[Qt-interest] Problem when using QPainter on child widgets

[John McClurkin]

Deepak Angeshwar wrote:
> All,
> 
> I have a custom widget inside another widget, when I try to initialize
> QPainter on the child widget (custom widget) it throws the warning
> 
> QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
> QPainter::setClipPath: Painter not active
> QPainter::clipRegion: Painter not active
> 
> Has anyone faced the same problem?
> 
> 
> 
You can only start a painter for a widget in the paint event of that widget.