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</style></head><body><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr /><td align="left" valign="top" width="32"><img align="left" border="0" height="32" src="images/rb-logo.png" width="32" /></td><td width="1">  </td><td class="postheader" valign="center"><a href="../pyqt4ref.html"><font color="#004faf">Home</font></a> · <a href="classes.html"><font color="#004faf">All Classes</font></a> · <a href="modules.html"><font color="#004faf">Modules</font></a></td></table><h1 align="center">QFormBuilder Class Reference<br /><sup><sup>[<a href="qtdesigner.html">QtDesigner</a> module]</sup></sup></h1><p>The QFormBuilder class is used to dynamically construct user
interfaces from UI files at run-time. <a href="#details">More...</a></p>
<p>Inherits <a href="qabstractformbuilder.html">QAbstractFormBuilder</a>.</p><h3>Methods</h3><ul><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qformbuilder.html#QFormBuilder">__init__</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qformbuilder.html#addPluginPath">addPluginPath</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QString <i>pluginPath</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qformbuilder.html#clearPluginPaths">clearPluginPaths</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />list-of-QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface <b><a href="qformbuilder.html#customWidgets">customWidgets</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QStringList <b><a href="qformbuilder.html#pluginPaths">pluginPaths</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qformbuilder.html#setPluginPath">setPluginPath</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QStringList <i>pluginPaths</i>)</li></ul><a name="details" /><hr /><h2>Detailed Description</h2><p>The QFormBuilder class is used to dynamically construct user
interfaces from UI files at run-time.</p>
<p>The QFormBuilder class provides a mechanism for dynamically
creating user interfaces at run-time, based on UI files created
with <i>Qt Designer</i>. For example:</p>
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MyForm.MyForm(QWidget *parent)
: QWidget(parent)
{
QFormBuilder builder;
QFile file(":/forms/myWidget.ui");
file.open(QFile.ReadOnly);
QWidget *myWidget = builder.load(&file, this);
file.close();
QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout;
layout->addWidget(myWidget);
setLayout(layout);
}
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<p>By including the user interface in the example's resources
(<tt>myForm.qrc</tt>), we ensure that it will be present when the
example is run:</p>
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<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
<qresource prefix="/forms">
<file>mywidget.ui</file>
</qresource>
</RCC>
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<p>QFormBuilder extends the <a href="qabstractformbuilder.html">QAbstractFormBuilder</a> base class
with a number of functions that are used to support custom widget
plugins:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="qformbuilder.html#pluginPaths">pluginPaths</a>()
returns the list of paths that the form builder searches when
loading custom widget plugins.</li>
<li><a href="qformbuilder.html#addPluginPath">addPluginPath</a>()
allows additional paths to be registered with the form
builder.</li>
<li><a href="qformbuilder.html#setPluginPath">setPluginPath</a>()
is used to replace the existing list of paths with a list obtained
from some other source.</li>
<li><a href="qformbuilder.html#clearPluginPaths">clearPluginPaths</a>() removes
all paths registered with the form builder.</li>
<li><a href="qformbuilder.html#customWidgets">customWidgets</a>()
returns a list of interfaces to plugins that can be used to create
new instances of registered custom widgets.</li>
</ul>
<p>The QFormBuilder class is typically used by custom components
and applications that embed <i>Qt Designer</i>. Standalone
applications that need to dynamically generate user interfaces at
run-time use the <a href="quiloader.html">QUiLoader</a> class,
found in the <a href="qtuitools.html">QtUiTools</a> module.</p>
<hr /><h2>Method Documentation</h2><h3 class="fn"><a name="QFormBuilder" />QFormBuilder.__init__ (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Constructs a new form builder.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="addPluginPath" />QFormBuilder.addPluginPath (<i>self</i>, QString <i>pluginPath</i>)</h3><p>Adds a new plugin path specified by <i>pluginPath</i> to the
list of paths that will be searched by the form builder when
loading a custom widget plugin.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qformbuilder.html#setPluginPath">setPluginPath</a>() and <a href="qformbuilder.html#clearPluginPaths">clearPluginPaths</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="clearPluginPaths" />QFormBuilder.clearPluginPaths (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Clears the list of paths that the form builder uses to search
for custom widget plugins.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qformbuilder.html#pluginPaths">pluginPaths</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="customWidgets" />list-of-QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface QFormBuilder.customWidgets (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns a list of the available plugins.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="pluginPaths" />QStringList QFormBuilder.pluginPaths (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the list of paths the form builder searches for
plugins.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qformbuilder.html#addPluginPath">addPluginPath</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setPluginPath" />QFormBuilder.setPluginPath (<i>self</i>, QStringList <i>pluginPaths</i>)</h3><p>Sets the list of plugin paths to the list specified by
<i>pluginPaths</i>.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qformbuilder.html#addPluginPath">addPluginPath</a>().</p>
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