User Interface Compiler (uic)

This page documents the User Interface Compiler for the Qt Widgets module. The uic reads an XML format user interface definition (.ui) file as generated by Qt Designer and creates a corresponding C++ header file.

Usage:

uic [options] <uifile>

Options

The following table lists the command-line options recognized by uic.

Option	Description
`-h, --help`	Displays help on commandline options.
`-v, --version`	Displays version information.
`-d, --dependencies`	Display the dependencies.
`-o, --output <file>`	Place the output into `<file>`
`-a, --no-autoconnection`	Do not generate a call to `QObject::connectSlotsByName()`.
`-p, --no-protection`	Disable header protection.
`-n, --no-implicit-includes`	Disable generation of `#include-directives`.
`--postfix <postfix>`	Postfix to add to all generated classnames.
`--tr, --translate <function>`	Use <function> for i18n.
`--include <include-file>`	Add #include `<include-file>` to `<file>`.
`-g, --generator <python\|cpp>`	Select generator.
`--idbased`	Use id based function for i18n
`--from-imports`	Python: generate imports relative to `'.'`

Examples

If you use qmake, uic will be invoked automatically for header files.

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

ui_%.h: %.ui
        uic $< -o $@

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

ui_foo.h: foo.ui
        uic $< -o $@

You must also remember to add ui_foo.h to your HEADERS (substitute your favorite name).

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