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Analog Clock


This example displays an analog clock widget.
Header file:
/****************************************************************************
** $Id: aclock.h,v 1.2 1999/06/03 01:43:44 warwick Exp $
**
** Copyright (C) 1992-1999 Troll Tech AS.  All rights reserved.
**
** This file is part of an example program for Qt.  This example
** program may be used, distributed and modified without limitation.
**
*****************************************************************************/

#ifndef ACLOCK_H
#define ACLOCK_H

#include <qwidget.h>
#include <qdatetime.h>

class AnalogClock : public QWidget              // analog clock widget
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    AnalogClock( QWidget *parent=0, const char *name=0 );
    void setAutoMask(bool b);

protected:
    void updateMask();
    void paintEvent( QPaintEvent *);

private slots:
    void drawClock( QPainter* );
    void        timeout();

private:
    QTime       time;
};

#endif // ACLOCK_H

Implementation:
/****************************************************************************
** $Id: aclock.cpp,v 1.2 1999/06/03 01:43:43 warwick Exp $
**
** Copyright (C) 1992-1999 Troll Tech AS.  All rights reserved.
**
** This file is part of an example program for Qt.  This example
** program may be used, distributed and modified without limitation.
**
*****************************************************************************/

#include "aclock.h"
#include <qtimer.h>
#include <qpainter.h>
#include <qbitmap.h>

//
// Constructs an analog clock widget that uses an internal QTimer.
//

AnalogClock::AnalogClock( QWidget *parent, const char *name )
    : QWidget( parent, name )
{
    time = QTime::currentTime();                // get current time
    QTimer *internalTimer = new QTimer( this ); // create internal timer
    connect( internalTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), SLOT(timeout()) );
    internalTimer->start( 5000 );               // emit signal every 5 seconds
}

//
// The QTimer::timeout() signal is received by this slot.
//

void AnalogClock::timeout()
{
    QTime new_time = QTime::currentTime();      // get the current time
    if ( new_time.minute() != time.minute() )   // minute has changed
        updateMask();
}

void AnalogClock::paintEvent( QPaintEvent * )
{
    if ( autoMask() )
        return;
    QPainter paint( this );
    paint.setBrush( colorGroup().foreground() );
    drawClock( &paint );
}

// If the clock is transparent, we use updateMask()
// instead of paintEvent()

void AnalogClock::updateMask()  // paint clock mask
{
    QBitmap bm( size() );
    bm.fill( color0 );                  //transparent

    QPainter paint;
    paint.begin( &bm, this );
    paint.setBrush( color1 );           // use non-transparent color
    paint.setPen( color1 );

    drawClock( &paint );

    paint.end();
    setMask( bm );
}

//
// The clock is painted using a 1000x1000 square coordinate system.
// The painter's pen and brush colors are used.
//
void AnalogClock::drawClock( QPainter *paint )
{
    time = QTime::currentTime();                // save current time

    QPointArray pts;
    QPoint cp = rect().center();                // widget center point
    int d = QMIN(width(),height());             // we want a circular clock

    QWMatrix matrix;                            // setup transformation matrix
    matrix.translate( cp.x(), cp.y() );         // origin at widget center
    matrix.scale( d/1000.0F, d/1000.0F );       // scale coordinate system

    float h_angle = 30*(time.hour()%12-3) + time.minute()/2;
    matrix.rotate( h_angle );                   // rotate to draw hour hand
    paint->setWorldMatrix( matrix );
    pts.setPoints( 4, -20,0,  0,-20, 300,0, 0,20 );
    paint->drawPolygon( pts );                  // draw hour hand
    matrix.rotate( -h_angle );                  // rotate back to zero

    float m_angle = (time.minute()-15)*6;
    matrix.rotate( m_angle );                   // rotate to draw minute hand
    paint->setWorldMatrix( matrix );
    pts.setPoints( 4, -10,0, 0,-10, 400,0, 0,10 );
    paint->drawPolygon( pts );                  // draw minute hand
    matrix.rotate( -m_angle );                  // rotate back to zero

    for ( int i=0; i<12; i++ ) {                // draw hour lines
        paint->setWorldMatrix( matrix );
        paint->drawLine( 440,0, 460,0 );
        matrix.rotate( 30 );
    }

}

void AnalogClock::setAutoMask(bool b)
{
    if (b)
        setBackgroundMode( PaletteText );
    else
        setBackgroundMode( PaletteBackground );
    QWidget::setAutoMask(b);
}

Main:
/****************************************************************************
** $Id: main.cpp,v 1.3 1999/06/08 14:20:27 aavit Exp $
**
** Copyright (C) 1992-1999 Troll Tech AS.  All rights reserved.
**
** This file is part of an example program for Qt.  This example
** program may be used, distributed and modified without limitation.
**
*****************************************************************************/

#include "aclock.h"
#include <qapplication.h>

int main( int argc, char **argv )
{
    QApplication a( argc, argv );
    AnalogClock *clock = new AnalogClock;
    if ( argc == 2 &&strcmp(argv[1],"-transparent") == 0 )
        clock->setAutoMask( TRUE );
    clock->resize( 100, 100 );
    a.setMainWidget( clock );
    clock->show();
    int result = a.exec();
    delete clock;
    return result;
}


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