[Qt-interest] QFileDialog or QStringList limit

Sean Harmer sean.harmer at maps-technology.com
Wed Aug 12 12:44:41 CEST 2009


Hi,

On Wednesday 12 Aug 2009 11:19:48 Daniel Girardeau-Montaut wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I'm trying to load a large number of files (~3000) with
> QFileDialog::getOpenFileNames (on Windows). All the filenames have
> approximately the same length (24 to 26 characters).
This uses a native windows file dialog which may well have a limitation on the 
maximum length of the string returned. Try instantiating a QFileDialog to 
avoid Qt using the native windows version as the Qt version may not have this 
limitation. Worth a try.

Sean



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