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<a name="uic"></a><p>This page documents the <i>User Interface Compiler</i> for the Qt Widgets toolkit. The <tt>uic</tt> reads an XML format user interface definition (<tt>.ui</tt>) file as generated by Qt Designer and creates a corresponding C++ header file.</p>
<p>Usage:</p>
<pre class="cpp">uic <span class="operator">[</span>options<span class="operator">]</span> <span class="operator"><</span>uifile<span class="operator">></span></pre>
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<h2>Options</h2>
<p>The following table lists the command-line options recognized by <tt>uic</tt>.</p>
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<thead><tr class="qt-style"><th >Option</th><th >Description</th></tr></thead>
<tr valign="top" class="odd"><td ><tt>-o <file></tt></td><td >Write output to <tt><file></tt> instead of to standard output.</td></tr>
<tr valign="top" class="even"><td ><tt>-tr <func></tt></td><td >Use <tt><func></tt> for translating strings instead of <tt>tr()</tt>.</td></tr>
<tr valign="top" class="odd"><td ><tt>-p</tt></td><td >Don't generate guards against multiple inclusion (<tt>#ifndef</tt> FOO_H ...).</td></tr>
<tr valign="top" class="even"><td ><tt>-h</tt></td><td >Display the usage and the list of options.</td></tr>
<tr valign="top" class="odd"><td ><tt>-v</tt></td><td >Display <tt>uic</tt>'s version number.</td></tr>
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<h2>Examples</h2>
<p>If you use <tt>qmake</tt>, <tt>uic</tt> will be invoked automatically for header files.</p>
<p>Here are useful makefile rules if you only use GNU make:</p>
<pre class="cpp">ui_<span class="operator">%</span><span class="operator">.</span>h: <span class="operator">%</span><span class="operator">.</span>ui
uic $<span class="operator"><</span> <span class="operator">-</span>o $@</pre>
<p>If you want to write portably, you can use individual rules of the following form:</p>
<pre class="cpp">ui_foo<span class="operator">.</span>h: foo<span class="operator">.</span>ui
uic $<span class="operator"><</span> <span class="operator">-</span>o $@</pre>
<p>You must also remember to add <tt>ui_foo.h</tt> to your <tt>HEADERS</tt> (substitute your favorite name).</p>
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