---
name: "puic"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libqt-perl"
version: "3.008-3.1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/puic"
---

# puic(1)

perl user interface compiler

## NAME

puic - perl user interface compiler

## SYNOPSIS

**puic \[options\] \[mode\] \<uifile\>**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **puic** command.

**puic** is a program you can use to compile .ui and .ui.h  files (from Qt Designer) into perl (actually, PerlQt) code. This  enables you to draw your application using Qt Designer, compile  and then run it.

PerlQt is an API for Perl to the Qt toolkit from Trolltech. With  PerlQt, you can use Qt widgets in perl code, thus giving a GUI to  your perl programs.

## OPTIONS

**Generate implementation:**\
    puic  \[options\] \<uifile\>

**Generate image collection:**\
    puic  \[options\] -embed \<project\> \<image1\> \<image2\> \<image3\> ...\
         \<project\>       project name\
         \<image\[0..n\]\>   image files

**Generate subclass implementation:**\
    puic  \[options\] -subimpl \<classname\> \<uifile\>\
         \<classname\>     name of the subclass to generate

- **Options:**

  - **-o file**

  Write output to file rather than stdout

- **-p indent**

  Set the indent in spaces (0 to use a tab)

- **-nofwd**

  Omit imports of custom widgets

- **-tr func**

  Use func(...) rather than trUtf8(...) for i18n

- **-x**

  Generate extra code to test the class

- **-version**

  Display version of puic

- **-help**

  Show summary of options

## SEE ALSO

http://perlqt.sourceforge.net/

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Lutz Badenheuer \<Lutz.Badenheuer@t-online.de\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).