diff --git a/Modules/AppUtil/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/AppUtil/CMakeLists.txt
index 579fad9f59..8af1a86ac5 100644
--- a/Modules/AppUtil/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Modules/AppUtil/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-set(qt5_depends Qt5|Widgets)
+set(qt5_depends Qt5|Widgets+WebEngine)
 
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
   set(qt5_depends "${qt5_depends}+X11Extras")
 endif()
 
 mitk_create_module(
   PACKAGE_DEPENDS
     PUBLIC CTK|CTKPluginFramework ${qt5_depends} Poco|Util
     PRIVATE VTK
   DEPENDS
     PUBLIC qtsingleapplication
     PRIVATE MitkCore
 )
diff --git a/Modules/AppUtil/src/mitkBaseApplication.cpp b/Modules/AppUtil/src/mitkBaseApplication.cpp
index c5b3252693..1c01268d4d 100644
--- a/Modules/AppUtil/src/mitkBaseApplication.cpp
+++ b/Modules/AppUtil/src/mitkBaseApplication.cpp
@@ -1,853 +1,858 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #include <mitkBaseApplication.h>
 
 #include <mitkExceptionMacro.h>
 #include <mitkLogMacros.h>
 #include <mitkProvisioningInfo.h>
 
 #include <QmitkSafeApplication.h>
 #include <QmitkSingleApplication.h>
 
 #include <Poco/Util/HelpFormatter.h>
 
 #include <ctkPluginFramework.h>
 #include <ctkPluginFramework_global.h>
 #include <ctkPluginFrameworkLauncher.h>
 
 #include <usModuleSettings.h>
 
 #include <vtkOpenGLRenderWindow.h>
 #include <QVTKOpenGLWidget.h>
 
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QRunnable>
 #include <QSplashScreen>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 #include <QTime>
+#include <QWebEngineUrlScheme>
 
 namespace
 {
   void outputQtMessage(QtMsgType type, const QMessageLogContext&, const QString& msg)
   {
     auto message = msg.toStdString();
 
     switch (type)
     {
       case QtDebugMsg:
         MITK_DEBUG << message;
         break;
 
       case QtInfoMsg:
         MITK_INFO << message;
         break;
 
       case QtWarningMsg:
         MITK_WARN << message;
         break;
 
       case QtCriticalMsg:
         MITK_ERROR << message;
         break;
 
       case QtFatalMsg:
         MITK_ERROR << message;
         abort();
 
       default:
         MITK_INFO << message;
         break;
     }
   }
 }
 
 namespace mitk
 {
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_APPLICATION = "BlueBerry.application";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_CLEAN = "BlueBerry.clean";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_CONSOLELOG = "BlueBerry.consoleLog";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_DEBUG = "BlueBerry.debug";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_FORCE_PLUGIN_INSTALL = "BlueBerry.forcePlugins";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_HOME = "BlueBerry.home";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_NEWINSTANCE = "BlueBerry.newInstance";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_NO_LAZY_REGISTRY_CACHE_LOADING = "BlueBerry.noLazyRegistryCacheLoading";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_NO_REGISTRY_CACHE = "BlueBerry.noRegistryCache";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_PLUGIN_CACHE = "BlueBerry.plugin_cache_dir";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_PLUGIN_DIRS = "BlueBerry.plugin_dirs";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_PRELOAD_LIBRARY = "BlueBerry.preloadLibrary";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_PRODUCT = "BlueBerry.product";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_PROVISIONING = "BlueBerry.provisioning";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_REGISTRY_MULTI_LANGUAGE = "BlueBerry.registryMultiLanguage";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_SPLASH_IMAGE = "BlueBerry.splashscreen";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_STORAGE_DIR = "BlueBerry.storageDir";
   const QString BaseApplication::ARG_XARGS = "xargs";
 
   const QString BaseApplication::PROP_APPLICATION = "blueberry.application";
   const QString BaseApplication::PROP_FORCE_PLUGIN_INSTALL = BaseApplication::ARG_FORCE_PLUGIN_INSTALL;
   const QString BaseApplication::PROP_NEWINSTANCE = BaseApplication::ARG_NEWINSTANCE;
   const QString BaseApplication::PROP_NO_LAZY_REGISTRY_CACHE_LOADING = BaseApplication::ARG_NO_LAZY_REGISTRY_CACHE_LOADING;
   const QString BaseApplication::PROP_NO_REGISTRY_CACHE = BaseApplication::ARG_NO_REGISTRY_CACHE;
   const QString BaseApplication::PROP_PRODUCT = "blueberry.product";
   const QString BaseApplication::PROP_REGISTRY_MULTI_LANGUAGE = BaseApplication::ARG_REGISTRY_MULTI_LANGUAGE;
 
