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  • sonichyS sonichy

    @jsulm Click QAction QProcess do not start, copy qDebug() content to terminal can run.

    QString sExec = readSettings(desktop, "Desktop Entry", "Exec");
    sExec.replace(QString("%U"), filepath, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
    sExec.replace(QString("%F"), filepath, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
    connect(action, &QAction::triggered, [=](){
           QProcess *process = new QProcess;
           process->setWorkingDirectory(path);
           qDebug() << sExec;
           //process->start(sExec);
           process->setProgram(sExec);
           process->startDetached();
    });
    
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    #20

    @sonichy
    Is sExec set to the correct full path to the executable? What do you think your process->setWorkingDirectory(path); achieves? Because if you think it is used to locate the executable to run, it is not.

    The bool QProcess::startDetached(qint64 *pid = nullptr) overload you are now using has a return value. Do you think you ought look at that if you are having a problem?

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    • JonBJ JonB

      @sonichy said in QString replace %U:

      This is new problem after modify the code

      Fair enough, I did say you would have see whether it causes problems. This raises a nasty question of what Qt requires the scope/lifetime of the process used in QProcess::startDetached() to be: it cannot be "forever", because we know detached processes survive even exiting the parent program. Maybe it requires it to exist till at least started() signal has been received, I don't know.

      Actually, hang on! The overload of startDetached you are using is bool QProcess::startDetached(const QString &program, const QStringList &arguments, const QString &workingDirectory = QString(), qint64 *pid = nullptr). That is static!

      Soooo:

      • process->setWorkingDirectory(sPath); has no effect (the method signature above takes an optional parameter for the working directory instead).

      • Your QProcess *process = new QProcess; is not used.

      • You can write QProcess::startDetached(sExec, QStringList()); instead, no QProcess instance needed, and no leaking.

      • Given this I find it hard to believe that changing QProcess *process to QProcess process can have any effect....

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      #21

      @JonB Two method:
      bool QProcess::startDetached(qint64 *pid = nullptr)

      [static] bool QProcess::startDetached(const QString &program, const QStringList &arguments, const QString &workingDirectory = QString(), qint64 *pid = nullptr)

      And static do not start either.

      QProcess::startDetached(sExec, QStringList(), path);
      
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      • sonichyS sonichy

        @JonB Two method:
        bool QProcess::startDetached(qint64 *pid = nullptr)

        [static] bool QProcess::startDetached(const QString &program, const QStringList &arguments, const QString &workingDirectory = QString(), qint64 *pid = nullptr)

        And static do not start either.

        QProcess::startDetached(sExec, QStringList(), path);
        
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        jsulm
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        #22

        @sonichy Please add error handling - QProcess has functionality for that...

        https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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        • sonichyS sonichy

          @JonB Two method:
          bool QProcess::startDetached(qint64 *pid = nullptr)

          [static] bool QProcess::startDetached(const QString &program, const QStringList &arguments, const QString &workingDirectory = QString(), qint64 *pid = nullptr)

          And static do not start either.

          QProcess::startDetached(sExec, QStringList(), path);
          
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          #23

          @sonichy
          Then I do not see that anything you have had so far can have succeeded, but it's most unclear from your comments what that case is.

          As per my previous, could you please show what your qDebug() << sExec; is outputting, instead of making us guess?

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          • JonBJ JonB

            @sonichy
            Then I do not see that anything you have had so far can have succeeded, but it's most unclear from your comments what that case is.

            As per my previous, could you please show what your qDebug() << sExec; is outputting, instead of making us guess?

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            #24

            @JonB deepin-draw "/home/sonichy/Desktop/KuGou.png"

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            • sonichyS sonichy

              @JonB deepin-draw "/home/sonichy/Desktop/KuGou.png"

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              #25

              @sonichy said in QString replace %U:

              deepin-draw

              This is a relative path. Pass whole path, so it can actually be found...
              And please add error handling...

              https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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              • sonichyS sonichy

                @JonB deepin-draw "/home/sonichy/Desktop/KuGou.png"

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                #26

                @sonichy said in QString replace %U:

                @JonB deepin-draw "/home/sonichy/Desktop/KuGou.png"

                I previously wrote:

                Is sExec set to the correct full path to the executable? What do you think your process->setWorkingDirectory(path); achieves? Because if you think it is used to locate the executable to run, it is not.

