Index: sources/gui/GuiView.cpp
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diff -u -r8d5fe7d63e3d86e9d89d5f824347d34479e4e9ec -r5687815256ae070a9a207107088e3f72dd464da0
--- sources/gui/GuiView.cpp	(.../GuiView.cpp)	(revision 8d5fe7d63e3d86e9d89d5f824347d34479e4e9ec)
+++ sources/gui/GuiView.cpp	(.../GuiView.cpp)	(revision 5687815256ae070a9a207107088e3f72dd464da0)
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 /*!
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2020-2023 Diality Inc. - All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2024 Diality Inc. - All Rights Reserved.
  * \copyright
  * THIS CODE MAY NOT BE COPIED OR REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM, IN PART OR IN
  * WHOLE, WITHOUT THE EXPLICIT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER.
  *
  * \file    GuiView.cpp
  * \author  (last)      Behrouz NematiPour
- * \date    (last)      18-Jul-2023
+ * \date    (last)      10-Jul-2024
  * \author  (original)  Behrouz NematiPour
  * \date    (original)  26-Aug-2020
  *
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include "DeviceController.h"
 #include "FileHandler.h"
 
+#include "qrcodegen.h"
+
 // namespace
 using namespace Gui;
 
@@ -395,6 +397,9 @@
 
 void GuiView::onPOSTPass(bool vPassed)
 {
+#if BUILD_FOR_DESKTOP // ignore the POST fails on Desktop/VM builds for testing.
+    vPassed = true;
+#endif
     manufactMode( gEnableManufacturing && vPassed );
     updateMode  ( gEnableUpdating      && vPassed );
     postPass(vPassed);
@@ -407,3 +412,17 @@
 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);
+}