[Qt-interest] Data directory best practice

[Scott Aron Bloom]

If you are using the GUI side of things, take a look at
QDesktopServices::storageLocation...

It was added in 4.4, and works great if you are GUI based.. would be
better if it was part of the Core not just the GUI though... :)



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> bounces at trolltech.com] On Behalf Of Israel Brewster
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:11 PM
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> Subject: [Qt-interest] Data directory best practice
> 
> What is the commonly accepted best practice (if there is one) when
setting a
> data directory for a Qt app? I am developing on a mac, and I would
think I'd
> want to put the internal (not user) data files in the
Library/Application
> Support directory. But of course, that wouldn't work well on windows
(even
> using QDir::rootPath() ) as c:/Library/ Application support doesn't
exsist. I
> could, of course, use a #ifdef to define it differently based on
compile OS,
> but is there a better way?
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