About Application Dialog
#!/usr/bin/env python
# [SNIPPET_NAME: About Application Dialog]
# [SNIPPET_CATEGORIES: PyKDE4]
# [SNIPPET_DESCRIPTION: PyKDE4 example showing the About application dialog]
# [SNIPPET_AUTHOR: Jim Bublitz <[email protected]>]
# [SNIPPET_LICENSE: GPL]
# [SNIPPET_DOCS: http://api.kde.org/pykde-4.3-api/kdecore/KAboutData.html]
from PyQt4.QtCore import SIGNAL, Qt
from PyQt4.QtGui import QLabel, QSizePolicy
from PyKDE4.kdecore import i18n, ki18n, KAboutData
from PyKDE4.kdeui import KVBox, KHBox, KPushButton, KAboutApplicationDialog
helpText = """The KAboutApplicationDialog is normally displayed from the
applications Help menu.
It requires a KAboutData object to provide the information displayed in
the dialog. This is usually the same KAboutData object constructed when
you start your program, although a different object could be used.
Press the button below to display the dialog.
"""
dialogName = "KAboutApplicationDialog"
appName = "kaboutapplicationdialog.py"
catalog = ""
programName = ki18n ("kaboutapplicationdialog") #ki18n required here
version = "1.0"
description = ki18n ("KAboutApplicationDialog Example") #ki18n required here
license = KAboutData.License_GPL
copyright = ki18n ("(c) 2007 Jim Bublitz") #ki18n required here
text = ki18n ("none") #ki18n required here
homePage = "www.riverbankcomputing.com"
bugEmail = "[email protected]"
aboutData = KAboutData (appName, catalog, programName, version, description,
license, copyright, text, homePage, bugEmail)
# ki18n required for first two addAuthor () arguments
aboutData.addAuthor (ki18n ("Troy Melhase"), ki18n ("original concept"))
aboutData.addAuthor (ki18n ("Jim Bublitz"), ki18n ("pykdedocs"))
class MainFrame(KVBox):
def __init__(self, parent):
KVBox.__init__(self, parent)
self.help = QLabel (helpText, self)
self.layout ().setAlignment (self.help, Qt.AlignHCenter)
hBox = KHBox (self)
self.button = KPushButton(i18n("Show %s" % dialogName), hBox)
self.button.setMaximumSize (250, 30)
self.connect(self.button, SIGNAL('clicked()'), self.showDialog)
def showDialog(self):
dlg = KAboutApplicationDialog (aboutData, self.parent ())
dlg.exec_ ()
# This example can be run standalone
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys
from PyQt4.QtCore import SIGNAL
from PyKDE4.kdecore import KCmdLineArgs, KAboutData, KLocalizedString, ki18n
from PyKDE4.kdeui import KApplication, KMainWindow
class MainWin (KMainWindow):
def __init__ (self, *args):
KMainWindow.__init__ (self)
self.resize (640, 480)
self.setCentralWidget (MainFrame (self))
#-------------------- main ------------------------------------------------
KCmdLineArgs.init (sys.argv, aboutData)
app = KApplication ()
mainWindow = MainWin (None, "main window")
mainWindow.show()
app.connect (app, SIGNAL ("lastWindowClosed ()"), app.quit)
app.exec_ ()