   class SplashCloserCallback : public QRunnable
   {
   public:
     SplashCloserCallback(QSplashScreen* splashscreen)
       : m_Splashscreen(splashscreen)
     {
     }
 
     void run() override
     {
       this->m_Splashscreen->close();
     }
 
   private:
     QSplashScreen *m_Splashscreen; // Owned by BaseApplication::Impl
   };
 
   struct BaseApplication::Impl
   {
     ctkProperties m_FWProps;
 
     QCoreApplication *m_QApp;
 
     int m_Argc;
     char **m_Argv;
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
     std::vector<char*> m_Argv_macOS;
 #endif
 
     QString m_AppName;
     QString m_OrgaName;
     QString m_OrgaDomain;
 
     bool m_SingleMode;
     bool m_SafeMode;
 
     QSplashScreen *m_Splashscreen;
     SplashCloserCallback *m_SplashscreenClosingCallback;
 
     QStringList m_PreloadLibs;
     QString m_ProvFile;
 
     Impl(int argc, char **argv)
       : m_Argc(argc),
         m_Argv(argv),
 #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
         m_Argv_macOS(),
 #endif
         m_SingleMode(false),
         m_SafeMode(true),
         m_Splashscreen(nullptr),
         m_SplashscreenClosingCallback(nullptr)
     {
 #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
       /* On macOS the process serial number is passed as an command line argument (-psn_<NUMBER>)
          in certain circumstances. This option causes a Poco exception. We remove it, if present. */
 
       m_Argv_macOS.reserve(argc);
 
       const char psn[] = "-psn";
 
       for (decltype(argc) i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
       {
         if (0 == strncmp(argv[i], psn, sizeof(psn)))
           continue;
 
         m_Argv_macOS.push_back(argv[i]);
       }
 
       m_Argc = static_cast<decltype(m_Argc)>(m_Argv_macOS.size());
       m_Argv = m_Argv_macOS.data();
 #endif
     }
 
     ~Impl()
     {
       delete m_SplashscreenClosingCallback;
       delete m_Splashscreen;
       delete m_QApp;
     }
 
     QVariant getProperty(const QString &property) const
     {
       auto iter = m_FWProps.find(property);
 
       return m_FWProps.end() != iter
         ? iter.value()
         : QVariant();
     }
 
     void handleBooleanOption(const std::string &name, const std::string &)
     {
       auto fwKey = QString::fromStdString(name);
 
       // Translate some keys to proper framework properties
       if (ARG_CONSOLELOG == fwKey)
         fwKey = ctkPluginFrameworkLauncher::PROP_CONSOLE_LOG;
 
       // For all other options we use the command line option name as the
       // framework property key.
       m_FWProps[fwKey] = true;
     }
 
     void handlePreloadLibraryOption(const std::string &, const std::string &value)
     {
       m_PreloadLibs.push_back(QString::fromStdString(value));
     }
 
     void handleClean(const std::string &, const std::string &)
     {
       m_FWProps[ctkPluginConstants::FRAMEWORK_STORAGE_CLEAN] = ctkPluginConstants::FRAMEWORK_STORAGE_CLEAN_ONFIRSTINIT;
     }
 
     void initializeCTKPluginFrameworkProperties(Poco::Util::LayeredConfiguration &configuration)
     {
       // Add all configuration key/value pairs as framework properties
       Poco::Util::LayeredConfiguration::Keys keys;
 
       Poco::Util::LayeredConfiguration::Keys keyStack;
       configuration.keys(keyStack);
 
       std::vector<std::string> keyChain;
 
       while (!keyStack.empty())
       {
         const auto currSubKey = keyStack.back();
 
         if (!keyChain.empty() && keyChain.back() == currSubKey)
         {
           keyChain.pop_back();
           keyStack.pop_back();
           continue;
         }
 
