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tork/src/likeback.h

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/***************************************************************************
* Copyright (C) 2006 by Sebastien Laout *
* slaout@linux62.org *
* *
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify *
* it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as *
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the *
* License, or (at your option) any later version. *
* *
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, *
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of *
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the *
* GNU General Public License for more details. *
* *
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public *
* License along with this program; if not, write to the *
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., *
* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. *
***************************************************************************/
#ifndef LIKEBACK_H
#define LIKEBACK_H
#include <tqobject.h>
class TDEConfig;
class TDEAboutData;
class TDEAction;
class TDEActionCollection;
class LikeBackPrivate;
class LikeBackBar;
class LikeBackDialog;
/**
* @short System to Get Quick Feedback from Beta-Testers
*
* This system allows users to communicate theire liking of the application to its developers.
* Thus, developers know what theire users prefer of theire applications, what should be enhanced, etc.
*
* Basically, how does it work?
* Whenever the user notice something good he appreciate or something he do not like, do not understand, do not find polished...
* he can send a few short words to the developers to tell them what he like or do not like. It is only two or three clicks away.
* It is fast and efficient.
*
* This greatly lowers the communication barrier between the application developers and the application users.
* It makes the developers understand and satisfy better the needs of the users.
*
* The LikeBack system has 5 components:
* @li In the application: The comment dialog, where the user write a comment, select a type of comment, etc.
* @li In the application: The TDEAction to plug in the Help menu. This action displays the comment dialog.
* @li In the application: The button-bar, that floats bellow titlebar of every windows of the application, and let the user to quickly show the comment dialog.
* The button-bar can be hidden.
* @li On the server: A PHP script that collects every comments that users send. The LikeBack object should be configured to contact that server.
* @li On the server: The developer interface. It lists every comments that were sent, let you sort them, add remarks to them, and mark them as fixed or another status.
*
* Here is an example of code to call to quickly setup LikeBack on the client:
* @code
* // Instanciate the LikeBack system, and show the first-use information dialog if the button-bar is shown:
* LikeBack *likeBack = new LikeBack(LikeBack::AllButtons, LikeBack::isDevelopmentVersion(kapp->aboutData->version())); // Show button-bar only in beta-versions
* likeBack->setServer("myapp.kde.org", "/likeback/send.php");
* likeBack->setAcceptedLanguages(TQStringList::split(";", "en;fr"), i18n("Please write in English or French."));
*
* // Comment the following line once you are sure all your windows have a name:
* likeBack->setWindowNamesListing(LikeBack::WarnUnnamedWindows);
*
* // This line should be called early in your TDEMainWindow constructor because it references actionCollection().
* // It should be called before createGUI() for the action to be plugged in the Help menu:
* likeBack->sendACommentAction(actionCollection());
* @endcode
*
* @see Visit http://basket.kde.org/likeback.php for more information, screenshots, a tutorial, hints, return of experiences, and to download the server-side developer interface...
* @author Sebastien Laout <slaout@linux62.org>
*/
class LikeBack : public TQObject
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
/**
* Ids of every LikeBack buttons the button-bar can have.
* The four first values are each individual buttons you can enable or not.
* The next ones are combinations: all buttons at once, and the default set of buttons (Like, Dislike).
* Those values are used in the constructor, to set the allowed type of comments, and when triggering the comment dialog, to set the default checked type.
* @See The LikeBack constructor and execCommentDialog().
*/
enum Button {
Like = 0x01, /// The user select that option to report a positive experience he got with the application.
Dislike = 0x02, /// The user select that option to report a frustrating experience he got with the application.
Bug = 0x04, /// The user select that option to report a bug in the application.
Feature = 0x10, /// The user select that option to ask for a new feature he desire.
/// If not enabled, the user is explicitely informed she cannot ask for new features.
AllButtons = Like | Dislike | Bug | Feature, /// Usable in the constructor to enable every posible buttons.
