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\title User Interface Compiler (uic)
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\omit KEEP THIS FILE SYNCHRONIZED WITH uic.1 \endomit
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This page documents the \e{User Interface Compiler} for the Qt GUI
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toolkit. The \c uic reads an XML format user interface definition
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(\c .ui) file as generated by \l{designer-manual.html}{Qt
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Designer} and creates a corresponding C++ header file.
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\snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_uic.qdoc 0
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The following table lists the command-line options recognized by
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\header \o Option \o Description
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\row \o \c{-o <file>} \o Write output to \c <file> instead of to standard output.
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\row \o \c{-tr <func>} \o Use \c <func> for translating strings instead of \c tr().
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\row \o \c{-p} \o Don't generate guards against multiple inclusion (\c #ifndef FOO_H ...).
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\row \o \c{-h} \o Display the usage and the list of options.
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\row \o \c{-v} \o Display \c{uic}'s version number.
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If you use \c qmake, \c uic will be invoked automatically for
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Here are useful makefile rules if you only use GNU make:
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\snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_uic.qdoc 1
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If you want to write portably, you can use individual rules of the
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\snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_uic.qdoc 2
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You must also remember to add \c{ui_foo.h} to your \c HEADERS
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(substitute your favorite name).