         Poco::Util::LayeredConfiguration::Keys subKeys;
         configuration.keys(currSubKey, subKeys);
 
         if (subKeys.empty())
         {
           std::string finalKey;
           keyStack.pop_back();
 
           for (const auto key : keyChain)
             finalKey += key + '.';
 
           finalKey += currSubKey;
           keys.push_back(finalKey);
         }
         else
         {
           keyChain.push_back(currSubKey);
 
           for (const auto key : subKeys)
             keyStack.push_back(key);
         }
       }
 
       for (const auto key : keys)
       {
         if (configuration.hasProperty(key))
         {
           // .ini and command line options overwrite already inserted keys
           auto qKey = QString::fromStdString(key);
           m_FWProps[qKey] = QString::fromStdString(configuration.getString(key));
         }
       }
     }
 
     void parseProvisioningFile(const QString &filePath)
     {
       // Skip parsing if the file path is empty
       if (filePath.isEmpty())
         return;
 
       auto consoleLog = this->getProperty(ctkPluginFrameworkLauncher::PROP_CONSOLE_LOG).toBool();
 
       // Read initial plugins from a provisioning file
       QFileInfo provFile(filePath);
       QStringList pluginsToStart;
 
       if (provFile.exists())
       {
         MITK_INFO(consoleLog) << "Using provisioning file: " << qPrintable(provFile.absoluteFilePath());
         ProvisioningInfo provInfo(provFile.absoluteFilePath());
 
         // It can still happen that the encoding is not compatible with the fromUtf8 function (i.e. when
         // manipulating the LANG variable). The QStringList in provInfo is empty then.
         if (provInfo.getPluginDirs().empty())
         {
           MITK_ERROR << "Cannot search for provisioning file, the retrieved directory list is empty.\n"
                      << "This can happen if there are some special non-ASCII characters in the install path.";
         }
         else
         {
           for(const auto pluginPath : provInfo.getPluginDirs())
             ctkPluginFrameworkLauncher::addSearchPath(pluginPath);
 
           auto pluginUrlsToStart = provInfo.getPluginsToStart();
 
           for (const auto url : pluginUrlsToStart)
             pluginsToStart.push_back(url.toString());
         }
       }
       else
       {
         MITK_INFO(consoleLog) << "Provisionig file does not exist.";
       }
 
       if (!pluginsToStart.isEmpty())
       {
         m_FWProps[ctkPluginFrameworkLauncher::PROP_PLUGINS] = pluginsToStart;
 
         // Use transient start with declared activation policy (this helps when the provisioning file
         // changes and some plug-ins should not be installed in the application any more).
         ctkPlugin::StartOptions startOptions(ctkPlugin::START_TRANSIENT | ctkPlugin::START_ACTIVATION_POLICY);
         m_FWProps[ctkPluginFrameworkLauncher::PROP_PLUGINS_START_OPTIONS] = static_cast<int>(startOptions);
       }
     }
   };
 
   BaseApplication::BaseApplication(int argc, char **argv)
     : Application(),
       d(new Impl(argc, argv))
   {
   }
 
   BaseApplication::~BaseApplication()
   {
     delete d;
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::printHelp(const std::string &, const std::string &)
   {
     Poco::Util::HelpFormatter help(this->options());
     help.setAutoIndent();
     help.setCommand(this->commandName());
     help.format(std::cout);
 
     exit(EXIT_OK);
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::setApplicationName(const QString &name)
   {
     if (nullptr != qApp)
       qApp->setApplicationName(name);
 
     d->m_AppName = name;
   }
 
   QString BaseApplication::getApplicationName() const
   {
     return nullptr != qApp
       ? qApp->applicationName()
       : d->m_AppName;
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::setOrganizationName(const QString &name)
   {
     if (nullptr != qApp)
       qApp->setOrganizationName(name);
 
     d->m_OrgaName = name;
   }
 
   QString BaseApplication::getOrganizationName() const
   {
     return nullptr != qApp
       ? qApp->organizationName()
       : d->m_OrgaName;
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::setOrganizationDomain(const QString &domain)
   {
     if (nullptr != qApp)
       qApp->setOrganizationDomain(domain);
 
