Solved Why can't QSettings be written to QTemporaryFile
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Debug output: JCDemoAES::test ""
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There's no call to QSettings::sync, and the QSettings object isn't destroyed until after attempting to read. The settings may not have been flush to the file yet.
Waiting until after the sync completes to open the file for reading may also be necessary.
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Double check what
tempFile->fileName()
returns and if it really matches your complete file path.Can you confirm the creation of such file?
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@jeremy_k Hi, thank you very much! I modified the code, but I still can't write it successfully.
Debug output:
JCDemoAES::test "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.sEbGkR"
JCDemoAES::test ""void JCDemoAES::test() { // Init temp file tmpFile = new QTemporaryFile(QStringLiteral("%1/%2").arg(QApplication::applicationDirPath()).arg(QApplication::applicationName()), this); tmpFile->open(); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << tmpFile->fileName(); tmpFile->close(); // Settings QSettings settings(tmpFile->fileName(), QSettings::IniFormat); settings.setIniCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8")); settings.beginGroup("GroupTest"); QStringList list; list << QStringLiteral("0000") << QStringLiteral("1111") << QStringLiteral("2222") << QStringLiteral("3333"); settings.setValue("UserCode", list); settings.setValue("UserCodeDefault", QStringLiteral("1234")); settings.sync(); settings.endGroup(); // Read temp file tmpFile->open(); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << tmpFile->readAll(); tmpFile->close(); }
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@Pl45m4 Hi, thanks!
The temporary file has indeed been successfully created. I can see it in the folder.Debug output:
JCDemoAES::test 1 "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.LBTGmC"
JCDemoAES::test 2 "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.LBTGmC"
JCDemoAES::test 3 ""void JCDemoAES::test() { // Init temp file tmpFile = new QTemporaryFile(QStringLiteral("%1/%2").arg(QApplication::applicationDirPath()).arg(QApplication::applicationName()), this); tmpFile->open(); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 1 << tmpFile->fileName(); tmpFile->close(); // Settings QSettings settings(tmpFile->fileName(), QSettings::IniFormat); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 2 << settings.fileName(); settings.setIniCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8")); settings.beginGroup("GroupTest"); QStringList list; list << QStringLiteral("0000") << QStringLiteral("1111") << QStringLiteral("2222") << QStringLiteral("3333"); settings.setValue("UserCode", list); settings.setValue("UserCodeDefault", QStringLiteral("1234")); settings.sync(); settings.endGroup(); // Read temp file tmpFile->open(); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 3 << tmpFile->readAll(); tmpFile->close(); }
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QSettings::sync() should go after QSettings::endGroup().
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@jeremy_k Thank you for your patience!
Debug output:
JCDemoAES::test 1 "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.zJpgBl"
JCDemoAES::test 2 "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.zJpgBl"
JCDemoAES::test 3 "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.zJpgBl"
JCDemoAES::test 4 ""void JCDemoAES::test() { // Init temp file tmpFile = new QTemporaryFile(QStringLiteral("%1/%2").arg(QApplication::applicationDirPath()).arg(QApplication::applicationName()), this); tmpFile->open(); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 1 << tmpFile->fileName(); tmpFile->close(); // Settings QSettings settings(tmpFile->fileName(), QSettings::IniFormat); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 2 << settings.fileName(); settings.setIniCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8")); settings.beginGroup("GroupTest"); QStringList list; list << QStringLiteral("0000") << QStringLiteral("1111") << QStringLiteral("2222") << QStringLiteral("3333"); settings.setValue("UserCode", list); settings.setValue("UserCodeDefault", QStringLiteral("1234")); settings.endGroup(); settings.sync(); // Read temp file tmpFile->open(); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 3 << tmpFile->fileName(); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 4 << tmpFile->readAll(); tmpFile->close(); }
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There could be an issue because
InitFormat
may expect an*.ini
extension. Your temp file seem to have ini file format, but a random file extension.
It could be possible thatQSettings
wont recognize this file. But this is just a guess.
The read/write access looks good nowOn Unix, NativeFormat and IniFormat mean the same thing, except that the file extension is different (.conf for NativeFormat, .ini for IniFormat).
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@Pl45m4 I tested QFile, the write failure should not be caused by the extension.
