[SOLVED]QSystemTrayIcon for console applications

mbnoimi

Hi all,

Can I use QSystemTrayIcon for console applications?

PS
I tried to test it by using the following snippet but I got a runtime error:

---main.cpp

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#include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
#include <QSystemTrayIcon>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);

QSystemTrayIcon *iconTray = new QSystemTrayIcon(QIcon(":/pixmap/res/icon.png"));
iconTray->show();

return a.exec(&#41;;

}
@

---test.pro

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QT += core

QT += gui

TARGET = TRAY-APP
CONFIG += console
CONFIG += app_bundle

TEMPLATE = app

SOURCES += main.cpp

RESOURCES +=
res.qrc
@

---runtime error
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QWidget: Cannot create a QWidget when no GUI is being used

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.
@

[EDIT: fixed code formatting, Volker]

goetz

You can build a console application in the sense that there is no main window or GUI or the like. But as you instantiate a GUI element - the QSystemTrayIcon - your application needs to initialize the graphics system. Therefore your need a QApplication instead of a QCoreApplication. If you change that, the code should work.

mbnoimi

Thanks a lot... it's working fine