Chromium Extensions and Qt QWebView - qt

Is it possible to integrate chrome extensions (i.e. browser add-ons) with Qt QWebView? If yes, then how? Please could you point me to any docs, tutorials or wiki on the topic?

For the moment, it is not possible. Qt developers don't have this idea in mind for the moment, but maybe for future release. You can read more here, where one of the developers says:
We don't have any active development on it. One question in particular
was that we don't know which extensions our customers would like to
use, and for what.
And also:
We don't have any specific extensions on our roadmap. Looking into
what we can easily add and that would be useful is on the roadmap for
5.8.

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How do I use HP's UFT with Eclipse's EMF Client Platform?

I have an existing software system in pure Java (1.8, currently 32 bit), using Eclipse's EMF Client Platform. Some modules are opened in normal web browsers like IE, Chrome etc. while others are loaded into an Eclipse client as Eclipse plugins. We're using Eclipse Mars.
We're looking to automate our testing with HP's UFT, so we're trying it out for the first time with a freshly downloaded trial version. We easily figured out how to use UFT with modules that are opened in a web browser from a tutorial I found online.
However, we're unable to say the same for the part of the system opened in the Eclipse client. My PM did a little preliminary research and some say there are compatibility issues. Right now I'm investigating this in-depth with the objective to get it working if possible. I Google'd with the terms UFT, Eclipse plugin, and/or EMF Client Platform without useful result.
As someone using this tool for the first time, I'm looking for help from those with experience in the community. Do you know any tutorial, documentation, any material that can assist me, whether to solve the problem outright or at least to help me understand the relevant parts of the UFT tool?
I understand LeanFT is installed with UFT, so I am open to using it as an alternative. Thanks!

TideSDK and native code?

I've just discovered TideSDK and it seems to be a really great tool, but I have one requirement : I need to use some native code (for managing USB devices for example) and so I need communication between this native code and the web app, is such a thing possible with TideSDK?
Yes, working with native code in TideSDK is possible. Our SDK is modular and we have been reorganizing the code structurally to make it easier to do the sort of thing you want. At a modular level, you will be contending with support for multiple platforms typically.
A module should extend to all platforms that you are supporting. We expect to have documentation to help developers (familiar with native code) to better understand the SDK. This should include some module boilerplate to help you get started. At this point, we have yet to prepare this more detailed documentation. We have much to do and sometimes progress seems slow despite all the great efforts going into TideSDK.
TideSDK is a large and complex SDK but don't let this frighten you off. It is extensible and we will be shining light on this soon with module development guides. It would be cool to talk more on IRC about this with you so feel free to drop by at any time. Perhaps the functionality you are speaking of is of general use ie. to extend the APIs for everyone.
There are possibilities to work together with the core developers of TideSDK on modules and to contribute to this great open source project. Other possibilities also include sponsoring module development if this something that you need more immediately for a project. Hope this helps.

Which parts of Windows does Qt rely on?

I believe Qt uses GDI(+) and you start with a QObject. Does it call ActiveX components, COM etc?
For example, putting WebKit in a form is there anything happening there that uses the Windows bits and pieces for painting?
I'm just a beginner trying to work out how much of WINAPI, COM, and ActiveX is used/wrapped by Qt.
In general Qt only implements a feature if there is a sensible(/compatible) metaphor for that feature on all* supported platforms. It makes use of a lot of different Microsoft and non-Microsoft components on Windows, not just the one's you have mentioned.
I've not found a document which summarises what you're asking before because it's not something I've ever needed or found useful as the document would be immense. The way I tend to work with Qt is read the excellent documentation and believe it until I find something which does what I didn't expect it to. Then delve into what it does under the bonnet(/hood) for that specific platform. Remember, the source code is freely available.
* Note: there are some features which are platform specific in the framework but these are usually clearly identified as such.

Simple working example using plugin writen in Qt and make it work with NPAPI

Can anybody show me simple working example using Qt(export DLL plugin file) and make it work with NPAPI. I want simple example to test it in Google Chrome. Any links, codes ...
Thank you
There's a nice framework called Firebreath for writing cross-platform browser plugins in C++. It comes with plenty of documentation and example projects, so it's easy to get started. As a plus, in addition to NPAPI hosts you pretty much get free support for ActiveX browsers (Internet Explorer) too.
http://www.firebreath.org
Check out the QtBrowserPlugin solution, http://doc.qt.nokia.com/solutions/4/qtbrowserplugin/developingplugins.html
There you should find information about writing your own NPAPI plugins.
Update:
I did not realize there was no useful link to the source, it can be found in gitorious at
http://qt.gitorious.org/qt-solutions/ to browse online http://qt.gitorious.org/qt-solutions/qt-solutions/trees/master/qtbrowserplugin

Telerik Reporting Problems

Anyone else using this? I've just installed it, documentation is hidden somewhere, and so far it's not doing to well. It's Toolbox tab is missing, and when I add the items manually, they disappear again seconds later. I have managed to get one report done, but nowhere can I find how to make the viewer show it, without a very long winded error about not finding a certain path.
As Mark and Martin already pointed out Telerik support is second to none, so you would surely get help in their forums/support threads. I'm currently working with their Reporting product and honestly I have not experienced any problems so far. I've read that they had problems with the toolbox in x64 bit machines, but it has been resolved in the latest service pack, so you might want to make sure you are using the latest version first. However adding the items manually to the toolbox would definitely work and if you are having problem with that too, it sounds more like a Visual Studio problem to me. Also looking at their system requirements, VS Express editions are not supported, so this might be the case as well.
Looking through their help, I find a whole section about their reportviewer and how to use it - check it out: http://www.telerik.com/help/reporting/aspnetreportviewerembedding.html
You can find the complete documentation and tutorials online in the support section of their site. If this does not help, ask in the forums. And since you have valid license, you can also create a support ticket.
I can't comment on the reporting component, since I have never used it. But I do use the ASP.NET controls and from that I can tell you that you will usually get help very quickly (especially when creating a support ticket).
Telerik offers many useful controls and is generally quite conscientious about their code and support. You're likely to have more luck on their site's forums.
With that being said, I found their reporting tool to be quite buggy and unusable.

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