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+/*!
+ \example dialogs/classwizard
+ \title Class Wizard Example
+
+ The License Wizard example shows how to implement linear
+ wizards using QWizard.
+
+ \image classwizard.png Screenshot of the Class Wizard example
+
+ Most wizards have a linear structure, with page 1 followed by
+ page 2 and so on until the last page. Some wizards are more
+ complex in that they allow different traversal paths based on the
+ information provided by the user. The
+ \l{dialogs/licensewizard}{License Wizard} example shows how to
+ create such wizards.
+
+ The Class Wizard example consists of the following classes:
+
+ \list
+ \o \c ClassWizard inherits QWizard and provides a
+ three-step wizard that generates the skeleton of a C++ class
+ based on the user's input.
+ \o \c IntroPage, \c ClassInfoPage, \c CodeStylePage, \c
+ OutputFilesPage, and \c ConclusionPage are QWizardPage
+ subclasses that implement the wizard pages.
+ \endlist
+
+ \section1 ClassWizard Class Definition
+
+ \image classwizard-flow.png The Class Wizard pages
+
+ We will see how to subclass QWizard to implement our own wizard.
+ The concrete wizard class is called \c ClassWizard and provides
+ five pages:
+
+ \list
+ \o The first page is an introduction page, telling the user what
+ the wizard is going to do.
+ \o The second page asks for a class name and a base class, and
+ allows the user to specify whether the class should have a \c
+ Q_OBJECT macro and what constructors it should provide.
+ \o The third page allows the user to set some options related to the code
+ style, such as the macro used to protect the header file from
+ multiple inclusion (e.g., \c MYDIALOG_H).
+ \o The fourth page allows the user to specify the names of the
+ output files.
+ \o The fifth page is a conclusion page.
+ \endlist
+
+ Although the program is just an example, if you press \gui Finish
+ (\gui Done on Mac OS X), actual C++ source files will actually be
+ generated.
+
+ \section1 The ClassWizard Class
+
+ Here's the \c ClassWizard definition:
+
+ \snippet examples/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.h 0
+
+ The class reimplements QDialog's \l{QDialog::}{accept()} slot.
+ This slot is called when the user clicks \gui{Finish}.
+
+ Here's the constructor:
+
+ \snippet examples/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.cpp 1
+
+ We instantiate the five pages and insert them into the wizard
+ using QWizard::addPage(). The order in which they are inserted
+ is also the order in which they will be shown later on.
+
+ We call QWizard::setPixmap() to set the banner and the
+ background pixmaps for all pages. The banner is used as a
+ background for the page header when the wizard's style is
+ \l{QWizard::}{ModernStyle}; the background is used as the
+ dialog's background in \l{QWizard::}{MacStyle}. (See \l{Elements
+ of a Wizard Page} for more information.)
+
+ \snippet examples/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.cpp 3
+ \snippet examples/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.cpp 4
+ \dots
+ \snippet examples/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.cpp 5
+ \snippet examples/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.cpp 6
+
+ If the user clicks \gui Finish, we extract the information from
+ the various pages using QWizard::field() and generate the files.
+ The code is long and tedious (and has barely anything to do with
+ noble art of designing wizards), so most of it is skipped here.
+ See the actual example in the Qt distribution for the details if
+ you're curious.
+
+ \section1 The IntroPage Class
+
+ The pages are defined in \c classwizard.h and implemented in \c
+ classwizard.cpp, together with \c ClassWizard. We will start with
+ the easiest page:
+
+ \snippet examples/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.h 1
+ \codeline
+ \snippet examples/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.cpp 7
+
+ A page inherits from QWizardPage. We set a
+ \l{QWizardPage::}{title} and a
+ \l{QWizard::WatermarkPixmap}{watermark pixmap}. By not setting
+ any \l{QWizardPage::}{subTitle}, we ensure that no header is
+ displayed for this page. (On Windows, it is customary for wizards
+ to display a watermark pixmap on the first and last pages, and to
+ have a header on the other pages.)
+
+ Then we create a QLabel and add it to a layout.
+
+ \section1 The ClassInfoPage Class
+
+ The second page is defined and implemented as follows:
+
+ \snippet examples/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.h 2
+ \codeline
+ \snippet examples/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.cpp 9
+ \dots
+ \snippet examples/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.cpp 12
+ \dots
+ \snippet examples/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.cpp 13
+
+ First, we set the page's \l{QWizardPage::}{title},
+ \l{QWizardPage::}{subTitle}, and \l{QWizard::LogoPixmap}{logo
+ pixmap}. The logo pixmap is displayed in the page's header in
+ \l{QWizard::}{ClassicStyle} and \l{QWizard::}{ModernStyle}.
+
+ Then we create the child widgets, create \l{Registering and Using
+ Fields}{wizard fields} associated with them, and put them into
+ layouts. The \c className field is created with an asterisk (\c
+ *) next to its name. This makes it a \l{mandatory field}, that
+ is, a field that must be filled before the user can press the
+ \gui Next button (\gui Continue on Mac OS X). The fields' values
+ can be accessed from any other page using QWizardPage::field(),
+ or from the wizard code using QWizard::field().
+
+ \section1 The CodeStylePage Class
+
+ The third page is defined and implemented as follows:
+
+ \snippet examples/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.h 3
+ \codeline
+ \snippet examples/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.cpp 14
+ \dots
+ \snippet examples/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.cpp 15
+ \codeline
+ \snippet examples/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.cpp 16
+
+ The code in the constructor is very similar to what we did for \c
+ ClassInfoPage, so we skipped most of it.
+
+ The \c initializePage() function is what makes this class
+ interesting. It is reimplemented from QWizardPage and is used to
+ initialize some of the page's fields with values from the
+ previous page (namely, \c className and \c baseClass). For
+ example, if the class name on page 2 is \c SuperDuperWidget, the
+ default macro name on page 3 is \c SUPERDUPERWIDGET_H.
+
+ The \c OutputFilesPage and \c ConclusionPage classes are very
+ similar to \c CodeStylePage, so we won't review them here.
+
+ \sa QWizard, {License Wizard Example}, {Trivial Wizard Example}
+*/