# Workflow that brings together a few modules as tabs in a unifying parent module.

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**Created:** [January 8, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/workflow-that-brings-together-a-few-modules-as-tabs-in-a-unifying-parent-module/5314 "2019-01-08T20:54:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/workflow-that-brings-together-a-few-modules-as-tabs-in-a-unifying-parent-module/5314/11 "2019-01-10T14:17:28Z")

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I haven’t thought about promoting using .ui files to the general public, but I agree that it could work well.

To make Qt designer (with all custom ctk, qMRML, Slicer widgets) available without requiring users to install a compatible version of Qt, we would need to bundle Qt designer binaries in the installation package. It should be no problem, as it requires only a few extra files of a total size of 6 MB (designer.exe, Qt5Designer.dll, and Qt5DesignerComponents.dll; Qt designer plugins are already included). @jcfr what do you think?

In addition to bundling designer executable, we should add an “Edit .ui file” button to the Reload&Test section and add an ExtensionWizard template.

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