# class KAboutData | Holds information needed by the "About" box and other classes. More...
Definition | `#include <kaboutdata.h>`
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#### Public Types

- enum LicenseKey { License_Custom = -2, License_File = -1, License_Unknown = 0, License_GPL = 1, License_GPL_V2 = 1, License_LGPL = 2, License_LGPL_V2 = 2, License_BSD = 3, License_Artistic = 4, License_QPL = 5, License_QPL_V1_0 = 5 }

#### Public Methods

- KAboutData ( const char *appName, const char *programName, const char *version, const char *shortDescription = 0, int licenseType = License_Unknown, const char *copyrightStatement = 0, const char *text = 0, const char *homePageAddress = 0, const char *bugsEmailAddress = "submit@bugs.kde.org" )
- ~KAboutData ()
- void addAuthor ( const char *name, const char *task=0, const char *emailAddress=0, const char *webAddress=0 )
- void addCredit ( const char *name, const char *task=0, const char *emailAddress=0, const char *webAddress=0 )
- void setTranslator (const char* name, const char* emailAddress)
- void setLicenseText ( const char *license )
- void setLicenseTextFile ( const QString &file )
- const char * appName () const
- QString programName () const
- QString version () const
- QString shortDescription () const
- QString homepage () const
- QString bugAddress () const
- const QValueList<KAboutPerson> authors () const
- const QValueList<KAboutPerson> credits () const
- const QValueList<KAboutTranslator> translators () const
- QString otherText () const
- QString license () const
- QString copyrightStatement () const

#### Public Static Methods

- static QString aboutTranslationTeam ()

## Detailed Description

This class is used to store information about a program. It can store such values a version number, program name, homepage, email address for bug reporting, multiple authors and contributors (using KAboutPerson), license and copyright information.

Currently, the values set here are shown by the "About" box (see KAboutDialog), used by the bug report dialog (see KBugReport), and by the help shown on command line (see KCmdLineArguments).

enum LicenseKey { License_Custom = -2, License_File = -1, License_Unknown = 0, License_GPL = 1, License_GPL_V2 = 1, License_LGPL = 2, License_LGPL_V2 = 2, License_BSD = 3, License_Artistic = 4, License_QPL = 5, License_QPL_V1_0 = 5 } | ### LicenseKey

KAboutData ( const char *appName, const char *programName, const char *version, const char *shortDescription = 0, int licenseType = License_Unknown, const char *copyrightStatement = 0, const char *text = 0, const char *homePageAddress = 0, const char *bugsEmailAddress = "submit@bugs.kde.org" ) | ### KAboutData

Constructor.

Parameters:

appName | The program name used internally. Example: "kedit"
programName | A displayable program name string. This string should be marked for translation. Example: I18N_NOOP("KEdit")
version | The program version string.
shortDescription | A short description of what the program does. This string should be marked for translation. Example: I18N_NOOP("A simple text editor.")
licenseType | The license identifier. Use setLicenseText if you use a license not predefined here.
copyrightStatement | A copyright statement, that can look like this: "(c) 1999-2000, Name". The string specified here is not modified in any manner. The author information from addAuthor is not used.
text | Some free form text, that can contain any kind of information. The text can contain newlines. This string should be marked for translation.
homePageAddress | The program homepage string. Start the address with "http://". "http://some.domain" is is correct, "some.domain" is not.
bugsEmailAddress | The bug report email address string.

~KAboutData () | ### ~KAboutData

void addAuthor ( const char *name, const char *task=0, const char *emailAddress=0, const char *webAddress=0 ) | ### addAuthor

Defines an author. You can call this function as many times you need. Each entry is appended to a list. The person in the first entry is assumed to be the leader of the project.

Parameters:

name | The developer's name.
task | What the person is resposible for. This text can contain newlines. It should be marked for translation like this: I18N_NOOP("Task description...")
emailAddress | An Email address when the person can be reached.
webAddress | The person's homepage or a relevant link. Start the address with "http://". "http://some.domain" is is correct, "some.domain" is not.

void addCredit ( const char *name, const char *task=0, const char *emailAddress=0, const char *webAddress=0 ) | ### addCredit

Defines a person that deserves credit. You can call this function as many times you need. Each entry is appended to a list.

Parameters:

name | The person's name.
task | What the person has done to deserve the hounor. The text can contain newlines. It should be marked for translation like this: I18N_NOOP("Task description...")
emailAddress | An Email address when the person can be reached.
webAddress | The person's homepage or a relevant link. Start the address with "http://". "http://some.domain" is is correct, "some.domain" is not.

void setTranslator (const char* name, const char* emailAddress) | ### setTranslator

Sets the name of the translator of the gui. Since this depends on the language, just use a dummy text marked for translation.

For example: setTranslator(I18N_NOOP("_: NAME OF TRANSLATORS\nYour names") ,I18N_NOOP("_: EMAIL OF TRANSLATORS\nYour emails"));

The translator can then translate this dummy text with his name or with a list of names separated with ",". If there is no translation or the application is used with the default language, this function call is ignored.

Note: If you are using the default KDE automake environment, there is no need to use this function, because the two default strings above are added to the applications po file automatically.

See also: KAboutTranslator

void setLicenseText ( const char *license ) | ### setLicenseText

Defines a licence text.

The text will be translated if it got marked for tranlations with the I18N_NOOP() macro.

Example: setLicenseText( I18N_NOOP("This is my license"));

NOTE: No copy of the text is made.

Parameters:

license | The license text in utf8 encoding.

void setLicenseTextFile ( const QString &file ) | ### setLicenseTextFile

Defines a licence text.

Parameters:

file | File containing the license text.

const char * appName () | ### appName

[const]

Returns: the internal program name.

QString programName () | ### programName

[const]

Returns: the program name (translated).

QString version () | ### version

[const]

Returns: the version string.

QString shortDescription () | ### shortDescription

[const]

Returns: the short description (translated).

QString homepage () | ### homepage

[const]

Returns: the application homepage URL.

QString bugAddress () | ### bugAddress

[const]

Returns: the email address where to report bugs.

const QValueList<KAboutPerson> authors () | ### authors

[const]

Returns: author information (list of persons).

const QValueList<KAboutPerson> credits () | ### credits

[const]

Returns: credit information (list of persons).

const QValueList<KAboutTranslator> translators () | ### translators

[const]

Returns: translators information (list of persons)

QString aboutTranslationTeam () | ### aboutTranslationTeam

[static]

Returns: a message about the translation team

QString otherText () | ### otherText

[const]

Returns: the free form text (translated).

QString license () | ### license

[const]

Returns the license. If setLicenseType has been used, any text defined by setLicenseText is ignored, and the standard text for the chosen license will be returned.

Returns: The license text.

QString copyrightStatement () | ### copyrightStatement

[const]

Returns: the copyright statement.

- Version: $Id: kaboutdata.h,v 1.17 2001/01/10 16:52:37 faure Exp $
- Author: Espen Sand (espen@kde.org), David Faure (faure@kde.org)
- Generated: root@sparc.ports.openbsd.org on Wed May 2 09:34:58 2001, using kdoc 2.0a53.