[vtkusers] Qt and VTK issues

[Michael Rice]

On Aug 19, 2006, at 7:50 AM, Richard Haney wrote:

> Please Help,
>
> I am very new to the use of Qt and am trying to learn, so if this  
> question is too elementary please forgive me, but is there some  
> simple example code illustrating the use of Qt within VTK?  I am  
> running Windows Xp using the latest VTK (5.0.1) and Qt (4.1.4).
>
> I have downloaded and compiled (using MinGW for Windows) VTK-5.0.1  
> and Qt4.1.4 and can get both to work separately but not together  
> (i.e., I can not get Qt to see any VTK code).  I set the Cmake to  
> compile VTK with GUISupport, so I have the libQVTKWidgetPlugin.dll  
> but don't know how to use this with Qt. Perhaps I have missed some  
> PATHS or INCLUDE Directories?
>
> Any help/hints would be great.  Thanks in advance.

The libQVTKWidgetPlugin.dll is a plug-in for Qt Designer. To use it,  
you need to copy the DLL to the $QTDIR/plugins/designer directory. If  
you built VTK as DLLs, then you may also need to copy the VTK DLLs to  
the $QTDIR/plugins/designer directory.

To use the plug-in, run the $QTDIR/bin/designer application. There  
should be a QVTKWidget item available in the Widget Box.

Michael