     d->m_OrgaDomain = domain;
   }
 
   QString BaseApplication::getOrganizationDomain() const
   {
     return nullptr != qApp
       ? qApp->organizationDomain()
       : d->m_OrgaDomain;
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::setSingleMode(bool singleMode)
   {
     if (nullptr != qApp)
       return;
 
     d->m_SingleMode = singleMode;
   }
 
   bool BaseApplication::getSingleMode() const
   {
     return d->m_SingleMode;
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::setSafeMode(bool safeMode)
   {
     if (nullptr != qApp && nullptr == d->m_QApp)
       return;
 
     d->m_SafeMode = safeMode;
 
     nullptr == d->m_QApp && getSingleMode()
       ? static_cast<QmitkSingleApplication *>(d->m_QApp)->setSafeMode(safeMode)
       : static_cast<QmitkSafeApplication *>(d->m_QApp)->setSafeMode(safeMode);
   }
 
   bool BaseApplication::getSafeMode() const
   {
     return d->m_SafeMode;
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::setPreloadLibraries(const QStringList &libraryBaseNames)
   {
     d->m_PreloadLibs = libraryBaseNames;
   }
 
   QStringList BaseApplication::getPreloadLibraries() const
   {
     return d->m_PreloadLibs;
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::setProvisioningFilePath(const QString &filePath)
   {
     d->m_ProvFile = filePath;
   }
 
   QString BaseApplication::getProvisioningFilePath() const
   {
     auto provFilePath = d->m_ProvFile;
 
     // A null QString means look up a default provisioning file
     if (provFilePath.isNull() && nullptr != qApp)
     {
       QFileInfo appFilePath(QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath());
       QDir basePath(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath());
 
       auto provFileName = appFilePath.baseName() + ".provisioning";
 
       QFileInfo provFile(basePath.absoluteFilePath(provFileName));
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
       /*
        * On macOS, if started from the build directory, the .provisioning file is located at:
        * <MITK-build/bin/MitkWorkbench.provisioning>
        * The executable path is:
        * <MITK-build/bin/MitkWorkbench.app/Contents/MacOS/MitkWorkbench>
        * In this case we have to cdUp threetimes.
        *
        * During packaging the MitkWorkbench.provisioning file is placed at the same
        * level like the executable. Nothing has to be done.
        */
 
       if (!provFile.exists())
       {
         basePath.cdUp();
         basePath.cdUp();
         basePath.cdUp();
         provFile = basePath.absoluteFilePath(provFileName);
       }
 #endif
 
       if (provFile.exists())
       {
         provFilePath = provFile.absoluteFilePath();
       }
 #ifdef CMAKE_INTDIR
       else
       {
         basePath.cdUp();
         provFile.setFile(basePath.absoluteFilePath(provFileName));
 
         if (provFile.exists())
           provFilePath = provFile.absoluteFilePath();
       }
 #endif
     }
 
     return provFilePath;
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::initializeQt()
   {
     if (nullptr != qApp)
       return;
 
     // If parameters have been set before, we have to store them to hand them
     // through to the application
     auto appName = this->getApplicationName();
     auto orgName = this->getOrganizationName();
     auto orgDomain = this->getOrganizationDomain();
 
     // Create a QCoreApplication instance
     this->getQApplication();
 
     // Provide parameters to QCoreApplication
     this->setApplicationName(appName);
     this->setOrganizationName(orgName);
     this->setOrganizationDomain(orgDomain);
 
     qInstallMessageHandler(outputQtMessage);
+
+    QWebEngineUrlScheme qtHelpScheme("qthelp");
+    qtHelpScheme.setFlags(QWebEngineUrlScheme::LocalScheme | QWebEngineUrlScheme::LocalAccessAllowed);
+    QWebEngineUrlScheme::registerScheme(qtHelpScheme);
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::initialize(Poco::Util::Application &self)
   {
     // 1. Call the super-class method
     Poco::Util::Application::initialize(self);
 
     // 2. Initialize the Qt framework (by creating a QCoreApplication)
     this->initializeQt();
 
     // 3. Seed the random number generator, once at startup.
     QTime time = QTime::currentTime();
     qsrand((uint)time.msec());
 
     // 4. Load the "default" configuration, which involves parsing
     //    an optional <executable-name>.ini file and parsing any
     //    command line arguments
     this->loadConfiguration();
 
