[PyQt] QWebPage plug-ins

[Alejandro Serrano]

On Domingo 14 Junio 2009 16:39:57 Phil Thompson escribió:
> On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:02:16 +0200, Alejandro Serrano <trupill at gmail.com>
>
> wrote:
> > On Domingo 14 Junio 2009 15:46:35 Phil Thompson escribió:
> >> On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:36:29 +0200, Alejandro Serrano
>
> <trupill at gmail.com>
>
> >> wrote:
> >> > On Domingo 14 Junio 2009 14:26:38 Phil Thompson escribió:
> >> >> On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:05:26 +0200, Alejandro Serrano
> >>
> >> <trupill at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > ...
> >> >>
> >> >> It's true that earlier versions of PyQt registered a lot of C++ types
> >> >> that
> >> >> Qt didn't register automatically, but that was an implementation
> >> >> detail
> >> >> and
> >> >> not documented behavior. As the registration is template based it has
> >> >> to
> >> >> be
> >> >> done from C++.
> >> >>
> >> >> Phil
> >> >
> >> > I see... The problem that I'm facing is that I am creating the
> >>
> >> application
> >>
> >> > using plug-ins, and I need them to create different widgets in the
> >> > QWebPage. I
> >> > have thought about two solutions, and I would like to know whether
>
> they
>
> >> are
> >>
> >> > possible:
> >> > 1. Create some C++ or SIP function that would register a type passed
>
> as
>
> >> > argument somehow. That way I would only need one C++ library. Maybe
> >> > just
> >> > something that would wrap qRegisterMetaType...
> >>
> >> Not easy - it's a template.
> >>
> >> > 2. Make all plug-in derive from some common class and then register
>
> the
>
> >> > base
> >> > class. If I do that, could I use the derived classes from QWebPage?
> >>
> >> I've no problem with including additional C++ classes that are then
> >> wrapped
> >> so that particular things can be done from Python - see the various QPy
> >> classes in PyQt - but somebody will have to say exactly what's needed.
> >>
> >> Phil
> >
> > Just for reference: I'm using this tutorial http://daniel-
> > albuschat.blogspot.com/2008/12/embedding-qt-widgets-into-qtwebkit.html as
> >
> > reference
>
> Like I said before anything that needs to register a meta-type is going to
> be a problem. However, it's not needed for ordinary widgets as the attached
> shows.
>
> Phil

Thank you very much. I'll try this tomorrow and check whether it works with 
the other code I was using. I think I made a lot of mistakes embedding 
QWebPage :(