[SOLVED] How to use QTableWidget class in a sofa component plugin

[rubab123]

Hello there.
I need to make a graph when the animation is done in modeler. For this I have written a plugin component which gives me total run time occupied by my scene file. Now I need to display that time information in a graph. For this I use sqlite 3 to save data in database and then QTable widget to display data from there. But how can I use QtableWidget in sofa, as it is not getting included in my component, when i include as #include <Qtablewidget> it says cannot add file, what can i do.
Is there any way to resolve it.
Any guidance from your busy schedule would highly be appreciated.
Many Thanks.

[Hugo]

Hey @rubab,

I am no expert, but I noticed other devs about your issue. They should come back to you soon.

Hugo

[Binesh]

Dear @rubab,
For including qt class, you must find Qt library in your plugin cmake

For Example ::

find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Core REQUIRED)

if(Qt5Core_FOUND)
    message("Simedix: Using Qt5")
    set(QT5_NO_LINK_QTMAIN 1)

    find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Gui OpenGL Network Core Multimedia REQUIRED)

    set(EXT_QT_INCLUDES ${Qt5Core_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Qt5Network_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Qt5Multimedia_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Qt5Widgets_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Qt5OpenGL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
    #target_include_directories(${EXT_QT_INCLUDES})

    set(EXT_QT_LIBRARIES ${Qt5Core_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5Network_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5Multimedia_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5Widgets_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5OpenGL_LIBRARIES})

    qt5_wrap_cpp(MOC_FILES ${MOC_HEADER_FILES})
    set(MOC_FILES_GROUP "Generated")
    qt5_wrap_ui(FORM_FILES ${UI_FILES})
    set(FORM_FILES_GROUP "Generated")
endif()

target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${EXT_QT_LIBRARIES})

Best wishes,

Behnam Binesh

[rubab123]

Thank you alot @Hugo and @Binesh!
I have added this in my plugin cmake file. But still I am not able to include Qtablewidget.h in my component.

[rubab123]

@Behnam @Binesh I got this error when I added code in cImg plugin

CMake Error at applications/plugins/CImgPlugin/CMakeLists.txt:47 (target_link_libraries):
Cannot specify link libraries for target “CImgPlugin” which is not built by
this project.

[Binesh]

Dear @rubab,
Can you show me your cmake ?

Best,

Behnam Binesh

[rubab123]

@Binesh Thnaks alot for your concern
Here is cmake file for my EvaluationMetrixx plugin:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
project(EvaluationMetrixx)

set(HEADER_FILES
   initMyPlugin.h
   InjectorPositioningMetrics.h
   InjectorHandlingMetrics.h
   ObjectHandlingMetrics.h
   SphereHandlingMetrics.h
   ICSISimulationMetrics.h

  
)

set(SOURCE_FILES
    initMyPlugin.cpp
    InjectorPositioningMetrics.cpp
    InjectorHandlingMetrics.cpp 
    ObjectHandlingMetrics.cpp   
   SphereHandlingMetrics.cpp
ICSISimulationMetrics.cpp

  
)

find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Core REQUIRED)

if(Qt5Core_FOUND)
    message("Simedix: Using Qt5")
    set(QT5_NO_LINK_QTMAIN 1)

    find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Gui OpenGL Network Core Multimedia REQUIRED)

    set(EXT_QT_INCLUDES ${Qt5Core_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Qt5Network_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Qt5Multimedia_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Qt5Widgets_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Qt5OpenGL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
    #target_include_directories(${EXT_QT_INCLUDES})

    set(EXT_QT_LIBRARIES ${Qt5Core_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5Network_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5Multimedia_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5Widgets_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5OpenGL_LIBRARIES})

    qt5_wrap_cpp(MOC_FILES ${MOC_HEADER_FILES})
    set(MOC_FILES_GROUP "Generated")
    qt5_wrap_ui(FORM_FILES ${UI_FILES})
    set(FORM_FILES_GROUP "Generated")
endif()

target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${EXT_QT_LIBRARIES})

find_package(SofaFramework REQUIRED)

add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${HEADER_FILES} ${SOURCE_FILES})
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} SofaCore SofaMisc SofaMiscCollision SofaMiscEngine SofaMiscFem SofaMiscForceField SofaMiscMapping SofaMiscSolver SofaMiscTopology SofaGuiCommon  )

set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-DSOFA_BUILD_EVALUATIONMETRIXX")
install(TARGETS EvaluationMetrixx
        RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
        LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
        ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)

