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<p>The QWidgetFactory class provides for the dynamic creation of widgets
from Qt Designer .ui files.
<a href="#details">More...</a>
<p><tt>#include <<a href="qwidgetfactory-h.html">qwidgetfactory.h</a>></tt>
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<h2>Public Members</h2>
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<li class=fn><a href="#QWidgetFactory"><b>QWidgetFactory</b></a> ()</li>
<li class=fn>virtual <a href="#~QWidgetFactory"><b>~QWidgetFactory</b></a> ()</li>
<li class=fn>virtual QWidget * <a href="#createWidget"><b>createWidget</b></a> ( const QString & className, QWidget * parent, const char * name ) const</li>
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<h2>Static Public Members</h2>
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<li class=fn>QWidget * <a href="#create"><b>create</b></a> ( const QString & uiFile, QObject * connector = 0, QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )</li>
<li class=fn>QWidget * <a href="#create-2"><b>create</b></a> ( QIODevice * dev, QObject * connector = 0, QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )</li>
<li class=fn>void <a href="#addWidgetFactory"><b>addWidgetFactory</b></a> ( QWidgetFactory * factory )</li>
<li class=fn>void <a href="#loadImages"><b>loadImages</b></a> ( const QString & dir )</li>
<li class=fn>QStringList <a href="#widgets"><b>widgets</b></a> ()</li>
<li class=fn>bool <a href="#supportsWidget"><b>supportsWidget</b></a> ( const QString & widget )</li>
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<p> The QWidgetFactory class provides for the dynamic creation of widgets
from Qt Designer .ui files.
<p> This class basically offers two things:
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<p> <li> Dynamically creating widgets from <a href="designer-manual.html">Qt
Designer</a> user interface description files.
You can do this using the static function <a href="#create">QWidgetFactory::create</a>().
This function also performs signal and slot connections, tab
ordering, etc., as defined in the .ui file, and returns the
top-level widget in the .ui file. After creating the widget you can
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widgets of this returned widget.
<p> <li> Adding additional widget factories to be able to create custom
widgets. See <a href="#createWidget">createWidget</a>() for details.
<p> </ul>
<p> This class is not included in the Qt library itself. To use it you
must link against <tt>libqui.so</tt> (Unix) or <tt>qui.lib</tt> (Windows), which is
built into <tt>INSTALL/lib</tt> if you built <em>Qt Designer</em> (<tt>INSTALL</tt> is
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<p> If you create a <a href="qmainwindow.html">QMainWindow</a> using a QWidgetFactory, be aware that
it already has a central widget. Therefore, you need to delete this
one before setting another one.
<p> See the "Creating Dynamic Dialogs from .ui Files" section of the <a href="designer-manual.html">Qt Designer manual</a> for an example. See
also the <a href="qwidgetplugin.html">QWidgetPlugin</a> class and the <a href="plugins-howto.html">Plugins documentation</a>.
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<h3 class=fn><a name="QWidgetFactory"></a>QWidgetFactory::QWidgetFactory ()
</h3> Constructs a QWidgetFactory.
<h3 class=fn><a name="~QWidgetFactory"></a>QWidgetFactory::~QWidgetFactory ()<tt> [virtual]</tt>
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<h3 class=fn>void <a name="addWidgetFactory"></a>QWidgetFactory::addWidgetFactory ( <a href="qwidgetfactory.html">QWidgetFactory</a> * factory )<tt> [static]</tt>
</h3> Installs a widget factory <em>factory</em>, which normally contains
additional widgets that can then be created using a QWidgetFactory.
See <a href="#createWidget">createWidget</a>() for further details.
<h3 class=fn><a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a> * <a name="create"></a>QWidgetFactory::create ( const <a href="qstring.html">QString</a> & uiFile, <a href="qobject.html">QObject</a> * connector = 0, <a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a> * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )<tt> [static]</tt>
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<p> Loads the <em>Qt Designer</em> user interface description file <em>uiFile</em>
and returns the top-level widget in that description. <em>parent</em> and
<em>name</em> are passed to the constructor of the top-level widget.
<p> This function also performs signal and slot connections, tab
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<p> If something fails, 0 is returned.
<p> The ownership of the returned widget is passed to the caller.
<h3 class=fn><a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a> * <a name="create-2"></a>QWidgetFactory::create ( <a href="qiodevice.html">QIODevice</a> * dev, <a href="qobject.html">QObject</a> * connector = 0, <a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a> * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )<tt> [static]</tt>
</h3> This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.
<p> Loads the user interface description from device <em>dev</em>.
<h3 class=fn><a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a> * <a name="createWidget"></a>QWidgetFactory::createWidget ( const <a href="qstring.html">QString</a> & className, <a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a> * parent, const char * name ) const<tt> [virtual]</tt>
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Creates a widget of the type <em>className</em> passing <em>parent</em> and <em>name</em> to its constructor.
<p> If <em>className</em> is a widget in the Qt library, it is directly
created by this function. If the widget isn't in the Qt library,
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<p> If you have a custom widget, and want it to be created using the
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<p> <li> Write a widget plugin. This allows you to use the widget in
<em>Qt Designer</em> and in this QWidgetFactory. See the widget plugin
documentation for further details. (See the "Creating Custom
Widgets with Plugins" section of the <a href="designer-manual.html">Qt
Designer manual</a> for an example.
<p> <li> Subclass QWidgetFactory. Then reimplement this function to
create and return an instance of your custom widget if <em>className</em> equals the name of your widget, otherwise return 0. Then
at the beginning of your program where you want to use the widget
factory to create widgets do a:
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QWidgetFactory::<a href="#addWidgetFactory">addWidgetFactory</a>( new MyWidgetFactory );
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where MyWidgetFactory is your QWidgetFactory subclass.
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<h3 class=fn>void <a name="loadImages"></a>QWidgetFactory::loadImages ( const <a href="qstring.html">QString</a> & dir )<tt> [static]</tt>
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manually, or call this function and specify the directory where
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directory called <tt>images</tt> in the project's directory.
<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="supportsWidget"></a>QWidgetFactory::supportsWidget ( const <a href="qstring.html">QString</a> & widget )<tt> [static]</tt>
</h3> Returns TRUE if the widget factory can create the specified <em>widget</em>;
otherwise returns FALSE.
<h3 class=fn><a href="qstringlist.html">QStringList</a> <a name="widgets"></a>QWidgetFactory::widgets ()<tt> [static]</tt>
</h3> Returns the names of the widgets this factory can create.
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