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).