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                • JonBJ JonB

                  @sonichy said in QString replace %U:

                  @JonB deepin-draw "/home/sonichy/Desktop/KuGou.png"

                  I previously wrote:

                  Is sExec set to the correct full path to the executable? What do you think your process->setWorkingDirectory(path); achieves? Because if you think it is used to locate the executable to run, it is not.

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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #27

                  @JonB Yes, it is said that people often do not read carefully...

                  https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                  • jsulmJ jsulm

                    @JonB Yes, it is said that people often do not read carefully...

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                    #28

                    @jsulm
                    It would be nice if questioners answered questions and acted on recommendations before just reposting that something does not work. Makes we wonder sometimes why we bother. If I ask a question and somebody gives some suggestions I act on those carefully before asking again. But that's another topic... :)

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                    • JonBJ JonB

                      @sonichy said in QString replace %U:

                      @JonB deepin-draw "/home/sonichy/Desktop/KuGou.png"

                      I previously wrote:

                      Is sExec set to the correct full path to the executable? What do you think your process->setWorkingDirectory(path); achieves? Because if you think it is used to locate the executable to run, it is not.

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                      wrote on last edited by sonichy
                      #29

                      @JonB
                      The Linux desktop file installed by root(deb) do not contain Path.
                      And absolute exe path do not work either:

                      /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable \"/home/sonichy/Desktop/description.xml\"
                      

                      Error handle

                      connect(action, &QAction::triggered, [=](){
                          QProcess *process = new QProcess;
                          //process->setWorkingDirectory(path);
                          qDebug() << sExec;
                          //process->start(sExec); //crash
                          process->setProgram(sExec);
                          connect(process, &QProcess::readyReadStandardError, [=](){
                               qDebug() << process->errorString(); //nothing
                          });
                          bool b = process->startDetached();
                          qDebug() << b; //false
                          //QProcess::startDetached(sExec, QStringList(), path);
                      });
                      
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                      • sonichyS sonichy

                        @JonB
                        The Linux desktop file installed by root(deb) do not contain Path.
                        And absolute exe path do not work either:

                        /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable \"/home/sonichy/Desktop/description.xml\"
                        

                        Error handle

                        connect(action, &QAction::triggered, [=](){
                            QProcess *process = new QProcess;
                            //process->setWorkingDirectory(path);
                            qDebug() << sExec;
                            //process->start(sExec); //crash
                            process->setProgram(sExec);
                            connect(process, &QProcess::readyReadStandardError, [=](){
                                 qDebug() << process->errorString(); //nothing
                            });
                            bool b = process->startDetached();
                            qDebug() << b; //false
                            //QProcess::startDetached(sExec, QStringList(), path);
                        });
                        
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                        wrote on last edited by JonB
                        #30

                        @sonichy

                        • If you mean that qDebug() << sExec; outputs /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable \"/home/sonichy/Desktop/description.xml\" then that is your problem. That line is not a program/executable, is it? The first word is the executable and the second word is an argument (and when passed as an argument it should not then have "s around it). And if that is the case it would have saved a lot of time if you had shown this from the start.

                        • qDebug() << process->errorString(); //nothing This is not what you are supposed to output if you receive some data on standard error, you are supposed to print the data you receive.

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                        • sonichyS sonichy

                          @JonB
                          The Linux desktop file installed by root(deb) do not contain Path.
                          And absolute exe path do not work either:

                          /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable \"/home/sonichy/Desktop/description.xml\"
                          

                          Error handle

                          connect(action, &QAction::triggered, [=](){
                              QProcess *process = new QProcess;
                              //process->setWorkingDirectory(path);
                              qDebug() << sExec;
                              //process->start(sExec); //crash
                              process->setProgram(sExec);
                              connect(process, &QProcess::readyReadStandardError, [=](){
                                   qDebug() << process->errorString(); //nothing
                              });
                              bool b = process->startDetached();
                              qDebug() << b; //false
                              //QProcess::startDetached(sExec, QStringList(), path);
                          });
                          
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                          jsulm
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                          wrote on last edited by
                          #31

                          @sonichy I was talking about https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#errorOccurred
                          "/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable" - I don't get it - didn't you want to start deepin-draw before?
                          So, what do you want to start actually?!