     // 5. Add configuration data from the command line and the
     //    optional <executable-name>.ini file as CTK plugin
     //    framework properties.
     d->initializeCTKPluginFrameworkProperties(this->config());
 
     // 6. Initialize splash screen if an image path is provided
     //    in the .ini file
     this->initializeSplashScreen(qApp);
 
     // 7. Set the custom CTK Plugin Framework storage directory
     QString storageDir = this->getCTKFrameworkStorageDir();
 
     if (!storageDir.isEmpty())
       d->m_FWProps[ctkPluginConstants::FRAMEWORK_STORAGE] = storageDir;
 
     // 8. Set the library search paths and the pre-load library property
     this->initializeLibraryPaths();
 
     auto preloadLibs = this->getPreloadLibraries();
 
     if (!preloadLibs.isEmpty())
       d->m_FWProps[ctkPluginConstants::FRAMEWORK_PRELOAD_LIBRARIES] = preloadLibs;
 
     // 9. Initialize the CppMicroServices library.
     //    The initializeCppMicroServices() method reuses the
     //    FRAMEWORK_STORAGE property, so we call it after the
     //    getCTKFrameworkStorageDir method.
     this->initializeCppMicroServices();
 
     // 10. Parse the (optional) provisioning file and set the
     //     correct framework properties.
     d->parseProvisioningFile(this->getProvisioningFilePath());
 
     // 11. Set the CTK Plugin Framework properties
     ctkPluginFrameworkLauncher::setFrameworkProperties(d->m_FWProps);
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::uninitialize()
   {
     auto pfw = this->getFramework();
 
     if (pfw)
     {
       pfw->stop();
       // Wait for up to 10 seconds for the CTK plugin framework to stop
       pfw->waitForStop(10000);
     }
 
     Poco::Util::Application::uninitialize();
   }
 
   int BaseApplication::getArgc() const
   {
     return d->m_Argc;
   }
 
   char **BaseApplication::getArgv() const
   {
     return d->m_Argv;
   }
 
   QString BaseApplication::getCTKFrameworkStorageDir() const
   {
     QString storageDir;
 
     if (this->getSingleMode())
     {
       // This function checks if an instance is already running and either sends a message to
       // it containing the command line arguments or checks if a new instance was forced by
       // providing the BlueBerry.newInstance command line argument. In the latter case, a path
       // to a temporary directory for the new application's storage directory is returned.
       storageDir = handleNewAppInstance(static_cast<QtSingleApplication *>(d->m_QApp),
         d->m_Argc, d->m_Argv, ARG_NEWINSTANCE);
     }
 
     if (storageDir.isEmpty())
     {
       // This is a new instance and no other instance is already running. We specify the
       // storage directory here (this is the same code as in berryInternalPlatform.cpp)
       // so that we can re-use the location for the persistent data location of the
       // the CppMicroServices library.
 
       // Append a hash value of the absolute path of the executable to the data location.
       // This allows to start the same application from different build or install trees.
       storageDir = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation) + "/" +
                    this->getOrganizationName() + "/" + this->getApplicationName() + '_';
       storageDir += QString::number(qHash(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath())) + "/";
     }
 
     return storageDir;
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::initializeCppMicroServices()
   {
     auto storageDir = this->getProperty(ctkPluginConstants::FRAMEWORK_STORAGE).toString();
 
     if (!storageDir.isEmpty())
       us::ModuleSettings::SetStoragePath((storageDir + "us" + QDir::separator()).toStdString());
   }
 
   QCoreApplication *BaseApplication::getQApplication() const
   {
     if (nullptr == qApp)
     {
       vtkOpenGLRenderWindow::SetGlobalMaximumNumberOfMultiSamples(0);
 
       auto defaultFormat = QVTKOpenGLWidget::defaultFormat();
       defaultFormat.setSamples(0);
       QSurfaceFormat::setDefaultFormat(defaultFormat);
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_OSX
       QCoreApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_DontCreateNativeWidgetSiblings);
 #endif
 
       QCoreApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_ShareOpenGLContexts);
 
       d->m_QApp = this->getSingleMode()
         ? static_cast<QCoreApplication*>(new QmitkSingleApplication(d->m_Argc, d->m_Argv, this->getSafeMode()))
         : static_cast<QCoreApplication*>(new QmitkSafeApplication(d->m_Argc, d->m_Argv, this->getSafeMode()));
     }
 
     return qApp;
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::initializeLibraryPaths()
   {
     QStringList suffixes;
     suffixes << "plugins";
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WINDOWS
     suffixes << "bin/plugins";
   #ifdef CMAKE_INTDIR
     suffixes << "bin/" CMAKE_INTDIR "/plugins";
   #endif
 #else
     suffixes << "lib/plugins";
   #ifdef CMAKE_INTDIR
     suffixes << "lib/" CMAKE_INTDIR "/plugins";
   #endif
 #endif
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
     suffixes << "../../plugins";
 #endif
 
     // We add a couple of standard library search paths for plug-ins
     QDir appDir(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath());
 
     // Walk one directory up and add bin and lib sub-dirs; this might be redundant
     appDir.cdUp();
 
     for (const auto suffix : suffixes)
       ctkPluginFrameworkLauncher::addSearchPath(appDir.absoluteFilePath(suffix));
   }
 
   int BaseApplication::main(const std::vector<std::string> &args)
   {
     // Start the plugin framework and all installed plug-ins according to their auto-start setting
     QStringList arguments;
 
     for (auto const &arg : args)
       arguments.push_back(QString::fromStdString(arg));
 
     if (nullptr != d->m_Splashscreen)
     {
       // A splash screen is displayed. Create the closing callback.
       d->m_SplashscreenClosingCallback = new SplashCloserCallback(d->m_Splashscreen);
     }
 
     return ctkPluginFrameworkLauncher::run(d->m_SplashscreenClosingCallback, QVariant::fromValue(arguments)).toInt();
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::defineOptions(Poco::Util::OptionSet &options)
   {
     Poco::Util::Option helpOption("help", "h", "print this help text");
     helpOption.callback(Poco::Util::OptionCallback<BaseApplication>(this, &BaseApplication::printHelp));
     options.addOption(helpOption);
 
     Poco::Util::Option newInstanceOption(ARG_NEWINSTANCE.toStdString(), "", "forces a new instance of this application");
     newInstanceOption.callback(Poco::Util::OptionCallback<Impl>(d, &Impl::handleBooleanOption));
     options.addOption(newInstanceOption);
 
     Poco::Util::Option cleanOption(ARG_CLEAN.toStdString(), "", "cleans the plugin cache");
     cleanOption.callback(Poco::Util::OptionCallback<Impl>(d, &Impl::handleClean));
     options.addOption(cleanOption);
 
     Poco::Util::Option productOption(ARG_PRODUCT.toStdString(), "", "the id of the product to be launched");
     productOption.argument("<id>").binding(PROP_PRODUCT.toStdString());
     options.addOption(productOption);
 
     Poco::Util::Option appOption(ARG_APPLICATION.toStdString(), "", "the id of the application extension to be executed");
     appOption.argument("<id>").binding(PROP_APPLICATION.toStdString());
     options.addOption(appOption);
 
     Poco::Util::Option provOption(ARG_PROVISIONING.toStdString(), "", "the location of a provisioning file");
     provOption.argument("<prov file>").binding(ARG_PROVISIONING.toStdString());
     options.addOption(provOption);
 
     Poco::Util::Option storageDirOption(ARG_STORAGE_DIR.toStdString(), "", "the location for storing persistent application data");
     storageDirOption.argument("<dir>").binding(ctkPluginConstants::FRAMEWORK_STORAGE.toStdString());
     options.addOption(storageDirOption);
 
     Poco::Util::Option consoleLogOption(ARG_CONSOLELOG.toStdString(), "", "log messages to the console");
     consoleLogOption.callback(Poco::Util::OptionCallback<Impl>(d, &Impl::handleBooleanOption));
     options.addOption(consoleLogOption);
 
     Poco::Util::Option debugOption(ARG_DEBUG.toStdString(), "", "enable debug mode");
     debugOption.argument("<options file>", false).binding(ctkPluginFrameworkLauncher::PROP_DEBUG.toStdString());
     options.addOption(debugOption);
 
     Poco::Util::Option forcePluginOption(ARG_FORCE_PLUGIN_INSTALL.toStdString(), "", "force installing plug-ins with same symbolic name");
     forcePluginOption.callback(Poco::Util::OptionCallback<Impl>(d, &Impl::handleBooleanOption));
     options.addOption(forcePluginOption);
 
