Hi Tara Well done on getting your first plugin building! Feel free to create a new wiki page. You could also consider putting your experiences together as short tutorials on the http://blog.qgis.org. Your work will probably reach a wider audience there.
Also in the future we (ok probably python gurus like Martin & co) could probably provide some kind of integrated development environment embedded in QGIS so that you can avoid the command line all together....give it some time as its still early days in the QGIS Python bindings development. Regards Tim 2008/2/1, Tara Athan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks all for your help. I was able to get it to work. I almost never > use the command line on Windows, so I'm not up on the fine points. I > suspect that many people who might be interested in developing a Python > plugin could be in the same situation. > Here is what I found to work > > Option 1. Use the Start>Run window. The command has to specify full > paths for everything, even if C:\Python25 is correctly listed in the > PATH variable. > The command I used was this: > C:\Python25\pyrcc4 -o "C:\Program Files\Quantum > GIS\share\qgis\python\plugins\new_layer\resources.py" "C:\Program > Files\Quantum GIS\share\qgis\python\plugins\new_layer\resources.qrc" > Quotes are necessary because of the spaces in the folder names. > > Option 2. Use the Command Prompt Window > a. Open the Command Prompt by clicking Start>Run and enter cmd.exe or > click Start>All Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt > b. Navigate to the new_layer folder by entering > cd C:\Program Files\Quantum GIS\share\qgis\python\plugins\new_layer > or whatever is the correct path, which can be copied from the > Address line in Windows Explorer when the folder is open. > Right-click to paste. Quotes aren't needed. > c. Enter > pyrcc4 -o resources.py resources.qrc > at the prompt > > Perhaps there is a place on the wiki to store this sort of stuff that is > needed by novice Windows-based Python developers, but irrelevant to others? > > Tara > > Richard Duivenvoorde wrote: > > > > Hi Tara, > > > > don't know if I can make it more clear, but on Linux this command > > 'pyrcc4' is in you PATH when you installed PyQt. > > On windows, it's possible that these binaries are not in your path. > > With me they were found here: "C:\program files\Python25\pyrcc4.exe" > > after installing. So you either call it by using the full path to it, > > or you add the path to python binaries to your PATH environment > > variable (I would do that...). > > > > The bigger picture: > > # QtDesigner4 will give you an '.ui' file > > # This .ui file is compiled using pyuic4 to a python source file > > containing the gui python class definition > > # You'll need pyrcc4 for generating a python resource file (will hold > > your images/icons etc) > > # You can then define your own class (inheriting from the gui class > > file above AND QDialog and add event/signal handlers to it > > > > No need to build stuff from source. > > Docs for PyQt4 (handy for some code examples...): > > http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/Docs/PyQt4/pyqt4ref.html > > > > other resources: > > http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/DevelopingPluginsWithPython > > http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/PythonPluginCodeSnippets > > and qgis wiki and blog > > or download some plugins from: > > http://spatialserver.net:3001/ > > and look into the source code > > for example: > > http://spatialserver.net/pyqgis/plugins/imagemap_plugin_v0.2.zip > > this is a python plugin with gui and resources (there is also some > > docs in the zip). > > http://spatialserver.net/pyqgis/plugins/rasterinfo.zip is an ever > > simpler example. > > > > Hope this helps you something > > > > Regards, > > > > Richard Duivenvoorde > > > > > > Tara Athan wrote: > >> I have PyQt GPL v4.3.3 installed, but I don't know how to make it > >> perform this task (of compiling the resource file). > >> > >> The QGIS 0.9 manual does not describe anything so complicated as > >> building from source. > >> Tim, I appreciate the help, but this URL is way beyond my level at > >> present. > >> > >> Tara > >> > >> Tim Sutton wrote: > >>> Hi Tara > >>> > >>> I'm guessing you are probably going to need PyQt installed on your > >>> computer (and by extension Qt too). Martin or Aaron will probably be > >>> able to better confirm this. There are notes on how to do this here: > >>> > >>> http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/BuildingFromSource (section 3) > >>> > >>> Hope that helps! > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> > >>> Tim > >>> > >>> 2008/1/30, Tara Athan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>> > >>>> I am trying to follow the manual, > >>>> Section 12, Subsection 7 > >>>> to get started writing Python Plugins > >>>> I am getting stuck at step 3 because I am using Windows (XP) > >>>> > >>>> To turn the resource file into something the plugin can use, it > >>>> must be > >>>> compiled using the PyQt resource compiler: > >>>> > >>>> pyrcc4 -o resources.py resources.qrc > >>>> > >>>> Can anyone tell me how to perform this step on the Windows platform? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, Tara > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> My e-mail delivery has been unreliable lately, so I am asking for > >>>> return receipts from all my email messages. > >>>> OK'ing the return receipt lets me know that my message was delivered. > >>>> Thank you. > >>>> > >>>> Tara Athan > >>>> Principal, Alternatives to Invasive Species > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> 707-485-1198 > >>>> PO Box 415 > >>>> Redwood Valley, CA 95470 > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Qgis-user mailing list > >>>> Qgis-user@lists.qgis.org > >>>> http://lists.qgis.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> My e-mail delivery has been unreliable lately, so I am asking for > >> return receipts from all my email messages. > >> OK'ing the return receipt lets me know that my message was delivered. > >> Thank you. > >> > >> Tara Athan > >> Principal, Alternatives to Invasive Species > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> 707-485-1198 > >> PO Box 415 > >> Redwood Valley, CA 95470 > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Qgis-user mailing list > >> Qgis-user@lists.qgis.org > >> http://lists.qgis.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > > > > > > > > -- > My e-mail delivery has been unreliable lately, so I am asking for > return receipts from all my email messages. > OK'ing the return receipt lets me know that my message was delivered. > Thank you. > > Tara Athan > Principal, Alternatives to Invasive Species > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 707-485-1198 > PO Box 415 > Redwood Valley, CA 95470 > > -- Tim Sutton QGIS Project Steering Committee Member - Release Manager Visit http://qgis.org for a great open source GIS openModeller Desktop Developer Visit http://openModeller.sf.net for a great open source ecological niche modelling tool Home Page: http://tim.linfiniti.com Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.qgis.org http://lists.qgis.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
