[Eric] /ui directory and Ui.mainwindow

[Detlev Offenbach]

Hello Phil,

is there a rule somewhere that says, that compiled UI files have to go into a 
ui directory? I haven't seen such a rule anywhere, but may have missed it.

Detlev

Am Donnerstag, 28. September 2017, 02:32:18 CEST schrieb Phil:
> On 28/09/17 01:52, Detlev Offenbach wrote:
> > Hello Phil,
> > 
> > eric generates a file called Ui_*.py when compiling a form file (*.ui). In
> > your example the compiled source would be Ui_mainwindow.py. This file is
> > stored alongside the form file. In your module implementing the
> > functionality of the form you would include a line like this
> > 
> > from .Ui_mainwindow import Ui_mainwindow		<- your dialog class here
> > 
> > class MainWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_mainwindow):
> >    def __init__(self, parent=None):
> >      QMainWindow.__init__(self, parent=parent)
> >      self.setupUi(self)
> > 
> > That's it. This is the pattern used to implement the eric IDE.
> 
> Thank you Detlev,
> 
> I was thinking that I wasn't using Eric correctly because I have to
> manually move the created files to the ui directory. Moving them isn't a
> major problem, I just thought that I must have missed a vital step
> somewhere.
> 
> Although it's been many years since I've used it, I had become used to
> the way Qt Creator automatically handles the housekeeping duties.

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Detlev Offenbach
detlev at die-offenbachs.de