[PyQt] help about help

[Baz Walter]

Ana Gomez wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>  We are trying to use QAssistant to show the help without success.
>  We have implemented a class that looks like ...
> *
> from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui, QtAssistant
> class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow, Ui_qto_main_window):
>      def __init__(self):
>          ....
>          self.qto_assistant = QtAssistant.QAssistantClient('')
>          qto_args = QtCore.QStringList(QtCore.QString
> (QtCore.QLatin1String("-profile /tmp/test.adp")))
>          self.qto_assistant.setArguments(qto_args)
>          ...
>          self.__connect_slots()
> 
>      def __connect_slots(self):
>          ...
>          self.connect(self.qto_action_help, QtCore.SIGNAL("triggered ()"),
> self.__help_slot)
> 
>      def  __help_slot(self):
>          self.qto_assistant.showPage('/tmp/doc/index.html') *
> 
>  When we invoke the help, nothing happens. And we have also tried, with the
> same result:
> *
>  def  __help_slot(self):
>          #Forget about self.qto_assistant attribute
>          qto_process = QtCore.QProcess(self)
>          qto_args = QtCore.QStringList("-collectionFile /tmp/test.qch
> -enableRemoteControl")
>          qto_process.start('assistant', qto_args)
>          if not qto_process.waitForStarted():
>              return *
> 
>  What is happing? How can we solve it?
>  Thanks in advance.

hello ana

try this:

import sys
from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui

def handleButton():
     path = QtCore.QLibraryInfo.location(
             QtCore.QLibraryInfo.BinariesPath) + '/assistant'
     args = QtCore.QStringList() << '-enableRemoteControl'
     process.start(path, args)

def handleStarted():
     docs = QtCore.QLibraryInfo.location(
             QtCore.QLibraryInfo.DocumentationPath)
     stream = QtCore.QTextStream(process)
     stream << 'setSource ' << docs << '/html/assistant-manual.html\n'

def handleError(error):
     QtGui.QMessageBox.critical(
         button, 'Error', 'Could not start Qt Assistant')

app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
app.connect(app, QtCore.SIGNAL('lastWindowClosed()'),
             app, QtCore.SLOT('quit()'))
process = QtCore.QProcess(app)
process.connect(process, QtCore.SIGNAL('started()'), handleStarted)
process.connect(process, QtCore.SIGNAL('error(QProcess::ProcessError)'),
                 handleError)
button = QtGui.QPushButton('Show Qt Assistant')
button.connect(button, QtCore.SIGNAL('clicked()'), handleButton)
button.resize(200, 50)
button.move(400, 400)
button.show()

sys.exit(app.exec_())


regards
baz walter