how update a qListView in backgroud

[Tina I]

Reinaldo Carvalho wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I programming with qt module and i have a qWidgetTab with a qListView
> inside, and i need update the qListView every 5 seconds, how do this
> on transparent mode to user. I do a function to update, but i dont
> know call then.
> 
> I will start this update when user select this tab, and stop whe user
> leave this tab. I need a thread ot something else?
> 
Assuming PyQt4 here:
Check out QTimer. Have it start when the user selects the tab and have 
it timeout every five seconds calling the update function.

Tina