# How to compile Qt ui and resource files on Windows

**URL:** <https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/how-to-compile-qt-ui-and-resource-files-on-windows/7099>\
**Category:** Pipeline Integrations\
**Created:** [February 3, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/how-to-compile-qt-ui-and-resource-files-on-windows/7099 "2020-02-03T15:38:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![tonyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@tonyd](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/tonyd)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 10:33am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/how-to-compile-qt-ui-and-resource-files-on-windows/7099/6 "2020-02-06T10:33:49Z")

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Hm I see… well I am now compiling the ui files with the python module `pysideuic` which has a `compileUi()` method in place. Changed up the `build_resource.sh` to run a small python script that invokes this command when compiling the ui files. This works fine for me at the moment.

Still I think it’s strange that the PySide installation for windows comes with a compiled `pyside-rcc` binary but lacks the uic equivalent. ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯

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