[CHANGE] store about dialog contents in HTML file

src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -294,13 +294,20 @@ add_custom_target( fontsDirectoryConfiguration
   )
   
   
-#---------- online help -------------
+#---------- OpenWalnut help -------------
 ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET( onlineHelp
     ALL
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/gui/qt4/OpenWalnutHelp.html ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/share/OpenWalnut
     COMMENT "Copy online help"
 )
 
+#---------- About OpenWalnut -------------
+ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET( aboutOpenWalnut
+    ALL
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/gui/qt4/OpenWalnutAbout.html ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/share/OpenWalnut
+    COMMENT "Copy about page"
+)
+
 #---------- shell scripts -------------
 IF( CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio" )
   add_custom_target( binDirectoryConfiguration

src/gui/qt4/OpenWalnutAbout.html

+<h1>OpenWalnut</h1>
+Copyright 2009-2011 OpenWalnut community, BSV@Uni-Leipzig, and 
+CNCF@MPI-CBS. For more information see 
+<a href="http://www.openwalnut.org/copying">http://www.openwalnut.org/copying</a>.<br><br>
+This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. 
+This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it 
+under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. 
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 
+along with OpenWalnut. If not, see 
+&lt;<a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses">http://www.gnu.org/licenses</a>&gt;.<br>
+
+<h4>Contact</h4>
+Website: <a href="http://www.openwalnut.org">http://www.openwalnut.org</a><br>
+Email: <a href="mailto:contact@openwalnut.org">contact@openwalnut.org</a>
+
+<h4>Contributors up to version 1.2:</h4>
+<i>(in alphabetical order, current administrators in bold font)</i><br>
+Dirk Albrecht, <b>Sebastian Eichelbaum</b>, Robert Frohl, <b>Mathias Goldau</b>, Christian Heine, 
+Mario Hlawitschka, Sebastian Kiunke, Robin Ledig, Cornelius Mueller, 
+Andre Reichenbach, <b>Ralph Schurade</b>, Marcus Stuber, <b>Alexander Wiebel</b>.<br>
+<br><br>
+<i>Thank you for using OpenWalnut!</i>
\ No newline at end of file

src/gui/qt4/WMainWindow.cpp

@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
 
 #include "../../common/WColor.h"
 #include "../../common/WPreferences.h"
+#include "../../common/WIOTools.h"
 #include "../../common/WProjectFileIO.h"
 #include "../../common/WPathHelper.h"
-#include "../../common/exceptions/WFileNotFound.h"
 #include "../../dataHandler/WDataSetFibers.h"
 #include "../../dataHandler/WDataSetSingle.h"
 #include "../../dataHandler/WEEG2.h"
@@ -717,39 +717,19 @@ void WMainWindow::openAboutQtDialog()
 {
     QMessageBox::aboutQt( this, "About Qt" );
 }
+
 void WMainWindow::openAboutDialog()
 {
-    QMessageBox::about( this, "About OpenWalnut",
-                        "OpenWalnut ( http://www.openwalnut.org )\n\n"
-                        "Copyright 2009-2010 OpenWalnut Community, BSV@Uni-Leipzig and CNCF@MPI-CBS. "
-                        "For more information see http://www.openwalnut.org/copying.\n\n"
-                        "This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. "
-                        "This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it "
-                        "under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. "
-                        "You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License "
-                        "along with OpenWalnut. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.\n"
-                        "\n"
-                        "Thank you for using OpenWalnut." );
+    std::string filename( WPathHelper::getAppPath().file_string() + "/../share/OpenWalnut/OpenWalnutAbout.html" );
+    std::string content = wiotools::getStringFromFile( filename );
+    QMessageBox::about( this, "About OpenWalnut", content.c_str() );
 }
 
 void WMainWindow::openOpenWalnutHelpDialog()
 {
     std::string filename( WPathHelper::getAppPath().file_string() + "/../share/OpenWalnut/OpenWalnutHelp.html" );
-    std::ifstream input( filename.c_str() );
-    if ( !input.is_open() )
-    {
-        throw WFileNotFound( std::string( "The project file \"" ) + filename +
-            std::string( "\" does not exist." ) );
-    }
-
-    std::string buf;
-    std::string line;
-    while( std::getline( input, line ) )
-    {
-        buf += line;
-    }
-
-    QMessageBox::information( this, "OpenWalnut Help", buf.c_str() );
+    std::string content = wiotools::getStringFromFile( filename );
+    QMessageBox::information( this, "OpenWalnut Help", content.c_str() );
 }
 
 void WMainWindow::setPresetViewLeft()