DefaultButtons = Like | Dislike /// Usable in the constructor to enable only the recommended default set of buttons.
};
/**
* Flags letting LikeBack print out name and path of each window you show during execution, for debugging purpose.
* @See The method setWindowNamesListing() explains how to use those values.
*/
enum WindowListing {
NoListing = 0, /// Do not print out any window name. For release time.
WarnUnnamedWindows = 1, /// Each time the user option a window, print out a message if the window is unnamed. For development needs, to check windows.
AllWindows = 2 /// Print out the window hierarchy of each opened windows during execution. For development needs, to check every windows have an understandable name.
};
/**
* You only need to call the constructor once, typically in main.cpp.
* Even if you do not show the button-bar by default, you should instanciate LikeBack,
* to include its action in the Help menu of your application, to let the users send comments or activate the bar.
* @param buttons The types of comments you want to get. Determine which radio-buttons are shown in the comment dialog,
* and which ones are displayed in the button-bar. Default buttons do not show the Bug and Feature buttons because you are
* likely to already have a way to get bug and feature reports (most of the time, it is a bugs.kde.org account).
* If you do not have that, then use the value LikeBack::AllButtons to show every possible buttons.
* @param showBarByDefault Determines if the floating button-bar should also be shown, in addition to the action in the Help menu.
* Advise: to avoid getting too much noise, enable it only if it is a small application or a development release.
* Notes: This is only a default value, the user will be able to enable or disabled the bar afterward.
* The button-bar display is stored by version. On a new version, your default value will take effect again.
* This allow you to disable the button-bar once the version is stable enought to be released as final.
* @param config Set the configuration file where to store the user email address and if the button-bar should be shown.
* By default (null), the TDEApplication configuration object is used.
* @param aboutData Set the TDEAboutData instance used to get the application name and version. By default (null), the TDEApplication about data object is used.
* The application name is only used in the first-use information message.
* The version is used to store the button-bar visibility per version (can be shown in a development version but not in a final one...)
* and to send with the comment, so you can filter per version and know if a comment refers the latest version of the application or not.
*/
LikeBack(Button buttons = DefaultButtons, bool showBarByDefault = false, TDEConfig *config = 0, const TDEAboutData *aboutData = 0);
/**
* Destructor.
* Also hide the button-bar, if it was shown.
* Be careful, the TDEAction is deleted. Do not use it afterward, and take care to unplug it before destroying this LikeBack instance.
*/
~LikeBack();
/**
* This method is interesting while setting up the system for the first time.
* LikeBack send the current window name (and hierarchy) with the comment. This allows you to put the comments in theire context.
* So, of course, you are encouraged to give a name to your windows. It is done in the constructor of the widgets.
* This method allows to output the name of the current window to the standard output.
* So you can use the application, open all the windows, and when you see a warning, you know which window you should assign a name.
* @see The WindowListing flags for an enumeration and explaining of every possibilities.
* @Note If you do not name your windows, the name of the classes will be sent. So it is not that grave.
*/
void setWindowNamesListing(WindowListing windowListing);
/**
* @Returns The window listing flag.
* @see setWindowNamesListing()
*/
WindowListing windowNamesListing();
/**
* By default, only English comments are accepted. The user is informed she must write in this language by a sentence placed in the comment dialog.
* If you have people talking other languages in your development team, it can be interesting to call this method to define the accepted locales (languages),
* and provide a message to inform users. The developer interface on the server let developers view comments in theire locale.
* Note that no verification is done to check if the user used the right language, it would be impossible.
* The list of locales is there to make it possible to NOT show the message for users of the accepted languages.
* For instance, if you accept only English and French, and that the application run in a French environment,
* it is likely the user is French and will write comments using French. Telling him he should write in French is unnecessary and redundant.
* Passing an empty list and an empty string to the method will make LikeBack display the default message telling the user only English is accepted.
