[Qt-interest] Problem with selecting a directory

[Nouman Khalid]

Thanks Ferenc but my compiler is giving me following error:


> error: ‘ShowDirsOnly’ is not a member of ‘QFileDialog’


My qt version is 3.3.8b....meaning 'not' latest. Does dat have anything to
do with the error.


On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Ferenc Stelcz <ferenc at stelcz.hu> wrote:

> Nouman Khalid wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I want to select a directory where my application where perform other
> > functions. I know how to set directory with the help of
> >
> >     QDir::setCurrent ( const QString & path )
> >
> > but i don't want user to remember the path to enter. I want a dialogue
> box
> > to open (when user may click on say 'Select directory' button) from where
> he
> > can browse through the filesystem to finally select a directory or even
> to
> > make a new directory and then selecting that newly made directory as
> target.
> >
> > Any idea?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Nomi
> >
> Try this:
>
> QString dir =
> QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory(
>        this,
>        tr("Open Directory"),
>        "/home",
>        QFileDialog::ShowDirsOnly);
>
> This pops-up a file dialog where you can select (any _existing_)
> directories just as you would from any other application. Then you can
> pass *dir* to setCurrent() or do with it whatever you like! HTH
>
> --
> Ferenc Stelcz
> Junior Software Engineer
>
> Banyan Technologies LLC.
>
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