[Qt-interest] install message handler

[Andre Somers]

  Op 2-9-2010 11:28, Sajjad schreef:
> Hello forum,
>
>
> I am trying all my debug output to a file and i tried using the 
> qInstallMsgHandler.the function pointer contains the following definition:
>
> ************************************************
>
> #include "Util.h"
>
> #include <iostream>
>
> void debugMessageHandler(QtMsgType type, const char *msg)
> {
>     static QFile *file = new QFile(":/H3D/debugOut.txt");
>
>     if(!file->exists())
>         std::cout << "file does not exist" << std::endl;
>     else
>         std::cout << "File is there" << std::endl;
>
>     QTextStream out(file);
>     switch(type)
>     {
>     case QtDebugMsg:
>         out << "Debug" << QString(msg);
>         break;
>     }
> }
>
> ********************************************************************
>
>
> I install the handler in the main function and  it is supposed to be 
> functional from anywhere in the project, right?
>
>
> After every debug output with qDebug() i chcek the contents of the 
> file and it is still empty.
>
>
> Is there anything i am missing in the process?
>
>
>
> Regards
> Sajjad
>
In addition to the above messages, perhaps you are interested in 
QxtLogger. It supports multiple logger engines, including logging to a 
plain text or to an xml file. You can set it to be the sink for qt's 
debug and warning outputs too.

André