Solved What's the best way to deal with multiple Qt Designer UI forms in one program?

[Crag_Hack]

Hi I'm using Qt Designer to help create my program. When the program starts I want a wizard to show up to guide through setup steps. Then when done I want to open a main window. The wizard was originally designed in Qt Creator using the Designer then modified with standalone Qt Designer and the main window was designed in standalone Qt Designer. When I created the original project in the new project wizard in Qt Creator I chose the Generate Form option and I developed my wizard form from this main project form. Now if I add the lone UI file for the main screen to the project that was designed in Qt Designer I can no longer build the project. If I go to the new file or project wizard and create a qt designer form class to add to the project I can make the main window show but I can't access it's widget components. So should I start over and add my ui form classes one by one? Is it OK to do it the way I did where I start with the generate form option and create a main program form before I add the second form to the project? Is there a best way to approach this scenario? How do I access the second form's widget components from the main cpp file and can I store all my program logic in one main file or do I need to split it up between all the form classes? Thanks!

[kshegunov]

@Crag_Hack said:

Is it OK to do it the way I did where I start with the generate form option and create a main program form before I add the second form to the project?

The order in which you add the forms to the project shouldn't matter.

Is there a best way to approach this scenario?

You should provide some more information on how you manage your UI. There ain't a best approach, some people build the UI by hand, I personally use the Designer. Some people attach their own widget subclasses to initialize the forms, some don't.

How do I access the second form's widget components from the main cpp file and can I store all my program logic in one main file or do I need to split it up between all the form classes?

Depends on your approach to using the form itself. You can store the form and program logic in a QObject subclass (what I usually do), you can have a QWidget or QMainWidget derived to do that, or you can have main() do it. Again, it depends on how you've structured your program.

Kind regards.

[Crag_Hack]

Thanks for the help. I managed to figure everything out by trial and error. Also re:

The order in which you add the forms to the project shouldn't matter.

IIRC when I added the form via the generate form option on the new project wizard the ui became integrated into my project class instead of separate. So I like to do the other way where I add after creating the project.

[kshegunov]

@Crag_Hack
The class that's generated by the creator for the form is just a shorthand for you. You can write manually the same class without it being generated at any point.