Trafficinfo example: Asynchronous call to webservice at launch

This makes the main window shown immediatly even when the webservice
of traffikanten.no cannot be reached. Does not properly fix the
associated task yet, e.g. display an error message.

Task-number: 254455

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/examples/xmlpatterns/trafficinfo/mainwindow.cpp b/examples/xmlpatterns/trafficinfo/mainwindow.cpp
index 47c51c931a..c7973735c3 100644
--- a/examples/xmlpatterns/trafficinfo/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/examples/xmlpatterns/trafficinfo/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -69,16 +69,15 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow()
 
     setWindowTitle(tr("Traffic Info Oslo"));
 
-    QTimer *timer = new QTimer(this);
-    connect(timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(updateTimeInformation()));
-    timer->start(1000*60*5);
-
     const QSettings settings("Qt Software", "trafficinfo");
     m_station = StationInformation(settings.value("stationId", "03012130").toString(),
                                    settings.value("stationName", "Nydalen [T-bane] (OSL)").toString());
     m_lines = settings.value("lines", QStringList()).toStringList();
 
-    updateTimeInformation();
+    QTimer *timer = new QTimer(this);
+    connect(timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(updateTimeInformation()));
+    timer->start(1000*60*5);
+    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, SLOT(updateTimeInformation()), Qt::QueuedConnection);
 }
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow()