +<p>We don't force you to use <tt>tqmake</tt>; if you prefer another build system, for example automake/autoconf or jam, you can still continue to use it. Look upon the <tt>.pro</tt> file as a file that describes the GUI part of your application. All you need to do -- as previously -- is add the <tt>.ui</tt> files and the images collection to your own Makefiles.</p> <h3><a name="3"></a>Extending the functionality of a form</h3> <p>First let us look at a small figure that shows the relationship between <tt>.ui</tt> files, generated code and application code:</p> <p align="center"><img align="middle" src="designer1.jpg"> |