QfileDialog::Getopenfilename does not open the second time and after

[aramaz]

Hello,

It's 2020 and what better way to spend time during the outbreak than to learn the magics of Qt.

This is my first software on Qt.

Problem:
short version:
static QString dialogResult = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,"", "", "Images (*.png *.jpg)");
does NOT do anything after it was used once.

long version:
I have this code connected to a menu:

    static QString dialogResult = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,"", "", "Images (*.png *.jpg)");

    if (dialogResult != "")
    {
        loadedPixMap.load(dialogResult);
        ui->labelImage->setScaledContents(true);
        ui->labelImage->setPixmap(loadedPixMap);

        int redTotal = 0;
        int blueTotal = 0;
        int greenTotal = 0;
        QImage image = loadedPixMap.toImage();
        for (int i = 0; i < image.width(); i++)
        {
            for (int j = 0; j < image.height(); j++)
            {
                int r = 0, g = 0, b = 0;
                image.pixelColor(i, j).getRgb(&r, &g, &b);
               // Simple example to do almost nothing.
           }
     }
    int width = image.width();
    ui->labelTest->setText(QString("example: %1").arg(width));
  }

1- I click on the menu, the code gets called
2- I get an open dialog
3- I select an image
4- I hit OK
5- It runs the code, shows an image and then updates the text.
6- I click on the same menu again.
7- problem nothing happens!!!!!!

Similar issue since 2014

What am I doing wrong?

Please avoid posting replies such as "I never had that problem" or "It works fine for me!".

I'm using:
1- Windows 10 pro
2- Qt Creator 4.12 (Based on 5.14.2, MSVC 2017 32-bit) built on Apr 22 2020.
3- Compiling the code in both debug and release for MinGW 64-bit.!
4- config build

If anyone actually experienced this and knows a solution I would really appreciate it.

Thank you.

[Bonnie]

Remove that static.

Static local variables

Variables declared at block scope with the specifier static or thread_local (since C++11) have static or thread (since C++11) storage duration but are initialized the first time control passes through their declaration (unless their initialization is zero- or constant-initialization, which can be performed before the block is first entered). On all further calls, the declaration is skipped.

So with the static keyword, getOpenFileName will only be called at the first time.

[aramaz]

@Bonnie said in QfileDialog::Getopenfilename does not open the second time and after:

Remove that static.

Static local variables

Variables declared at block scope with the specifier static or thread_local (since C++11) have static or thread (since C++11) storage duration but are initialized the first time control passes through their declaration (unless their initialization is zero- or constant-initialization, which can be performed before the block is first entered). On all further calls, the declaration is skipped.

So with the static keyword, getOpenFileName will only be called at the first time.

Thanks! I just realized that I should not have copy pasted that line of code without looking at it closer.

Cheers.