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diff --git a/doc/src/plugins-howto.qdoc b/doc/src/plugins-howto.qdoc index 4c37f8e..dff8ed9 100644 --- a/doc/src/plugins-howto.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/plugins-howto.qdoc @@ -187,6 +187,20 @@ The \l{Style Plugin Example} shows how to implement a plugin that extends the QStylePlugin base class. + \note In Symbian all binaries must be located in the directory \\sys\\bin, + so each Qt plugin has a stub with the same basename as the plugin dll + and suffix ".qtplugin" to make Qt extension plugins work similarly to + other platforms. + When trying to locate the plugin, Qt actually looks for the stub + instead of the plugin binary. While plugin stub files have the + suffix ".qtplugin", they can still be loaded also by specifying a filename + with the normal library suffix ".dll" for QPluginLoader, so normally application + developer doesn't need to care about the different suffix of the stub. + In Symbian the default plugin stubs path is \\resource\\qt\\plugins. + Because of the way applications can be installed + on ROM or various other drives in Symbian, all available drives are + searched for that path when looking for plugins. + \section1 The Lower-Level API: Extending Qt Applications Not only Qt itself but also Qt application can be extended |