* Example of call you can quickly copy, paste and adapt:
* @code
* likeBack->setAcceptedLanguages(TQStringList::split(";", "en;fr"), i18n("Please write in English or French."));
* @endcode
* @Note During tests, if you do not see the sentence, it is because you are running the application with an "accepted language": do not be surprised ;-)
* @param locales The list of locales where the message does not need to be shown. See TODO TODO for a list of available locales for you to choose.
* @param message The message to displays to the user to tell him what languages are accepted to write his comments.
*/
void setAcceptedLanguages(const TQStringList &locales, const TQString &message);
/**
* @Returns The list of accepted locales for the user to write comments.
* @see setAcceptedLanguages()
*/
TQStringList acceptedLocales();
/**
* @Returns The message displayed to users who are not running the application in an accepted locale.
* @see setAcceptedLanguages()
*/
TQString acceptedLanguagesMessage();
/**
* Set the path where LikeBack should send every comments.
* It is composed of the server host name, the path to the PHP script used to send comments, and optionnaly a port number if it is not 80.
* This call is mandatory for LikeBack to work.
* @param hostName The server host name to contact when sending comments. For instance "myapp.kde.org".
* @param remotePath The path to the send script on the server. For instance, "/likeback/send.php".
* @param hostPort Optionnal port used to contact the server using the HTTP protocol. By default, it is port 80.
*/
void setServer(const TQString &hostName, const TQString &remotePath, TQ_UINT16 hostPort = 80);
/**
* @Returns The server host name to contact when sending comments.
* @see setServer()
*/
TQString hostName();
/**
* @Returns The path to the send script on the server.
* @see setServer()
*/
TQString remotePath();
/**
* @Returns The port used to contact the server using the HTTP protocol.
* @see setServer()
*/
TQ_UINT16 hostPort();
/**
* Get the TDEAction letting user to show the comment dialog.
* You should plug it in your Help menu, just bellow the "Report a Bug" action, or replace it.
* Adding the action below "Report a Bug" or replacing "Report a Bug" depends on your application and if you have a Bugzilla account.
* If you do not have a Bugzilla account, LikeBack is a good way for your small application to get bug reports: remove "Report a Bug".
* For more information about how to configure LikeBack depending on your application size and settings, see the constructor documentation.
* @Note The action is named "likeback_send_a_comment". So you should add the following XML in the *ui.rc file of your application:
* @code
* <Action name="likeback_send_a_comment" />
* @endcode
*/
TDEAction* sendACommentAction(TDEActionCollection *parent = 0);
/**
* @Returns The path of the currently active window. Each windows are separated with "~~".
* Normally, you should not need to call this method since it is used to send the window path.
* But if you call execCommentDialog(), you could need to use it.
*/
static TQString activeWindowPath();
/**
* @Returns The combination of buttons that are shown in the comment dialog and the button-bar.
*/
Button buttons();
/**
* @Returns true if the button-bar is currently enabled. Ie, if it has been re-enabled as many times as it has been disabled.
* @see The method disableBar() for more information on how enabling/disabling works.
*/
bool enabledBar();
public slots:
/**
* Temporarily disable the button-bar: it is hiden from the screen if it was shown.
* Does not affect anything if the user has not choosen to show the button-bar.
* @Note Calls to enableBar() and disableBar() are ref-counted.
* This means that the number of times disableBar() is called is memorized,
* and enableBar() will only have effect after it has been called as many times as disableBar() was called before.
* So, make sure to always call enableBar() the same number of times ou called disableBar().
* And please make sure to ALWAYS call disableBar() BEFORE enableBar().
* In the counter-case, another code could call disableBar() and EXCPECT the bar to be disabled. But it will not, because its call only canceled yours.
* @Note Sometimes, you will absolutely need to call enableBar() before disableBar().
* For instance, MyWindow::show() calls enableBar() and MyWindow::hide() calls disableBar().
* This is the trick used to show the LikeBack button-bar of a Kontact plugin only when the main widget of that plugin is active.
