<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <!-- rcc.qdoc --> <title>Resource Compiler (rcc) | Qt 5.9</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/offline-simple.css" /> <script type="text/javascript"> document.getElementsByTagName("link").item(0).setAttribute("href", "style/offline.css"); // loading style sheet breaks anchors that were jumped to before // so force jumping to anchor again setTimeout(function() { var anchor = location.hash; // need to jump to different anchor first (e.g. none) location.hash = "#"; setTimeout(function() { location.hash = anchor; }, 0); }, 0); </script> </head> <body> <div class="header" id="qtdocheader"> <div class="main"> <div class="main-rounded"> <div class="navigationbar"> <table><tr> <td ><a href="index.html">Qt 5.9</a></td><td >Resource Compiler (rcc)</td></tr></table><table class="buildversion"><tr> <td id="buildversion" width="100%" align="right">Qt 5.9.4 Reference Documentation</td> </tr></table> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="line"> <div class="content mainContent"> <div class="sidebar"><div class="sidebar-content" id="sidebar-content"></div></div> <h1 class="title">Resource Compiler (rcc)</h1> <span class="subtitle"></span> <!-- $$$rcc.html-description --> <div class="descr"> <a name="details"></a> <p>The <code>rcc</code> tool is used to embed resources into a Qt application during the build process. It works by generating a C++ source file containing data specified in a Qt resource (.qrc) file.</p> <p>Usage:</p> <pre class="cpp"> rcc <span class="operator">[</span>options<span class="operator">]</span> <span class="operator"><</span>inputs<span class="operator">></span> </pre> <p>RCC accepts the following command line options:</p> <div class="table"><table class="generic"> <thead><tr class="qt-style"><th >Option</th><th >Argument</th><th >Description</th></tr></thead> <tr valign="top" class="odd"><td ><code>-o</code></td><td ><code>file</code></td><td >Write output to <code>file</code> rather than to stdout.</td></tr> <tr valign="top" class="even"><td ><code>-name</code></td><td ><code>name</code></td><td >Create an external initialization function with <code>name</code>.</td></tr> <tr valign="top" class="odd"><td ><code>-threshold</code></td><td ><code>level</code></td><td >Specifies a threshold <code>level</code> (as a percentage) to use when deciding whether to compress a file. If the reduction in the file size is greater than the threshold <code>level</code>, it is compressed; otherwise, the uncompressed data is stored instead. The default threshold level is 70%, meaning that compressed files which are 30% or less of their original size are stored as compressed data.</td></tr> <tr valign="top" class="even"><td ><code>-compress</code></td><td ><code>level</code></td><td >Compress input files to the given compression <code>level</code>, which is an integer in the range 1 to 9. Level 1 does the least compression but is fastest. Level 9 does the most compression but is slowest. To turn off compression, use <code>-no-compress</code>. The default value for <code>level</code> is -1, which means use zlib's default compression level.</td></tr> <tr valign="top" class="odd"><td ><code>-root</code></td><td ><code>path</code></td><td >Prefix the resource access path with <code>path</code>. The default is no prefix.</td></tr> <tr valign="top" class="even"><td ><code>-no-compress</code></td><td ></td><td >Disable compression.</td></tr> <tr valign="top" class="odd"><td ><code>-binary</code></td><td ></td><td >Output a binary file for use as a dynamic resource.</td></tr> <tr valign="top" class="even"><td ><code>-version</code></td><td ></td><td >Display version information.</td></tr> <tr valign="top" class="odd"><td ><code>-help</code></td><td ></td><td >Display usage information.</td></tr> <tr valign="top" class="even"><td ><code>-t, --temp <file></code></td><td ></td><td >Use temporary <file> for big resources.</td></tr> <tr valign="top" class="odd"><td ><code>--namespace</code></td><td ></td><td >Turn off namespace macros.</td></tr> <tr valign="top" class="even"><td ><code>--verbose</code></td><td ></td><td >Enable verbose mode.</td></tr> <tr valign="top" class="odd"><td ><code>--list</code></td><td ></td><td >Only list .qrc file entries, do not generate code.</td></tr> <tr valign="top" class="even"><td ><code>-project</code></td><td ></td><td >Output a resource file containing all files from the current directory.</td></tr> </table></div> <p>See also The Qt Resource System for more information about embedding resources in Qt applications.</p> </div> <!-- @@@rcc.html --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> <p> <acronym title="Copyright">©</acronym> 2017 The Qt Company Ltd. 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