> You can do hybrid apps in Qt, I did one in MFC and Qt. Remember at some level > Qt is "just a library". I'd imagine that at some point though you'd need to > merge the event loops depending on the level of intertop required. If you > don't have the same process/address space you'll need some level of IPC.
A Qt application can embed native windows, but AFAIK, a Qt application cannot be embedded inside a hierarchy of native windows. Hence my idea to abstract the the native application via QPA. All that in the same process (no IPC). Philippe On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 21:45:04 +0100 "Jason H" <jh...@gmx.com> wrote: > > > > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 at 12:02 PM > > From: Philippe <philw...@gmail.com> > > To: interest@qt-project.org > > Subject: [Interest] Customized Qt Platform Abstraction plugin > > > > There is little documentation about Qpa, however I am wondering if a custom > > Qpa plugin could be used for the followin scenario: > > > > * there is a big desktop application A that does not use Qt, and that uses > > its own xplatform framework. > > * there is smaller application B, that is based on Qt widgets > > * the goal is to embed B inside A. Both applications are from the same > > company, with possibily to make changes in both (but A must not be > > rewritten for Qt, and B must remain based on Qt) > > > > I am just asking: how crazy or wise, possible or not, is the idea to > > create a QPA plugin, representing the "platform A", to host B ? > > > > IOW, mouse/key/window support is provided by A, and used by B > > But they are all running on the same platform. > > You can do hybrid apps in Qt, I did one in MFC and Qt. Remember at some level > Qt is "just a library". I'd imagine that at some point though you'd need to > merge the event loops depending on the level of intertop required. If you > don't have the same process/address space you'll need some level of IPC. _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