[rubab123]

@Benish I just resolved this error. Now camke is built successfully, I have added this

target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} SofaCore SofaMisc SofaMiscCollision SofaMiscEngine SofaMiscFem SofaMiscForceField SofaMiscMapping SofaMiscSolver SofaMiscTopology SofaGuiCommon EXT_QT_LIBRARIES )

Still in my plugin component when I add QtableWidget.h It says, cannot be included. Moreover, when I build my plugin in Visual studio, at the end it gives me this:

Error LNK1181 cannot open input file ‘EXT_QT_LIBRARIES.lib’ EvaluationMetrixx C:\sofa\build\applications\plugins\EvaluationMetrixx\LINK 1

Any idea?
@Benish

[Binesh]

Dear @rubab,
I think your cmake list is incorrect,
Please use this codes in your cmake file

target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} SofaCore SofaMisc SofaMiscCollision SofaMiscEngine SofaMiscFem SofaMiscForceField SofaMiscMapping SofaMiscSolver SofaMiscTopology SofaGuiCommon)
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${EXT_QT_LIBRARIES})

Best,

Behnam Binesh

[rubab123]

Thanks alooot!!!
it realy worked @Binesh…

[Binesh]

@rubab
You’re welcome
Good luck

Best,

Behnam Binesh

[rubab123]

Hello @Behnam Binesh;
I have a new issue now, I am basically working in sofa and compiling it in Visual studio. I have some values saved in sqlite database. Then I have created a qt application using Qt creator and saved that data from sqlite to QTableView, which gives me a table containing sqlite data.
Now i want to use that table in sofa (my plugin component) so that it displays table, for this some one told me to put your header ,source and ui files (from Qt application) into the cmake of plugins, which I did same. I built cmake and opened project in VS, now that qt files are inaccessible like ui->setup (ui not found) errors like tableview not defined etc, I hope you understand my problem.
Here I share my cmake with you:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
project(EvaluationMetrixx)

set(HEADER_FILES
initMyPlugin.h
InjectorPositioningMetrics.h
InjectorHandlingMetrics.h
ObjectHandlingMetrics.h
SphereHandlingMetrics.h
ICSISimulationMetrics.h
mainwindow.h

)

set(SOURCE_FILES
initMyPlugin.cpp
InjectorPositioningMetrics.cpp
InjectorHandlingMetrics.cpp
ObjectHandlingMetrics.cpp
SphereHandlingMetrics.cpp
ICSISimulationMetrics.cpp
mainwindow.cpp

)

set(UI_FILES
mainwindow.ui
)

set(MOC_FILES

moc_mainwindow.cpp

)

find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Core REQUIRED)

if(Qt5Core_FOUND)
message(“Simedix: Using Qt5”)
set(QT5_NO_LINK_QTMAIN 1)

find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Gui OpenGL Network Core Multimedia REQUIRED)

set(EXT_QT_INCLUDES ${Qt5Core_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Qt5Network_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Qt5Multimedia_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Qt5Widgets_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Qt5OpenGL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
#target_include_directories(${EXT_QT_INCLUDES})

set(EXT_QT_LIBRARIES ${Qt5Core_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5Network_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5Multimedia_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5Widgets_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5OpenGL_LIBRARIES})

qt5_wrap_cpp(MOC_FILES ${MOC_HEADER_FILES})
set(MOC_FILES_GROUP “Generated”)
qt5_wrap_ui(FORM_FILES ${UI_FILES})
set(FORM_FILES_GROUP “Generated”)
endif()

find_package(SofaFramework REQUIRED)

add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${HEADER_FILES} ${SOURCE_FILES} ${UI_FILES})
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} SofaCore SofaMisc SofaMiscCollision SofaMiscEngine SofaMiscFem SofaMiscForceField SofaMiscMapping SofaMiscSolver SofaMiscTopology SofaGuiCommon)
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${EXT_QT_LIBRARIES})

set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS “-DSOFA_BUILD_EVALUATIONMETRIXX”)
install(TARGETS EvaluationMetrixx
RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)

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