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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Using XML to create dialogs
From:       "Benjamin Ellis" <bmellis () uark ! edu>
Date:       2000-12-07 22:30:27
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On Thursday 07 December 2000 04:31 pm, Reginald Stadlbauer wrote:
> On Thursday 07 December 2000 22:19, Benjamin Ellis wrote:
> > On Thursday 07 December 2000 05:40 am, Emmeran Seehuber wrote:
> > > On Thursday 07 December 2000 06:05, Benjamin Ellis wrote:
> > > > Hey, I'm wanting to use XML to make "pluggins" for an application
> > > > engine... What the XML file would have is the different dialogs
> > > > required for this plugin, the contents of each dialog, and other
> > > > stuff, like defaults...  Is there some sort of framework in existence
> > > > in KDE/Qt to help me do this? The dialogs could be compiled in or
> > > > loaded dynamically (preferred) and so the XML would handle all
> > > > dialogs and set up slots/signals etc....
> > >
> > > Did you take a look at the Qt Designer? It saves the dialogs as XML
> > > files and contains also a tool which generates C++ sources out of it.
> > >
> > > I did some routines which parses the XML file and creates a dialog of
> > > it. But this routines only support a small subset of controls. Maybe
> > > you are interessted in this routines.
> > >
> > > cu,
> > >   Emmy
> >
> > Yeah, Qt Designer is not what i'm looking for.. The idea is the same, but
> > I need to make my program generate this (simple) dialogs at runtime.  The
> > purpose is so that you can make XML pluggin addons to the program and the
> > program will know how to handle the dialogs for the addons and won't
> > require a recompile.
> >
> > I would be interested in seeing the routines you have, it sounds like
> > what i'm trying to do.
>
> JFYI: Qt 3.0 will have a class which can dynamically create dialogs from
> .ui files on runtime.

Wow, that's be great.   Do you know if the Qt cvs has this code already in it 
or is it just a plan?


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