* In this case, call disableBar() at the begin of your program, so the disable count will never be negative.
* @Note If the bar is enabled, it does not mean the bar is shown. For that, the developer (using showBarByDefault in the construcor)
* or the user (by checking the checkbox in the comment dialog) have to explicitely show the bar.
*/
void disableBar();
/**
* Re-enable the button-bar one time.
* @see The method disableBar() for more information on how enabling/disabling works.
*/
void enableBar();
/**
* Show the first-use information dialog telling the user the meaning of the LikeBack system and giving examples of every comment types.
*/
void showInformationMessage();
/**
* Popup the comment dialog.
* With no parameter, it popups in the default configuration: the first type is checked, empty message, current window path, and empty context.
* You can use the following parameters to customize how it should appears:
* @param type Which radiobutton should be checked when poping up. AllButton, the default value, means the first available type will be checked.
* @param initialComment The text to put in the comment text area. Allows you to popup the dialog in some special circumstances,
* like to let the user report an internal error by populating the comment area with technical details useful for you to debug.
* @param windowPath The window path to send with the comment. If empty (the default), the current window path is took.
* Separate window names with "~~". For instance "MainWindow~~NewFile~~FileOpen".
* If you popup the dialog after an error occurred, you can put the error name in that field (if the window path has no sense in that context).
* When the dialog is popuped up from the sendACommentAction() TDEAction, this value is "HelpMenu", because there is no way to know if the user
* is commenting a thing he found/thinked about in a sub-dialog.
* @param context Not used for the moment. Will allow more fine-grained application status report.
*/
void execCommentDialog(Button type = AllButtons, const TQString &initialComment = "", const TQString &windowPath = "", const TQString &context = "");
/**
* Popups the dialog for the user to set his email address.
* The popup will always be shown, even if the user already provided an email address.
*/
void askEmailAddress();
private:
LikeBackPrivate *d;
/**
* Get the user email address from KControl.
*/
void fetchUserEmail();
private slots:
/**
* Slot triggered by the "Help -> Send a Comment to Developers" TDEAction.
* It popups the comment dialog, and set the window path to "HelpMenuAction",
* because current window path has no meaning in that case.
*/
void execCommentDialogFromHelp();
public:
/**
* @Returns true if the user has enabled the LikeBack bar for this version.
*/
bool userWantsToShowBar();
/**
* Explicitely set if the floating button-bar should be shown or not.
* Tehorically, this choice should only be left to the user,
* and to the developers for the default value, already provided in the constructor.
*/
void setUserWantsToShowBar(bool showBar);
/**
* @Returns A pointer to the TDEAboutData used to determin the application name and version.
* @See The LikeBack constructor for more information.
*/
const TDEAboutData *aboutData();
/**
* @Returns A pointer to the TDEConfig used to store user configuration (email address, if the button-bar should be shown).
* @See The LikeBack constructor for more information.
*/
TDEConfig *config();
/**
* During the first comment sending, the user is invited to enter his email address for the developers to be able to contact him back.
* He is only asked once, or he can set or change it by using the bottom-left button in the comment dialog.
* @Returns true if the user has already configured his email address.
*/
bool emailAddressAlreadyProvided();
/**
* @Returns The email user address, or ask it to the user if he have not provided or ignored it.
* @Returns An empty string if the user cancelled the request dialog.
*/
TQString emailAddress();
/**
* Define or re-define the user email address.
* LikeBack will not ask it again to the user, unless you set @p userProvided to false.
* Then, this call can be considered as setting the default email address, that the user should confirm later.
*/
void setEmailAddress(const TQString &address, bool userProvided = true);
/**
* @Returns true if @p version is an Alpha, Beta, RC, SVN or CVS version.
* You can use this static method in the constructor to enable the button-bar by default only during beta-releases.
*/
static bool isDevelopmentVersion(const TQString &version);
};
#endif // LIKEBACK_H