Index: sources/gui/GuiView.cpp
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diff -u -r689177edf29dee6f10bebfed42f6bbadeb7ce8a8 -rd26aff743bca7eceb609ce5b30cea7cbfa39748f
--- sources/gui/GuiView.cpp	(.../GuiView.cpp)	(revision 689177edf29dee6f10bebfed42f6bbadeb7ce8a8)
+++ sources/gui/GuiView.cpp	(.../GuiView.cpp)	(revision d26aff743bca7eceb609ce5b30cea7cbfa39748f)
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include "DeviceController.h"
 #include "FileHandler.h"
 
+#include "qrcodegen.h"
+
 // namespace
 using namespace Gui;
 
@@ -407,3 +409,17 @@
 void GuiView::doQuitApplication() {
     emit didQuitApplication();
 }
+
+/*!
+ * \brief   doGenerateQRImage
+ * \details should be called with the given vText to update the qrImageSource property for an image source.
+ * \param   vText - the given text for the QR Code
+ */
+void GuiView::doGenerateQRImage(const QString &vText)
+{
+    const uint border = 1;
+    qrcodegen::QrCode qr = qrcodegen::QrCode::encodeText(vText.toLatin1().constData(), qrcodegen::QrCode::Ecc::MEDIUM);
+    std::string svg = qrcodegen::QrCode::toSvgString(qr, border);
+    QString svgSource = QString("").fromStdString(svg);
+    qrImageSource(svgSource);
+}