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#include <QtGui> //For the GUI components

#include "ui_main_window.h" //generated from QT Designer

void setup_menu_bar(QMainWindow *mw) {
    QMenu *fileMenu = mw->menuBar()->addMenu("&File") ;

    //QT on Mac automagically moves these to the application menu item because
    //they have the strings 'quit', 'about' etc. in them
    //(http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/qmenubar.html#details)
   
    fileMenu->addAction("&About", mw, SLOT(close()));
    fileMenu->addAction("&Quit", mw, SLOT(close()));
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

    QApplication app(argc, argv);

     QMainWindow *mw = new QMainWindow;
    
     Ui::MainWindow ui;
     ui.setupUi(mw);
    
     setup_menu_bar(mw);
     //putting this line before setupUi causes menubar to be erased
    
    
     mw->show();   
     return app.exec();
}

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