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diff --git a/doc/src/frameworks-technologies/plugins-howto.qdoc b/doc/src/frameworks-technologies/plugins-howto.qdoc index 78e5c20..43bc695 100644 --- a/doc/src/frameworks-technologies/plugins-howto.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/frameworks-technologies/plugins-howto.qdoc @@ -226,6 +226,20 @@ located to your applications root folder (i.e., do not include the \c plugins directory). + \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. + Because of the way applications can be installed + on ROM or various other drives in Symbian, Qt looks for the stub from + the same directory on all available drives if it is not located in the given + directory when loading a plugin. + For more information about deployment, see the \l {Deploying Qt Applications} and \l {Deploying Plugins} documentation. |