Object Inspector

This tool provides various visual representations of the internal structure of a Qt application.

It is useful for programmers and software architects during development and debugging, or when working to familiarize themselves with the internal workings of a large application written by others. Object Inspector can connect to a running Qt application and: draw its QObject tree, draw the signal/slot connection graph for any QObject, display current property values for any QObject, report activation of signals and slots as they happen.

This Qt Solutions component is for Qt 3. For Qt 4 Solutions, please visit the Qt 4 Solutions Catalog.

Documentation:

• Overview
• Installation
• Preparing a Qt application for inspection (Windows only)
• Inspecting Qt applications

Tested on:

• Qt 3.3.3 SuSE Linux 9.1 / gcc 3.3.3
• Qt 3.3.3 FreeBSD 4.10 / gcc 2.95.4
• Qt 3.3.3 Windows 2000 / VC++ 6.0
• Qt 3.3.3 Windows 2000 / Borland C++ 5.6

Unsupported platforms:

• Qt 3.3.3 AIX 5.1 / xlC 6
• Qt 3.3.3 SunOS 5.8 / Sun C++ 5.5
• Qt 3.3.3 Tru64 4.0 / gcc 3.3.2
• Qt 3.3.3 Mac OS X / gcc 3.3

Download Commercial Edition:

Only available for Qt Solutions license holder with a valid Support and Maintenance agreement (authentication required).

• qtobjectinspector-1.3-enterprise.zip
• qtobjectinspector-1.3-enterprise.tar.gz

Changes:

• 1.2: Signal trace shows argument values.
• 1.2: Lots of usability improvements.
• 1.1: Compile on 64 bit Unix platforms.