Qt4--创建自定义图标

1、通过Qt Assistant 查看 Qt resource system

原文：The Qt resource system is a platform-independent mechanism for storing binary files in the application's executable. This is useful if your application always needs a certain set of files (icons, translation files, etc.) and you don't want to run the risk of losing the files.

意思是说，Qt resource system是和平台无关，他用来为应用程序存储二进制文件。如果在运行过程中不想要冒文件丢失的险，这样的文件集就是一个很好的选择。

原文：The resources associated with an application are specified in a .qrc file, an XML-based file format that lists files on the disk and optionally assigns them a resource name that the application must use to access the resource.

Here's an example .qrc file:

<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
 <qresource>
     <file>images/copy.png</file>
     <file>images/cut.png</file>
     <file>images/new.png</file>
     <file>images/open.png</file>
     <file>images/paste.png</file>
     <file>images/save.png</file>
 </qresource>
 </RCC>

这些资源被存放在.qrc文件下，这是一个基于XML格式的文件。

原文：For a resource to be compiled into the binary the .qrc file must be mentioned in the application's .pro file so that qmake knows about it. For example:

RESOURCES     = application.qrc

需要在.pro文件内加入.qrc文件

如下图是qmake以后生产的文件。也就是程序中可以用如“:/images/copy.png”

原文：

Using Resources in the Application

In the application, resource paths can be used in most places instead of ordinary file system paths. In particular, you can pass a resource path instead of a file name to the QIcon, QImage, or QPixmap constructor:

cutAct = new QAction(QIcon(":/images/cut.png"), tr("Cu&t"), this);

2、示例
1、在目录下建立images文件夹，在文件夹内放入图片：buttonico.png

2、建立一个Qt resource 文件，取名为images.qrc

3、修改images.qrc文件内容

修改好以后Qt Creator内images.qrc发生变化

4、创建main.cpp

#include<QApplication>
#include<QPushButton>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    QApplication app(argc, argv);

    QPushButton* button = new QPushButton();
    button->setIcon(QIcon(":/images/buttonico.png"));
    QObject::connect(button, SIGNAL(clicked()), &app, SLOT(quit()));
    button->show();
    return app.exec();
}

5、生成结果