Debug output:
JCDemoAES::test 1 "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.TBjIps"
JCDemoAES::test 2 "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.TBjIps"
JCDemoAES::test 3 "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.TBjIps"
JCDemoAES::test 4 "[GroupTest]\nUserCode=0000, 1111, 2222, 3333\nUserCodeDefault=1234\n"void JCDemoAES::test() { // Init temp file // tmpFile = new QTemporaryFile(QStringLiteral("%1/%2").arg(QApplication::applicationDirPath()).arg(QApplication::applicationName()), this); tmpFile = new QFile(QStringLiteral("%1/%2.TBjIps").arg(QApplication::applicationDirPath()).arg(QApplication::applicationName()), this); tmpFile->open(QIODevice::ReadWrite | QIODevice::Text); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 1 << tmpFile->fileName(); tmpFile->close(); // Settings QSettings settings(tmpFile->fileName(), QSettings::IniFormat); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 2 << settings.fileName(); settings.setIniCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8")); settings.beginGroup("GroupTest"); QStringList list; list << QStringLiteral("0000") << QStringLiteral("1111") << QStringLiteral("2222") << QStringLiteral("3333"); settings.setValue("UserCode", list); settings.setValue("UserCodeDefault", QStringLiteral("1234")); settings.endGroup(); settings.sync(); // Read temp file tmpFile->open(QIODevice::ReadWrite | QIODevice::Text); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 3 << tmpFile->fileName(); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 4 << tmpFile->readAll(); tmpFile->close(); }
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Got (actually not me) the solution...
Try to open the tempFile one time BEFORE you create the
QSettings
object.
Then it should work :)Here's the MVP :)
https://stackoverflow.com/a/57471942fileName
returns an empty string when the file is not open. Which you did in your first try (but wrong sync). In your latest approach, the file is closed when creating the settings.
It's aQTemporaryFile
thing, this is why it worked withQFile
even when the file is closed.So
open
before settings andsync
afterendGroup
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This works for me:
#include <QCoreApplication> #include <QSettings> #include <QTemporaryFile> #include <QTextCodec> #include <QDebug> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { QCoreApplication a(argc, argv); QTemporaryFile tmpFile("/tmp/tmpfile.XXXXXXX"); tmpFile.open(); tmpFile.close(); QSettings settings(tmpFile.fileName(), QSettings::IniFormat); settings.setIniCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8")); settings.setValue("UserCode", "test value"); settings.sync(); QFile reader(tmpFile.fileName()); reader.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly); qDebug() << "file" << tmpFile.fileName(); qDebug() << "content" << reader.readAll(); }
Output:
21:19:24: Starting /tmp/build-settingsfile-Desktop_Qt_5_15_5_clang_64bit-Debug/settingsfile ... file "/tmp/tmpfile.ZlFULTY" content "[General]\nUserCode=test value\n"
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The issue seems to be caching in the QIODevice, at least on macOS with Qt 5.15.5.
#include <QCoreApplication> #include <QSettings> #include <QTemporaryFile> #include <QTextCodec> #include <QDebug> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { QCoreApplication a(argc, argv); QTemporaryFile tmpFile("/tmp/tmpfile.XXXXXXX"); tmpFile.open(); tmpFile.write("some text"); tmpFile.seek(0); qDebug() << "tmpfile" << tmpFile.readAll(); tmpFile.close(); QSettings settings(tmpFile.fileName(), QSettings::IniFormat); settings.setIniCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8")); settings.setValue("UserCode", "test value"); settings.sync(); QFile reader(tmpFile.fileName()); reader.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly); qDebug() << "file" << tmpFile.fileName() << reader.fileName(); qDebug() << "content" << reader.readAll(); tmpFile.open(); qDebug() << "tmpfile" << tmpFile.readAll(); }
Output:
tmpfile "some text" file "/tmp/tmpfile.NmlyxbW" "/tmp/tmpfile.NmlyxbW" content "[General]\nUserCode=test value\n" tmpfile "some text"
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https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qiodevice.html says:
Some subclasses, such as QFile and QTcpSocket, are implemented using a memory buffer for intermediate storing of data.My guess is that closing and reopening the QTemporaryFile doesn't discard its buffer and fails to notice the underlying file change.
