qsettings

I am using QSettings to parse an ini file: QSettings cfg(path, QSettings::IniFormat); When I obtain a value QVariant qv = cfg.value("title"); containing a comma the variant contains a QStringList instead of a QString title=foo => QString title=foo,bar => QStringList How can I always get strings, or at least obtain the original line ( title=foo,bar ) ? You have at least two ways to address this issue, all of them presented below: test.ini title="foo,bar" title_unquoted=foo,bar main.cpp #include <QSettings> #include <QDebug> int main() { QSettings settings("test.ini", QSettings::IniFormat); //

I upload a file from a location, then the next upload has to point the last uploaded location. How can I accomplish thus using QSettings ? Jérôme Before using QSettings , I would suggest, in your main() to set a few informations about your application and your company, informations that QSettings will be using : int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { QApplication a(argc, argv); a.setApplicationName("test"); a.setOrganizationName("myorg"); a.setOrganizationDomain("myorg.com"); // etc... return a.exec(); } Then, when selecting a file with QFile::getOpenFileName() (for instance), you can read from a

I need to store instances of a custom class in the registry via QSettings. After reading from Qt's documentation, I think I have implemented the needed functions but I don't manage to save anything. Here's my custom class : class SRSDefinition{ public: SRSDefinition(QString name, QString definition) : qsName(name), qsDefinition(definition) { qRegisterMetaType<SRSDefinition>("SRSDefinition"); qRegisterMetaTypeStreamOperators<SRSDefinition>("SRSDefinition"); } SRSDefinition(const SRSDefinition& original) : qsName(original.qsName), qsDefinition(original.qsDefinition) {} SRSDefinition() : qsName("

Hello I have made a GUI for my script using PyQt I have a couple of Line edit ands a couple of buttons (.....) = (self.(.....).text()) which I use that text for my script as a variable (but I don't think thats important to the question) I want to be able to type text into the QLineEdits and for it to save so next time I open it the text will still be there I use PyQt5 then I use Py-installer to make it into an app So I want to be able to save the text inside the QLineEdits and then when It closes for it be be saved there for next time I open it> Ps. I am sharing this app with other people So I