[Qt-interest] QFileDialog::getOpenFileName Directory name [SOLVED]

[Oliver.Knoll at comit.ch]

yogesh upreti wrote on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 8:42 AM:

> Hallo All,
> It worked after I change my QString variable, as suggested by Mr.
> Frank from QString str = "F:/Data/Files/" 
> to
> QString str = "F:\\Data\\Files\\"
> + Removing statement fd.setDirectory(str)

So are you now using the *static* method or using an *instance* of file dialog? 

If you use an *instance* 'fd' - as your example suggests - why on earth would removing the statement

  fd.setDirectory(str);

help? If you remove that statement you will always end up in the current *working directory*, and not in the 'str' directory in the successive call to exec()!

It seems the concepts of static vs non-static method calls are still not entirely clear to you.

> However when I use the method getExistingFile or getExistingDir ,
> setting up QString str = "F:/Data/Files/" workes fine. I use the

As expected.

> Let's see is
> someone else encounters the same problem then it will be good to
> Report a bug.    

No, please don't file a bug report ;) It is your code, not Qt!

Cheers, Oliver
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