Including a text file in qml

[mela]

hi, i wanted to include a text file in my qml file. the text file includes a number of jokes that i am going to display when a button is clicked. so, it means i am using a text file as a storage/database. how do i do that? please help

[lgeyer]

• QML Store your jokes in a ListModel or an JavaScript array.
• QML/C++ Store your jokes in a ListModel or an JavaScript array or distribute it along with your application (either as file or as a resource), parse it (using C++ code) to a QStringList and expose this list using a context property.

[mela]

If I have 150 jokes, that means I have to store all of them in a ListModel right? This is the scenario: user clicks on button, button loads file with jokes and goes to next page. How can I include it in another qml file?

[andre]

I would store the content externally from the qml to display it in. Perhaps you can store the jokes in a simple XML format, that you can then read using a model?

[mela]

okay. i based my actions on your answer.

i stored my contents inside a text file (our professor's requiring us to do so)

i made this code

@import QtQuick 1.0
import com.nokia.symbian 1.0

Page {
id: lolPage
objectName: "lolPage"

    ListModel {
        id: jokeModel
        ListElement{
            joke: Qt.resolvedUrl(jokes.text = TextFile.readLine())
        }
    Component{
        id: jokeDelegate
        ListItem{
            height: 200
                Column{
                   Text{
                        id: textJoke
                        text: joke
                        color: "black"
                        font.pixelSize: 20
                        }
                    }

                }
            }
ListView{
    anchors.fill: parent
    model: jokeModel
    delegate: jokeDelegate
    }
}@

what am i doing wrong here? i do not know how to call and display the contents of an external file using ListModel.