How to create header file for ui I downloaded?

[cerr]

Hi,

I found a Python project built with PyQt and I would like to use its UI but in a C++ application. How do I generate its .h file?

[JKSH]

@cerr said in How to create header file for ui I downloaded?:

But I need an .h file to create a makefile with cmake, don't I?

Nope. You ask CMake to automatically convert the .ui file to a .h file.

• https://doc.qt.io/qt-5.12/qtwidgets-cmake-qt5-wrap-ui.html
• https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/cmake-manual.html

[JKSH]

@cerr said in How to create header file for ui I downloaded?:

I found a Python project built with PyQt and I would like to use its UI but in a C++ application.

Is the UI implemented using Python code, or does it have a *.ui file? If it haas a *.ui file, you can copy the file straight into your C++ project.

Remember to check the PyQt project license.

[cerr]

Yeah, it's got a .ui file. But I need an .h file to create a makefile with cmake, don't I? So that my application can interface with the .ui... how do I establish the link otherwidse?
Yeah, the project was licensed under GNU.

[jsulm]

@cerr said in How to create header file for ui I downloaded?:

But I need an .h file

It's generated by uic.exe tool during building your app.

[JKSH]

@cerr said in How to create header file for ui I downloaded?:

But I need an .h file to create a makefile with cmake, don't I?

Nope. You ask CMake to automatically convert the .ui file to a .h file.

• https://doc.qt.io/qt-5.12/qtwidgets-cmake-qt5-wrap-ui.html
• https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/cmake-manual.html

[cerr]

@JKSH said in How to create header file for ui I downloaded?:

@cerr said in How to create header file for ui I downloaded?:

But I need an .h file to create a makefile with cmake, don't I?

Nope. You ask CMake to automatically convert the .ui file to a .h file.

• https://doc.qt.io/qt-5.12/qtwidgets-cmake-qt5-wrap-ui.html
• https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/cmake-manual.html

Ah, excellent, that's great! Thanks for this!