autouic: normal header file name startwith ui_* failed

CraZy

one of my libraries generates a ui_global.h file which contains global
settings for the UI, with autouic enabled this would trigger the inference and subsequently fail on global.ui not actually existing.

the following example, ui_global.h is included in LiveBoard.h (LiveBoard is a class based on QMainWindow and has a .ui file) and the following error occurred

AutoUic error
-------------
"SRC:/monitor/ui/LiveBoard.h"
includes the uic file "ui_global.h",
but the user interface file "global.ui"
could not be found in the following directories
  "SRC:/monitor/ui"

and

set_property(SOURCE ui_global.h PROPERTY SKIP_AUTOUIC ON)

cannot figure this out.

part of my CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)

set(PROJ_NAME live_ui)
project(${PROJ_NAME} LANGUAGES CXX DESCRIPTION "UI")

set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)

set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)

find_package(QT NAMES Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets PrintSupport)
find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets PrintSupport)

include_directories(./)

file(GLOB_RECURSE SOURCE_FILES *.cpp *.h *.ui *.qrc)

add_library(${PROJ_NAME} SHARED ${SOURCE_FILES})
set_property(SOURCE ui_global.h PROPERTY SKIP_AUTOUIC ON)

If I changed the name of ui_global.h to gui_global.h, it works.

Anyone can help? Thanks.

jsulm

@CraZy uic generates ui_FORMNAME.h for every form you define in designer. You should avoid using ui_ prefixes for your own header files.