How to call a function periodically in Qt?

Question

Is it possible to call a function periodically in C++ with Qt function ?
And how to stop the timed function after it is set to be called periodically ?

Answer 1

One possibility would be to use a QTimer timeout signal and a QObject slot. Connect the two and start() the timer.

http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qtimer.html#timeout

To stop the timer, call stop().