QPointerEvent throws error

[curiosity]

Hi,
QPointerEvent is not identified in the program. i am using Qt 5.12.12. Any suggestions?

[curiosity]

@Pl45m4

if you say that lambda is not needed, in which context do we use lambda for connect statements

[jsulm]

@curiosity Please read https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qeventpoint.html
Especially the "Since:" part.

[curiosity]

@jsulm

what is the alternate for qeventpoint in 5.12

[jsulm]

@curiosity What do you actually want to do?

[curiosity]

@jsulm

    if (touchEvent->touchPoints().count() == 2) {
        const QEventPoint &touchPoint1 = touchEvent->touchPoints().first();
        const QEventPoint &touchPoint2 = touchEvent->touchPoints().last();

        QLineF line1(touchPoint1.sceneLastPosition(), touchPoint2.sceneLastPosition());
        QLineF line2(touchPoint1.scenePosition(), touchPoint2.scenePosition());

        setTransform(QTransform().rotate(line2.angleTo(line1)), true);
    }

this is the code .. i need 2 point on the screen

[Christian Ehrlicher]

When you use Qt5 then you should look at the Qt5 documentation of QTouchEvent and use the correct return type: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtouchevent.html#touchPoints

[curiosity]

@Christian-Ehrlicher

I am getting a lot of linker errors. probably QApplication is not resolved while compiling. or what is the possible reason

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol "protected: virtual void __cdecl QGraphicsItem::keyReleaseEvent(class QKeyEvent *)" (?keyReleaseEvent@QGraphicsItem@@MEAAXPEAVQKeyEvent@@@Z) TouchPadProj C:\Users\source\repos\TouchProj\TouchProj\Touchpad.obj 1

[Christian Ehrlicher]

@curiosity Then you should link against QtGui as shown in the documentation.

[curiosity]

@Christian-Ehrlicher

there are so many such errors

[Christian Ehrlicher]

@curiosity And why don't you do what I told you then? When you want to use a library then you have to link against this library...

[curiosity]

@Christian-Ehrlicher

this is my .pro file

QT += gui // I guess this is how you suggested
QT += widgets

-lQtGui

HEADERS = knob.h
SOURCES = main.cpp knob.cpp

install

target.path = $$[QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES]/widgets/touch/knobs
INSTALLS += target

this didnt work

[jsulm]

@curiosity said in QPointerEvent throws error:

-lQtGui

What is this?!

[curiosity]

@jsulm
linker flag... even with/ without this it isnt working

[JonB]

@curiosity But what is it doing as you show in the middle of your .pro file? It will likely make it incorrect.

[jsulm]

@curiosity First: this linker flag is not needed. Second: the way you added it is wrong and makes no sense.

[curiosity]

@JonB

I removed it. also #include <QApplication> is not resolved by the compiler. i have to include the entire path/absolute path something like this

#include <C:\Qt\Qt5.12.12\5.12.12\winrt_x64_msvc2017\include\QtWidgets\QApplication> which is not the right way

[jsulm]

@curiosity said in QPointerEvent throws error:

also #include <QApplication> is not resolved by the compiler

Then something is wrong with your project configuration.
Did you rerun qmake after editing the pro file?
It also looks like you're using Visual Studio - I never used it with Qt, but maybe you need to recreate project files after changing pro file?

[curiosity]

@jsulm

I am not sure from where should i run qmake in visual studio. i rebuilt the solution after deleting the build folder.

[curiosity]

@jsulm @JonB

i switched to qt creator.

i have an error here with signals and slots

looks like i have right signals and slots. but not getting about this errorgetting about

[JonB]

@curiosity
Start by showing definition of the two slot functions you use.
Is this an error only in the code completion inside Qt Creator, or do you get these errors when you actually compile?