uic(1)							      General Commands Manual							    uic(1)

NAME

       uic - Qt user interface compiler

SYNOPSIS

       uic [options] file

DESCRIPTION

       This  page documents the User Interface Compiler for the Qt GUI application framework. The uic reads a user interface definition (.ui) file
       in XML as generated by Qt Designer and creates corresponding C++ header or source files. It also generates an image file  that  embeds  raw
       image data in C++ source code.

       Generate declaration:
	    uic  [options]  <file>

       Generate implementation:
	    uic  [options] -impl <headerfile> <file>
	       <headerfile>:	name of the declaration file

       Generate image collection:
	    uic  [options] -embed <project> <image1> <image2> <image3> ...
	       <project>:	project name
	       <image[1..n]>:	image files

       For convenience, uic can also generate declaration or implementation stubs for subclasses.

       Generate subclass declaration:
	    uic  [options] -subdecl <subclassname> <baseclassheaderfile> <file>
	       <subclassname>:	   name of the subclass to generate
	       <baseclassheaderfile>:	 declaration file of the baseclass

       Generate subclass implementation:
	    uic  [options] -subimpl <subclassname> <subclassheaderfile> <file>
	       <subclassname>:	   name of the subclass to generate
	       <subclassheaderfile>:	declaration file of the subclass

GENERAL OPTIONS

       -o file
	      Write output to file rather than to stdout.

       -nofwd Omit forward declarations of custom classes in the generated header file. This is necessary if typedef classes are used.

       -tr func
	      Use func() instead of tr() for internationalization.

       -v     Display the version of uic and exit.

USAGE

       uic is almost always invoked by make(1), rather than by hand.

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

	   %.h: %.ui
		   uic $< -o $@
	   %.cpp: %.ui
		   uic -impl $*.h $< -o $@

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

	   NAME.h: NAME.ui
		   uic $< -o $@
	   NAME.cpp: NAME.ui
		   uic -impl $*.h $< -o $@

       You must also remember to add NAME.cpp to your SOURCES (substitute your favorite name) variable and NAME.o to your OBJECTS variable.

       (While we prefer to name our C++ source files .cpp, the uic doesn't care, so you can use .C, .cc, .CC, .cxx or even .c++ if you prefer.)

SEE ALSO

       http://www.trolltech.com/

AUTHOR

       Trolltech AS <info@trolltech.com>

Trolltech AS							    2 Aug 2001								    uic(1)