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<p> 
<p> This example shows you how to start other processes with Qt and how 
IO redirection is done. The example tries to start the uic (a tool
that comes with the Qt Designer) on a certain ui file and displays the
output of the command.
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<p> Implementation (process.cpp):
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** $Id: qt/process.cpp   3.3.8   edited Jan 11 14:37 $
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#include &lt;<a href="qobject-h.html">qobject.h</a>&gt;
#include &lt;<a href="qprocess-h.html">qprocess.h</a>&gt;
#include &lt;<a href="qvbox-h.html">qvbox.h</a>&gt;
#include &lt;<a href="qtextview-h.html">qtextview.h</a>&gt;
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#include &lt;<a href="qmessagebox-h.html">qmessagebox.h</a>&gt;

#include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;

class UicManager : public <a href="qvbox.html">QVBox</a>
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public:
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    ~UicManager() {}

public slots:
    void readFromStdout();
    void scrollToTop();

private:
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int main( int argc, char **argv )
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#include "process.moc"
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<p>See also <a href="qprocess-examples.html">QProcess Examples</a>.

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