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Qt5 Python GUI Programming Cookbook

You're reading from   Qt5 Python GUI Programming Cookbook Building responsive and powerful cross-platform applications with PyQt

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788831000
Length 462 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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B. M. Harwani B. M. Harwani
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Creating a User Interface with Qt Components FREE CHAPTER 2. Event Handling - Signals and Slots 3. Working with Date and Time 4. Understanding OOP Concepts 5. Understanding Dialogs 6. Understanding Layouts 7. Networking and Managing Large Documents 8. Doing Asynchronous Programming in Python 9. Database Handling 10. Using Graphics 11. Implementing Animation 12. Using Google Maps 13. Running Python Scripts on Android and iOS 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Prompting for a username and displaying a welcome message

This recipe will prompt the user to enter a name, and when the user clicks the OK button after entering a name, they are greeted with an alert box with the text Hello, followed by the name entered by the user.

How to do it...

In this recipe, we will be making use of the following methods:

  • dialogGetInput(): This method is used to take input from the user
  • app.dialogCreateAlert(): This method is used to greet the user
  • app.dialogSetPositiveButtonText(): This method is used to display positive button text and to keep the dialog box visible until the user presses the OK button

Let's take a look at the following steps:

  1. Type the following code in the Python...
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