[Qt-interest] Is there a QT equivalent to MFC:s on_command_update_ui?

[Constantin Makshin]

Take a look at QMetaObject::connectSlotsByName() function.

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:18:22 +0300, Gabriel Ortiz <gor23 at hotmail.com>  
wrote:
> Hi. I'm new to QT with a background in MFC programming. I'm just  
> wondering if there is there a QT equivalent to MFC:s  
> on_command_update_ui? I.e. a way to write a single update handler to  
> handle things like enabling, checking/unchecking menu items etc and that  
> is called automatically by the framework? If not, is there any best  
> practise?
>
> I did a lot of MFC programming a few years ago. As I recall it,  
> on_command_update_ui was a quite handy mechanism, although the message  
> routing in MFC is intricate.
>
> I've found that it difficult to get it right when you have to manually  
> add calls to "setEnabled" each time the GUI changes state, especially  
> when there are complex state machines with many possible state  
> transitions.

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Constantin Makshin