Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
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Printed | Page 2 In the first paragraph |
"security" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 5 In the first paragraph |
"slower" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 5 In the next-to-last paragraph |
"GUI-layering" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 6 In the first line of the first paragraph |
"not" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 7 In the second command-line example |
"xvfz" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 17 In the next-to-last paragraph |
"Annotated class list view" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 26 In the first paragraph of "Another example..." |
"own" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 27 |
"QLCDNumber* mylcdnum = new QWidget..." |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 28 The line number 2 in the first line has been changed to 26. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 28 In the second item of "Running moc", the section "Building |
Projects Portably with tmake" is located in the chapter |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 32 If your screen resolution is less than 1280x1024, use 50 as |
the y coordinate in the setGeometry() call in line 113 (second |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 34 The s of QPaintDevices in the last but one line is now typeset |
in roman. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 36 In exercise 2, the second occurrence of "use" has been removed. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 36 The following hint has been added to exercise 3 |
"Closing the application can be done by calling qApp->quit()". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 39 The destructor in the listing (lines 88-93) has been typeset |
in bold. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 42 If your screen resolution is less than 1280x1024, use 50 as |
the y coordinate in the setGeometry() call in line 216 (second |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 49 Lines 70-71 are now typeset in bold. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 52 Lines 212-221 are now typeset in bold. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 53 Lines 260, 263, 266, 269 and 272 are now typeset in bold. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 53 In the last paragraph: The "addChild()" invocation mentioned is the |
one on line 219 (page 52). |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 53 If your screen resolution is less than 1280x1024, use 50 as |
the y coordinate in the setGeometry() call in line 284 (second |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 62 If your screen resolution is less than 1280x1024, use 50 as |
the y coordinate in the setGeometry() call in line 315 (second |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 71 If your screen resolution is less than 1280x1024, use 50 as |
the y coordinate in the setGeometry() call in line 383 (second |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 72 In the first paragraph |
"ScribbleArea::slotLoad()" and "ScribbleArea::slotSave()" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 81 In the second code block, there are now quotation marks |
around "Choice2" and "Choice3" (like with "Choice1"). Also, |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 84 In the last paragraph, "or check boxes" has been added at the end |
of the sentence. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 84 In the fifth paragraph: The section "Validating User Input" is |
contained in the chapter "Text Processing". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 86 The following line has been added before "Spin boxes" |
"For a full example, see the section "Another example for |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 88 In the last line of the third paragraph |
"sliderMoved()" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 93 In the second line of the second paragraph, the word "size" has been |
removed. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 93 In the last sentence, the first "only" has been removed. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 95 In the first paragraph of "Labels": "are" has been inserted between |
"there" and "two". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 100 In the first paragraph of "Status bars": "only" and "text" have been |
reversed. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 104 In the last sentence before code example: "a" has been inserted before |
"small" and "example". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 111 In the last line the extranneous "the" has been deleted. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 118 In the fourth and last paragraph |
"cancel" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 119 In the first line, an "is" has been inserted between "This" and "no". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 121 Listing, line 108: "&" has been removed. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 122 In the second paragraph: "the the" has been changed to "the". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 124 The line "cites a Usenet posting by Jared M. Spool that" has been |
removed from the first paragraph. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 126 In the description of QBoxLayout |
"QBoxLayout" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 126 activate() should not be called in Qt 2.0. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 132 In the second paragraph, last but one line: "then" has been removed. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 134 In the second-to-last line |
"increase" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 139 In the third item, "swouldn't" has been changed to "wouldn't". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 139 In the fourth item, "be presented" has been inserted between |
"he should" and "with the text". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 140 In the first line, "progess" has been replaced with "progress". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 145 In the second line, the "a" has been removed before "non-trivial". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 146 In the first code example, a semicolon has been added at the end. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 149 In the code block, last but two line: "it" has been changed to |
"iterator". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 155 In the fifth paragraph, second line: "a" has been inserted between |
"than" and "page". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 163 In the first paragraph of "Advanced QPainter...": "far the |
beyond" has been replaced with "far beyond the". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 165 "QWMMatrix" has been replaced with "QWMatrix" (four times) |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 166 "QWMMatrix" has been replaced with "QWMatrix" (once) |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 167 In the last but one paragraph, last but one line: the second "it" |
has been removed. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 168 In the last paragraph, line 6: the second "further" has been removed. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 169 In the fourth paragraph "called that is" has been replaced with |
"that is called". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 186 In the second code example: "true" has been replaced with "false". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 256 The section "Managing Colors" mentioned in the description of |
QApplication::setColorSpec() is located in the chapter "Graphics". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 311 In the second paragraph: "witha" has been changed to "with a". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 317 In the explanation for exercise 1, the sentence about |
tracking has been removed. |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 323 In the answer to exercise 3, second item: the second "called" |
has been changed to "selected". |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 329 The following has been added to the explanation of exercise 1 |
of "Adding a Scrolled View": "qkeycode.h is the include file |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 329 The following has been added to the explanation of exercise 1 |
of "Adding a Context Menu": "You also need to add the lines |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1999 |