[Qgis-developer] OT: qtdesigner problems: generated ui file not
valid for pyuic4
Tim Sutton
tim at linfiniti.com
Thu Oct 4 18:30:23 EDT 2007
Hi Matthew
It could be that your PyQt stuff expects e.g. Qt4.2 and you have 4.3.
There have been changes to the ui format between the two versions
which could concevably cause such issues.
Regards
Tim
2007/10/4, Matthew Perry <perrygeo at gmail.com>:
> Hi folks,
>
> Not a qgis question per se but I figured that someone on this list
> might have encountered this and/or come up with a solution.
>
> It appears that designer-qt4 is generating ui files that are not
> compatible with pyuic4. I'm using straight ubuntu fiesty packages for
> all the qt software.
>
> Basic problem is that simply opening and saving a ui file in qt
> designer (making no changes at all) messes up a previously valid ui
> file. The example below shows the details.
>
> Has anyone else encountered this issue on ubuntu? Am I doing something
> obviously wrong here? Any ideas on how to fix this?
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> cp mainwindow.ui mainwindow.orig.ui
> cp mainwindow_ui.py mainwindow_ui.orig.py
> make clean
>
> # generate the python file from the untouched ui file
> pyuic4 -d -o mainwindow_ui.py mainwindow.ui
> # OK; still runs fine
>
> diff mainwindow_ui.py mainwindow_ui.orig.py
> 5c5
> < # Created: Thu Oct 4 13:17:24 2007
> ---
> > # Created: Wed Oct 3 09:44:22 2007
>
>
> # open qt4 deisgner
> designer-qt4 mainwindow.ui
> # Change NOTHING, just file > save
>
> # compile with pyuic4
> pyuic4 -d -o mainwindow_ui.py mainwindow.ui
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/pyuic4", line 65, in <module>
> error = generateUi(args[1], options.output, options.execute, options.indent)
> File "/usr/bin/pyuic4", line 28, in generateUi
> uic.compileUi(uifname, pyfile, execute, indent)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/__init__.py", line
> 56, in compileUi
> winfo = compiler.UICompiler().compileUi(uifile, pyfile)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/Compiler/compiler.py",
> line 71, in compileUi
> w = self.parse(input_stream)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/uiparser.py", line
> 524, in parse
> actor(elem)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/uiparser.py", line
> 372, in createUserInterface
> self.traverseWidgetTree(elem)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/uiparser.py", line
> 349, in traverseWidgetTree
> handler(self, child)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/uiparser.py", line
> 165, in createWidget
> self.traverseWidgetTree(elem)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/uiparser.py", line
> 349, in traverseWidgetTree
> handler(self, child)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/uiparser.py", line
> 240, in createLayout
> self.traverseWidgetTree(elem)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/uiparser.py", line
> 349, in traverseWidgetTree
> handler(self, child)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/uiparser.py", line
> 249, in handleItem
> self.traverseWidgetTree(elem)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/uiparser.py", line
> 349, in traverseWidgetTree
> handler(self, child)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/uiparser.py", line
> 165, in createWidget
> self.traverseWidgetTree(elem)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/uiparser.py", line
> 349, in traverseWidgetTree
> handler(self, child)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/uiparser.py", line
> 158, in createWidget
> self.stack.push(self.setupObject(widgetClass(elem), parent, elem))
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/uiparser.py", line
> 133, in setupObject
> self.wprops.setProperties(obj, branch)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/properties.py",
> line 189, in setProperties
> self.convert(prop, widget))
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/properties.py",
> line 156, in convert
> return func(prop[0], **args)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/properties.py",
> line 116, in _sizepolicy
> sizePolicy.setHorizontalStretch(values[2])
> IndexError: list index out of range
>
> # show differences in ui file due to saving with qt4 designer
> diff mainwindow.ui mainwindow.orig.ui
> 17c17
> < <property name="leftMargin" >
> ---
> > <property name="margin" >
> 20,32c20
> < <property name="topMargin" >
> < <number>9</number>
> < </property>
> < <property name="rightMargin" >
> < <number>9</number>
> < </property>
> < <property name="bottomMargin" >
> < <number>9</number>
> < </property>
> < <property name="horizontalSpacing" >
> < <number>6</number>
> < </property>
> < <property name="verticalSpacing" >
> ---
> > <property name="spacing" >
> 45c33,35
> < <sizepolicy vsizetype="Preferred" hsizetype="Preferred" >
> ---
> > <sizepolicy>
> > <hsizetype>5</hsizetype>
> > <vsizetype>5</vsizetype>
> 64,65c54,55
> < <width>405</width>
> < <height>573</height>
> ---
> > <width>353</width>
> > <height>583</height>
> 72c62
> < <property name="leftMargin" >
> ---
> > <property name="margin" >
> 75,87c65
> < <property name="topMargin" >
> < <number>9</number>
> < </property>
> < <property name="rightMargin" >
> < <number>9</number>
> < </property>
> < <property name="bottomMargin" >
> < <number>9</number>
> < </property>
> < <property name="horizontalSpacing" >
> < <number>6</number>
> < </property>
> < <property name="verticalSpacing" >
> ---
> > <property name="spacing" >
> 118c96,98
> < <sizepolicy vsizetype="Preferred" hsizetype="Preferred" >
> ---
> > <sizepolicy>
> > <hsizetype>5</hsizetype>
> > <vsizetype>5</vsizetype>
> 140c120
> < <height>25</height>
> ---
> > <height>24</height>
>
>
>
> --
> Matthew T. Perry
> http://www.perrygeo.net
>
> "Never ascribe to malice, that which can be adequately explained by
> incompetence."
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