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@Pl45m4
Output:
JCDemoAES::test 1 "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.NYWrOp"
JCDemoAES::test 2 "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.NYWrOp"
JCDemoAES::test 3 "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.NYWrOp"
JCDemoAES::test 4 ""void JCDemoAES::test() { // Init temp file tmpFile = new QTemporaryFile(QStringLiteral("%1/%2").arg(QApplication::applicationDirPath()).arg(QApplication::applicationName()), this); tmpFile->open(); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 1 << tmpFile->fileName(); // Settings QSettings settings(tmpFile->fileName(), QSettings::IniFormat); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 2 << settings.fileName(); settings.setIniCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8")); settings.beginGroup("GroupTest"); QStringList list; list << QStringLiteral("0000") << QStringLiteral("1111") << QStringLiteral("2222") << QStringLiteral("3333"); settings.setValue("UserCode", list); settings.setValue("UserCodeDefault", QStringLiteral("1234")); settings.endGroup(); settings.sync(); // Read temp file qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 3 << tmpFile->fileName(); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 4 << tmpFile->readAll(); tmpFile->close(); }
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@jeremy_k
PC:
Win10 64bit
Qt 5.14.2QTemporaryFile tmpFile(QStringLiteral("%1/%2").arg(QApplication::applicationDirPath()).arg(QApplication::applicationName())); tmpFile.open(); tmpFile.close(); QSettings settings(tmpFile.fileName(), QSettings::IniFormat); settings.setIniCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8")); settings.setValue("UserCode", "test value"); settings.sync(); QFile reader(tmpFile.fileName()); reader.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly); qDebug() << "file" << tmpFile.fileName(); qDebug() << "content" << reader.readAll();
Output:
file "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.IwayTr"
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@jeremy_k said in Why can't QSettings be written to QTemporaryFile:
e seems to be caching in the QIODev
QTemporaryFile tmpFile(QStringLiteral("%1/%2").arg(QApplication::applicationDirPath()).arg(QApplication::applicationName())); tmpFile.open(); tmpFile.write("some text"); tmpFile.seek(0); qDebug() << "tmpfile" << tmpFile.readAll(); tmpFile.close(); QSettings settings(tmpFile.fileName(), QSettings::IniFormat); settings.setIniCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8")); settings.setValue("UserCode", "test value"); settings.sync(); QFile reader(tmpFile.fileName()); reader.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly); qDebug() << "file" << tmpFile.fileName() << reader.fileName(); qDebug() << "content" << reader.readAll(); tmpFile.open(); qDebug() << "tmpfile" << tmpFile.readAll();
Output:
tmpfile "some text"
file "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.bveDgi" "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MSVC2017_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.bveDgi"
content "some text"
tmpfile "some text" -
I tested qt5.15.2 and couldn't work.
PC: Win10 64-bit
Compiler: MSVC2019 -
You should check QSettings::status() and will notice that you get a QSettings::FormatError since you try to load an invalid ini file.
qDebug() << "Settings status: " << settings.status();
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@Christian-Ehrlicher Hi, thanks.
It's "QSettings::NoError".
Output:
JCDemoAES::test 1 "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_15_2_MSVC2019_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.tSHxeC"
JCDemoAES::test 2 QSettings::NoError
JCDemoAES::test file: "E:/JCShared/Projects/JCDemo/JCDemoAES/build-JCDemoAES-Desktop_Qt_5_15_2_MSVC2019_64bit-Debug/debug/JCDemoAES.tSHxeC"
JCDemoAES::test content: ""// Init temp file QTemporaryFile tmpFile(QStringLiteral("%1/%2").arg(QApplication::applicationDirPath(), QApplication::applicationName()), this); tmpFile.open(); tmpFile.close(); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 1 << tmpFile.fileName(); // Settings QSettings settings(tmpFile.fileName(), QSettings::IniFormat); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 2 << settings.status(); settings.setIniCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8")); settings.beginGroup("GroupTest"); QStringList list; list << QStringLiteral("0000") << QStringLiteral("1111") << QStringLiteral("2222") << QStringLiteral("3333"); settings.setValue("UserCode", list); settings.setValue("UserCodeDefault", QStringLiteral("1234")); settings.endGroup(); settings.sync(); // Read temp file QFile reader(tmpFile.fileName()); reader.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << "file:" << tmpFile.fileName(); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << "content:" << reader.readAll();
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@Christian-Ehrlicher
QSettings::status() is "AccessError" after settings.sync();
Output:
JCDemoAES::test 3 QSettings::AccessErrorsettings.endGroup(); settings.sync(); qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << 3 << settings.status();