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Engine
Engine

Reputation: 5422

Getting the name and location of selected file Qt

I have a program in which I have a button to get File Dialog like enter image description here

How can I select a file, get the file name and location, and save that to a string displayed in the ui.The signalclicked(), emitted from the button, is connected to the slot fileSELECT().

........
 void MainThread::fileSELECT(){
QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,tr("Select video"),"d:\\BMDvideos",tr("Video files (*.avi)"));

   }

so when I select an .avi file, how do I get its location in fileName displayed like 

  d:\BMDvideo\videFile.avi

Upvotes: 0

Views: 8990

Answers (2)

Engine
Engine

Reputation: 5422

so I thinks that I got it now. my first code was completly wrong.

 void MainThread::fileSelect(){
QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,tr("Select video"),"d:\\BMDvideos",tr("Video files (*.avi)"));
QLabel *testLabel =   new QLabel(fileName);
BOX->addWidget(testLabel);

    }

I can see now the path of the selected file

Upvotes: 1

Vinod Paul
Vinod Paul

Reputation: 359

To get the folder path, you can use QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory, and to get the file-name use QFileDialog::getOpenFileName

Upvotes: 0

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