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| ==UI Files==
| | {{ Moved To Community | KDE_Visual_Design_Group/HIG/UI Files }} |
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| UI files are used by '''Qt Designer''' and '''Qt Creator''' for designing ''User Interfaces''.
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| ==How to use UI files==
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| In order to use your interfaces, you have to compile these files into a Python or C++ application. For this tutorial I have chosen Python.
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| Obviously, you need Python. On KUbuntu, it can be installed with this command (in your terminal):
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| $ sudo apt-get install python2.6
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| </code>
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| You have to compile your .ui files with the '''pyuic4''' tool. Make sure you have the '''pyqt4-dev-tools''' package installed. On KUbuntu, just open the terminal and type:
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| $ sudo apt-get install pyqt4-dev-tools
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| </code>
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| This will check if the package is installed. If not it will installed automatically.
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| Now you can compile the .ui file into a Python file! Simply run the following command:
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| <code>
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| $ pyuic4 -x -o output.py input.ui
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| </code>
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| Notes:
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| * '''''-x''''' tells pyuic4 to generate extra code to directly test and display the GUI
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| * '''''-o''''' sets the output file
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| To display the GUI, you only have to run Python: | |
| <code>
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| $ python2.6 output.py
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| </code>
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| ==Example==
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| Let's compile '''''Tabs and Pages in Dialogs/Tabs_pages3.ui''''' from [[File:HIG-UI-Files.tar.gz|this tarball]]. Decompress the tarball and run:
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| <code>
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| $ cd path/to/the/extracted/tarball
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| $ pyuic4 -x -o Tabs_pages3.py 'Tabs and Pages in Dialogs/Tabs_pages3.ui'
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| </code>
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| Now run it through Python:
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| <code>
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| $ python2.6 Tabs_pages3.py
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| </code>
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| I have made a screenshot too:
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| [[File:UI-Package-Example.png]]
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