[Qt-interest] Data directory best practice

[Israel Brewster]

Looks mostly good- that works great for the "user" level data storage,  
but not so much for the "all users" level data storage. I don't know  
if there is a difference for all platforms, but there is for the mac  
at least. Of course, that may not be a problem - my app may be just as  
well, if not better, served by storing its data on the user level.  
I'll have to think about that. Thanks!
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On Jun 12, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Scott Aron Bloom wrote:

> 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... :)
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: qt-interest-bounces at trolltech.com [mailto:qt-interest-
>> bounces at trolltech.com] On Behalf Of Israel Brewster
>> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:11 PM
>> To: qt-interest List
>> 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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>> Israel Brewster
>> Computer Support Technician II
>> Frontier Flying Service Inc.
>> 5245 Airport Industrial Rd
>> Fairbanks, AK 99709
>> (907) 450-7250 x293
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