In my program, I have a button that I want to open a text file in a relative directory. I'm using QDesktopServices like this:
QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl::fromLocalFile("file:///stuff/block_settings.txt"));
When the button is pressed, nothing happens.
The file is in a folder named "stuff" that resides in the same location as my .exe. It is the same directory used for all my other tasks.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
The file is in a folder named "stuff" that resides in the same location as my .exe. It is the same directory used for all my other tasks. What am I doing wrong?
Seems like your full path is an overcomplication. I would suggest to use this intead:
QString QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() [static]
Returns the directory that contains the application executable.
For example, if you have installed Qt in the C:\Qt directory, and you run the regexp example, this function will return "C:/Qt/examples/tools/regexp".
On Mac OS X this will point to the directory actually containing the executable, which may be inside of an application bundle (if the application is bundled).
Warning: On Linux, this function will try to get the path from the /proc file system. If that fails, it assumes that argv[0] contains the absolute file name of the executable. The function also assumes that the current directory has not been changed by the application.
So, you would be writing this code:
QDesktopServices::openUrl(QString("%1/stuff/block_settings.txt")
.arg(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()));
I fixed the issue. Changed to:
QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl("file:stuff\\block_settings.txt"));
Not sure how that works because I don't see that configuration on any tutorial anywhere but w/e
