basic C++ question...

[Lost User]

Qt project creates 'folders" , for lack of other terminology headers sources forms resulting in this constructor

#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
: QMainWindow(parent)
, ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
delete ui;
}

I am trying to add "forms " to my exiting project. I follow the Qt menus... but I do not know how to modify my constructor.

#ifdef BYPASS
MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
: QMainWindow(parent)
, ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
#endif

CCC_MdiChild::CCC_MdiChild()
{
setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
isUntitled = true;
}

Please help me to understand what Qt did and how to modify
my constructor so I can access my "form".
The verbal description / code annotation would be appreciated.
Thanks

[k5054]

This is not a C++ question, basic or otherwise. It is a QT question. You will probably get a better answer from a QT specific forum.

Keep Calm and Carry On

[Lost User]

Could you at least read this for me - in English - in generic way ? It is C++_ syntax I am having problems with. Would appreciate that.

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
: QMainWindow(parent)
, ui(new Ui::MainWindow)

[David Crow]

It's the constructor of a class called MainWindow. QMainWindow and ui are being initialized using an initialization list.

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[Lost User]

It is a single parameter constructor of the MainWindow class. The constructor accepts a single parameter which is a pointer to a QWidget object. The constructor sets its QMainWindow property to the input parameter - in this case the pointer named parent. It then sets its ui property by calling the Ui::MainWindow constructor, to create a new object of that class. To find out what the latter returns you need to look at the Ui class documentation.