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<p> 
<p> This example shows you how to start other processes with TQt and how 
IO redirection is done. The example tries to start the uic (a tool
that comes with the TQt 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">ntqobject.h</a>&gt;
#include &lt;<a href="qprocess-h.html">ntqprocess.h</a>&gt;
#include &lt;<a href="qvbox-h.html">ntqvbox.h</a>&gt;
#include &lt;<a href="qtextview-h.html">ntqtextview.h</a>&gt;
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#include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;

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    ~UicManager() {}

public slots:
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    void scrollToTop();

private:
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    <a href="ntqtextview.html">TQTextView</a> *output;
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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">TQProcess Examples</a>.

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