// Slot for launching a new gui.
// This is the button's default action for launching a gui.
// Normally the button would be within a container, such as a tab on a gui, that will provide a 'launch gui' mechanism.
void QEGenericButton::startGui( const QEActionRequests & request )
{
// Only handle file open requests
if( request.getKind() != QEActionRequests::KindOpenFile )
{
return;
}
// If there is enough arguments, open the file
if (request.getArguments().count () >= 1)
{
// Build the gui
// Build it in a new window.
QMainWindow* w = new QMainWindow;
QEForm* gui = new QEForm( request.getArguments().first() );
if( gui )
{
if( gui->readUiFile())
{
w->setCentralWidget( gui );
w->show();
}
else
{
delete gui;
gui = NULL;
}
}
else
{
delete w;
}
}
}
// Slot to receive a request to create a window from the QE framework.
// When a QE Push Button has been set up with a GUI file name and it is clicked
// it looks to see if a handler to take window creation requests has been set up
// in the ContainerProfile. This application has set up this slot as a window
// creationhandler.
// This handler does not have to be aware of any context of the widget that
// made the request. All details such as the macro substitutions required are
// provided in the request.
// open a dialog.
// For this application, only one type of request is accepted - open a .ui file.
// It uses a QEForm to load the .ui file and place it in a dialog.
void MainWindow::requestAction( const QEActionRequests& request )
{
// Only handle file open requests
if( request.getKind() != QEActionRequests::KindOpenFile )
{
return;
}
// If there is enough arguments, open the file
if (request.getArguments().count () >= 1)
{
// Build the gui and load it into a dialog.
// Note, this is very similar to the default method that QE push buttons uses
// to present a gui if the application has not provided a handler to
// create GUIs through the ContainerProfile.
QDialog* d = new QDialog();
QEForm* gui = new QEForm( request.getArguments().first() );
if( gui )
{
if( gui->readUiFile())
{
gui->setParent( d );
d->exec();
}
else
{
delete gui;
gui = NULL;
}
}
else
{
delete d;
}
}
}