     Poco::Util::Option preloadLibsOption(ARG_PRELOAD_LIBRARY.toStdString(), "", "preload a library");
     preloadLibsOption.argument("<library>")
       .repeatable(true)
       .callback(Poco::Util::OptionCallback<Impl>(d, &Impl::handlePreloadLibraryOption));
     options.addOption(preloadLibsOption);
 
     Poco::Util::Option noRegistryCacheOption(ARG_NO_REGISTRY_CACHE.toStdString(), "", "do not use a cache for the registry");
     noRegistryCacheOption.callback(Poco::Util::OptionCallback<Impl>(d, &Impl::handleBooleanOption));
     options.addOption(noRegistryCacheOption);
 
     Poco::Util::Option noLazyRegistryCacheLoadingOption(ARG_NO_LAZY_REGISTRY_CACHE_LOADING.toStdString(), "", "do not use lazy cache loading for the registry");
     noLazyRegistryCacheLoadingOption.callback(Poco::Util::OptionCallback<Impl>(d, &Impl::handleBooleanOption));
     options.addOption(noLazyRegistryCacheLoadingOption);
 
     Poco::Util::Option registryMultiLanguageOption(ARG_REGISTRY_MULTI_LANGUAGE.toStdString(), "", "enable multi-language support for the registry");
     registryMultiLanguageOption.callback(Poco::Util::OptionCallback<Impl>(d, &Impl::handleBooleanOption));
     options.addOption(registryMultiLanguageOption);
 
   Poco::Util::Option splashScreenOption(ARG_SPLASH_IMAGE.toStdString(), "", "optional picture to use as a splash screen");
   splashScreenOption.argument("<filename>").binding(ARG_SPLASH_IMAGE.toStdString());
   options.addOption(splashScreenOption);
 
     Poco::Util::Option xargsOption(ARG_XARGS.toStdString(), "", "Extended argument list");
     xargsOption.argument("<args>").binding(ARG_XARGS.toStdString());
     options.addOption(xargsOption);
 
     Poco::Util::Application::defineOptions(options);
   }
 
   QSharedPointer<ctkPluginFramework> BaseApplication::getFramework() const
   {
     return ctkPluginFrameworkLauncher::getPluginFramework();
   }
 
   ctkPluginContext *BaseApplication::getFrameworkContext() const
   {
     auto framework = getFramework();
 
     return framework
       ? framework->getPluginContext()
       : nullptr;
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::initializeSplashScreen(QCoreApplication * application) const
   {
     auto pixmapFileNameProp = d->getProperty(ARG_SPLASH_IMAGE);
 
     if (!pixmapFileNameProp.isNull())
     {
       auto pixmapFileName = pixmapFileNameProp.toString();
       QFileInfo checkFile(pixmapFileName);
 
       if (checkFile.exists() && checkFile.isFile())
       {
         QPixmap pixmap(checkFile.absoluteFilePath());
 
         d->m_Splashscreen = new QSplashScreen(pixmap, Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint);
         d->m_Splashscreen->show();
 
         application->processEvents();
       }
     }
   }
 
   QHash<QString, QVariant> BaseApplication::getFrameworkProperties() const
   {
     return d->m_FWProps;
   }
 
   int BaseApplication::run()
   {
     this->init(d->m_Argc, d->m_Argv);
     return Application::run();
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::setProperty(const QString &property, const QVariant &value)
   {
     d->m_FWProps[property] = value;
   }
 
   QVariant BaseApplication::getProperty(const QString &property) const
   {
     return d->getProperty(property);
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::installTranslator(QTranslator* translator)
   {
     this->getQApplication()->installTranslator(translator);
   }
 
   bool BaseApplication::isRunning()
   {
     auto app = dynamic_cast<QtSingleApplication*>(this->getQApplication());
 
     if (nullptr != app)
       app->isRunning();
 
     mitkThrow() << "Method not implemented.";
   }
 
   void BaseApplication::sendMessage(const QByteArray msg)
   {
     auto app = dynamic_cast<QtSingleApplication*>(this->getQApplication());
 
     if (nullptr != app)
       app->sendMessage(msg);
 
     mitkThrow() << "Method not implemented.";
   }
 }