!! NOTE !! The uiCore library is still in development and will be updated on a regular base. At this point multiple features to access the core components are missing and will be implemented soon.
The uiCore is a library meant to be used with Qt.
This library takes away the effort to create and manage the fundamental objects for a technical user interface (UI) for CAD like applications.
To create the user inteface no widget creation is required. The API provides all common objects, but also allowes external QWidgets to be displayed if required.
Features:
- Skriptable UI - The UI will be created from code by using the API that provides the functions to modify the UI.
- Cross-plattform - The uiCore depends only on Qt and the TabToolbar library.
- Configurable - The uiCore can be used and configured with ease.
- Microservice ready - Object creation can be performed by using only base data types. Event notification is handled with messages that are send via the uiCore message system.
- Fast and easy creation - When creating a new application and the efford for creating the whole UI wants to be skipped, this is the perfect solution.
Create an application based on on the uiCore with VisualStudio
Requirements
- Qt must be installed
- Create an Environment variable (System settings or batch file) for the %QTDIR%, which should result in something like this: ...\Qt\5.11.2\msvc2017_64
- Install the Qt VS Tool Add-on for Visual Studio
- In the Qt VS Tool options add a new Qt Version with the name: $(QTDIR) This will disable the path selection and read the path from the environment variable.
Project settings
- Create a new Qt Widgets Application (Core, Gui and Widgets must be selected in the dialog)
- Create an Evironment variable (System Settings or batch file) for the %UICORE_LIB_ROOT%
Configuration Properties (For a x64 build)
Add: VC++ Directories->Include Directories: $(ProjectDir)include
Ensure: C/C++->General->Additional Include Directories contains: $(Qt_INCLUDEPATH_)
Add: C/C++->General->Additional Include Directories: %UI_CORE_ROOT%\include
Ensure: Linker->General->Additional Library Directories contains: $(Qt_LIBPATH_)
Add: Linker->General->Additional Library Directories: %UI_CORE_ROOT%\x64\[Debug/Release]
Ensure: Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies contains: $(Qt_LIBS_)
Add: Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies: %UI_CORE_ROOT%\x64\[Debug/Release]\uiCore.lib
Configuration Properties for all Qt Application (fixes a bug for executing in VS2017)
Add: Custom Build Step->General->CommandLine: copy $(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\qt.conf $(OutputPath)
Add: Custom Build Step->General->Outputs: $(OutputPath)\qt.conf
Select: Custom Build Step->General->Execute After: ClCompile
Select: Custom Build Step->General->Execute Before: Link
This will create a "qt.conf" file which will be placed in the output directory. This file must be in the same directory as the executable.
For more information visit: https://github.com/alexk95/uiCore/wiki
If you have any suggestion or found a bug, please report it to improve the library ASAP