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NAME

uic - Qt user interface compiler

SYNOPSIS

uic [options] file

DESCRIPTION

This page documents the User Interface Compiler for the Qt GUI application framework. The uic reads a user interface definition file in XML as generated by the Qt Designer and creates corresponding C++ header or source files.

Generate declaration:
uic [options] <file>

Generate implementation:
uic [options] -impl <headerfile> <file>

<headerfile>: name of the declaration file

For convenience, uic can also generate declaration or implementation stubs for subclasses.

Generate subclass declaration:
uic [options] -subdecl <classname> <headerfile> <file>

<classname>: name of the subclass to generate

<headerfile>: declaration file of the baseclass

Generate subclass implementation:
uic [options] -subimpl <classname> <headerfile> <file>

<classname>: name of the subclass to generate

<headerfile>: declaration file of the subclass

GENERAL OPTIONS

-o file: Write output to file rather than to stdout.

-tr func: Use func(...) rather than tr(...) for i18n.

USAGE

uic is almost always invoked by make(1), not by hand.

Here are useful makefile rules if you only use GNU make:

%.h: %.ui

uic $< -o $@
%.cpp: %.ui

uic -impl $*.h $< -o $@

If you want to write portably, you can use individual rules of the following form:

NAME.h: NAME.ui

uic $< -o $@
NAME.cpp: NAME.ui

uic -impl $*.h $< -o $@

You must also remember to add NAME.cpp to your SOURCES (substitute your favorite name) variable and NAME.o to your OBJECTS variable.

(While we prefer to name our C++ source files .cpp, the uic doesn't know that, so you can use .C, .cc, .CC, .cxx or even .c++ if you prefer.)

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