[Qt-creator] Migrating Qt Assistant bookmarks to new installed Qt version

[Karsten Heimrich]

Hi,

ext Ernst Huber schrieb:
> This is not directly related to Creator, but since most of the Creator 
> users will face the same problem when migrating to a new Creator version 
> I hope finding an answer through this mailing list.
> 
> My problem is quite simple: after installation of a new Qt version with 
> all the tools, the new Assistant installation doesn’t remember my 
> bookmarks collected with Assistant of the previous version. The 
> assistant manual explains how to use different help collections from the 
> command line with this parameter:
> 
> -collectionFile <file.qhc> // Uses the specified collection file instead 
> of the default one.
> 
> And it works when providing the help collection of the previous version. 
> I tested Qt Assistant with Qt 4.5.1 using the help collection of Qt 
> Assistant with Qt 4.5.0 like this:
> 
> C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Username>assistant -collectionFile 
> "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Username\Lokale 
> Einstellungen\Anwendungsdaten\Trolltech\Assistant\qthelpcollection_4.5.0.qhc" 
> 
> 
> But sooner or later I guess there will be troubles because with this 
> approach I’m bound to the Qt help of a specific version (thus not 
> allowing me to remove that older Qt version). Therefore I ask if there 
> is a better way to keep my bookmarks while at the same time being able 
> to always use the Qt help of the newest installed Qt version on my system.
> 
> Thanks for any reply.
> Ernst

currently there is no way to export/ import bookmarks. I've 
created a task for it and thanks for the report.

http://www.qtsoftware.com/developer/task-tracker/index_html?method=entry&id=254695


Regards,
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Karsten Heimrich - karsten.heimrich (AT) nokia.com
Software Engineer - Nokia, Qt Software
Rudower Chaussee 13, 12489 Berlin, Germany