How would I include other files in the executable/installer build process?

[willkara]

Is there a correct way to include other files/directories when building the installer/executable directory?
I'm asking because I'm loading the .ui files at runtime in my code to load the QT widgets ...etc.

class AppContext(ApplicationContext):  # 1. Subclass ApplicationContext
    def run(self):  # 2. Implement run()
        form = MainForm('forms/mainwindow.ui')
        return self.app.exec_()  # 3. End run() with this line

I know it has the resource/base directory, would this be the best place for my .ui files?

[willkara]

The only other thing I can think of is to pre-compile the forms with:

pyside2-uic.exe

and then include those python files in the build.

[willkara]

EDIT

Just realized that wont work because the compilation will overwrite any action functions in the resulting .py file.

[mherrmann]

Can you just place the .ui file into src/main/resources/base, then do MainForm(self.get_resource('mainwindow.ui'))?

[willkara]

I'll have to try it out next time I'm home. Thanks for the tip.

[mherrmann]

My pleasure :-) Closing this issue for now.