[Qt-interest] How to avoid absolute file locations

[Brad Hards]

On Saturday 10 January 2009 12:47:22 pm Samuel G wrote:
> With the two files above, opening the file fails on line 8. What is
> the Qt way to read program data without using an absolute file
> location?

I think it depends on what you are trying to do. There isn't a "best" answer 
that doesn't depend on the context (e.g. whether this is a test app, a 
command line of GUI tool, who the users are and how they will use the 
application).

The most Qt-way I can think of would be to have a GUI to select the file from 
the file system. 

Other options would be to use a configuration file, or to pass the file name 
(and path, if necessary) on the command line, or to embed the file as a 
resource.

Brad