I am learning PyQt5, and while converting a ui to py, it throws this error:
Error: No such file or directory: "Disaster.ui"
The file name is Disaster.ui. The command is:
pyuic5 -x Disaster.ui -o abc.py
The error occurs because the file Disaster.ui does not exist in the current folder (i.e. wherever you're executing pyuic5 from). To prove this, execute dir *.ui.
To fix it, either cd to the relevant folder, or use an absolute path instead.
How do I download QtDesigner for PyQt6? If there's no QtDesigner for PyQt6, I can also use QtDesigner of PyQt5, but how do I convert this .ui file to .py file which uses PyQt6 library instead of PyQt5?
As they point out you can use pyuic6:
pyuic6 -o output.py -x input.ui
but in some cases there are problems in that the command is not found in the CMD/console, so the command can be used through python:
python -m PyQt6.uic.pyuic -o output.py -x input.ui
You can install QtCreator or use command line pyuic6 -o main.py main.ui
i have been using qtdesigner with pyqt4 and python3.4. I was able to convert .ui files to .py files by using:
C:/Python34/Lib/site-packages/PyQt4/pyuic4.bat -x myfile.ui -o myfile.py
But now it has stopped working!!
The .py file is never generated. my cmd shows no error.
I also noticed that my pyuic4.bat file is 0 kb in size.
this bat-file is just executing python.
try using:
python -m PyQt4.uic.pyuic -o dest.py src.ui
python -m PyQt5.uic.pyuic -o dest.py src.ui
(see here for more options)
or consider coversion during script-start using:
from PyQt4/5.uic import compileUiDir
compileUiDir( './relative/path/to/folder/with/ui-file' )
or for single files:
from PyQt4/5.uic import compileUi
compile_ui('path/to/dir', 'file-name')
Is there a way to convert a ui formed with qtDesigner to a python version to use without having an extra file?
I'm using Maya for this UI, and converting this UI file to a readable python version to implement would be really great!
You can use pyuic4 command on shell:
pyuic4 input.ui -o output.py
For pyqt5 you can use
pyuic5 xyz.ui > xyz.py
or
pyuic5 xyz.ui -o xyz.py
If you are using windows, the PyQt4 folder is not in the path by default, you have to go to it before trying to run it:
c:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4\something> pyuic4.exe full/path/to/input.ui -o full/path/to/output.py
or call it using its full path
full/path/to/my/files> c:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4\something\pyuic4.exe input.ui -o output.py
The question has already been answered, but if you are looking for a shortcut during development, including this at the top of your python script will save you some time but mostly let you forget about actually having to make the conversion.
import os #Used in Testing Script
os.system("pyuic4 -o outputFile.py inpuiFile.ui")
Quickest way to convert .ui to .py is from terminal:
pyuic4 -x input.ui -o output.py
Make sure you have pyqt4-dev-tools installed.
I'm not sure if PyQt does have a script like this, but after you install PySide there is a script in pythons script directory "uic.py". You can use this script to convert a .ui file to a .py file:
python uic.py input.ui -o output.py -x
You don't have to install PyQt4 with all its side features, you just need the PyQt4 package itself. Inside the package you could use the module pyuic.py ("C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4\uic") to convert your Ui file.
C:\test>python C:\Python27x64\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4\uic\pyuic.py -help
update python3: use pyuic5 -help # add filepath if needed. pyuic version = 4 or 5.
You will get all options listed:
Usage: pyuic4 [options] <ui-file>
Options:
--version show program's version number and exit
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-p, --preview show a preview of the UI instead of generating code
-o FILE, --output=FILE
write generated code to FILE instead of stdout
-x, --execute generate extra code to test and display the class
-d, --debug show debug output
-i N, --indent=N set indent width to N spaces, tab if N is 0 [default:
4]
-w, --pyqt3-wrapper generate a PyQt v3 style wrapper
Code generation options:
--from-imports generate imports relative to '.'
--resource-suffix=SUFFIX
append SUFFIX to the basename of resource files
[default: _rc]
So your command will look like this:
C:\test>python C:\Python27x64\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4\uic\pyuic.py test_dialog.ui -o test.py -x
You could also use full file paths to your file to convert it.
Why do you want to convert it anyway? I prefer creating widgets in the designer and implement them with via the *.ui file. That makes it much more comfortable to edit it later. You could also write your own widget plugins and load them into the Qt Designer with full access. Having your ui hard coded doesn't makes it very flexible.
I reuse a lot of my ui's not only in Maya, also for Max, Nuke, etc.. If you have to change something software specific, you should try to inherit the class (with the parented ui file) from a more global point of view and patch or override the methods you have to adjust. That saves a lot of work time. Let me know if you have more questions about it.
I got some errors when I try to convert UI to PY and finally I found this solution.
First of all, if you couldn't find the pyuic5.bat file copy this code and paste it on your cmd:
C:\Users\Monster>cd Desktop
C:\Users\Monster\Desktop>python -m PyQt5.uic.pyuic -x trial.ui -o trial.py
And the problem has been solved easily!
Update for anyone using PyQt5 with python 3.x:
Open terminal (eg. Powershell, cmd etc.)
cd into the folder with your .ui file.
Type:
"C:\python\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5\pyuic5.bat" -x Trial.ui -o trial_gui.py
for cases where PyQt5 is not a path variable. The path in quotes " " represents where the pyuic5.bat file is.
This should work!
For Ubuntu it works for following commands;
If you want individual files to contain main method to run the files individually, may be for testing purpose,
pyuic5 filename.ui -o filename.py -x
No main method in file, cannot run individually... try
pyuic5 filename.ui -o filename.py
Consider, I'm using PyQT5.
open cmd in directory where you have your file and type:
pyuic5 –x "filename".ui –o "filename".py
I've ran into the same problem recently. After finding the correct path to the pyuic4 file using the file finder I've ran:
C:\Users\ricckli.qgis2\python\plugins\qgis2leaf>C:\OSGeo4W64\bin\pyuic4 -o ui_q gis2leaf.py ui_qgis2leaf.ui
As you can see my ui file was placed in this folder...
QT Creator was installed separately and the pyuic4 file was placed there with the OSGEO4W installer
In case that you are using Pyside6, there is a 'uic' binary file (in windows, an exe file) in /Lib/site-packages/PySide6/
I'm trying to transform my ui file to .py file, but when I run pyuic4 in the shell, I get an error:
# pyuic4 main.ui > main_ui.py
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/pyuic.py", line 2
exec /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/pyuic.py ${1+"$#"}
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
my os is fedora16
On Linux, pyuic4 should be a bash script that would usually be installed as /usr/bin/pyuic4.
The error
exec /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/pyuic.py ${1+"$#"}
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
would be produced if you attempted to run that bash script with python.
However, the error message also gives the source file location as
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/pyuic.py", line 2
which doesn't make much sense, because that should be a python script.
Has /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/pyuic.py somehow been over-written with the bash script?
Try opening that file, and also /usr/bin/pyuic4, in an editor to see what they contain.
If you want use python2, just type
python2-pyuic4 main.ui > main_ui.py