                          https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                          • jsulmJ jsulm

                            @sonichy I was talking about https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#errorOccurred
                            "/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable" - I don't get it - didn't you want to start deepin-draw before?
                            So, what do you want to start actually?!

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                            #32

                            @jsulm Who knows....

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                            • jsulmJ jsulm

                              @sonichy I was talking about https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#errorOccurred
                              "/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable" - I don't get it - didn't you want to start deepin-draw before?
                              So, what do you want to start actually?!

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                              • jsulmJ jsulm

                                @sonichy I was talking about https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#errorOccurred
                                "/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable" - I don't get it - didn't you want to start deepin-draw before?
                                So, what do you want to start actually?!

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                                @jsulm said in QString replace %U:

                                @sonichy I was talking about https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#errorOccurred
                                "/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable" - I don't get it - didn't you want to start deepin-draw before?
                                So, what do you want to start actually?!

                                deepin-draw is relative path.
                                google-chrome is absolute path.
                                I make openwith function, I can choose program to start.

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                                • sonichyS sonichy

                                  @jsulm said in QString replace %U:

                                  @sonichy I was talking about https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#errorOccurred
                                  "/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable" - I don't get it - didn't you want to start deepin-draw before?
                                  So, what do you want to start actually?!

                                  deepin-draw is relative path.
                                  google-chrome is absolute path.
                                  I make openwith function, I can choose program to start.

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                                  #35

                                  @sonichy Third time: add error handling to see why QProcess fails to start the executable...
                                  Also, sExec should NOT contain executable and parameter! Parameters to the executable are passed as another QStringList parameter https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#setArguments

                                  https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                                  • jsulmJ jsulm

                                    @sonichy Third time: add error handling to see why QProcess fails to start the executable...
                                    Also, sExec should NOT contain executable and parameter! Parameters to the executable are passed as another QStringList parameter https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#setArguments

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                                    @jsulm said in QString replace %U:

                                    @sonichy Third time: add error handling to see why QProcess fails to start the executable...

                                    Already add.

                                    connect(process, &QProcess::readyReadStandardError, [=](){
                                             qDebug() << process->errorString(); //nothing
                                    });
                                    
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                                    • sonichyS sonichy

                                      @jsulm said in QString replace %U:

                                      @sonichy Third time: add error handling to see why QProcess fails to start the executable...

                                      Already add.

                                      connect(process, &QProcess::readyReadStandardError, [=](){
                                               qDebug() << process->errorString(); //nothing
                                      });
                                      
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                                      @sonichy said in QString replace %U:

                                      Already add.

                                      No.
                                      You again did not read what I wrote: "I was talking about https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#errorOccurred".
                                      I'm out of this thread...

                                      https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                                        @sonichy

                                        • If you mean that qDebug() << sExec; outputs /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable \"/home/sonichy/Desktop/description.xml\" then that is your problem. That line is not a program/executable, is it? The first word is the executable and the second word is an argument (and when passed as an argument it should not then have "s around it). And if that is the case it would have saved a lot of time if you had shown this from the start.

                                        • qDebug() << process->errorString(); //nothing This is not what you are supposed to output if you receive some data on standard error, you are supposed to print the data you receive.

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                                        @JonB said in QString replace %U:

                                        @sonichy

                                        • If you mean that qDebug() << sExec; outputs /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable \"/home/sonichy/Desktop/description.xml\" then that is your problem. That line is not a program/executable, is it? The first word is the executable and the second word is an argument (and when passed as an argument it should not then have "s around it). And if that is the case it would have saved a lot of time if you had shown this from the start.

                                        • qDebug() << process->errorString(); //nothing This is not what you are supposed to output if you receive some data on standard error, you are supposed to print the data you receive.

                                        /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable home/sonichy/Desktop/description.xml
                                        false

                                        Add "*" is to include space in filename.

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                                        • sonichyS sonichy

                                          @jsulm said in QString replace %U:

                                          @sonichy Third time: add error handling to see why QProcess fails to start the executable...

                                          Already add.

                                          connect(process, &QProcess::readyReadStandardError, [=](){
                                                   qDebug() << process->errorString(); //nothing
                                          });
                                          
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                                          #39

                                          @sonichy
                                          In my previous post:

                                          • I already told you what you need to do in QProcess::readyReadStandardError, you have not acted on it.

                                          • I already told you that if sExec is /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable \"/home/sonichy/Desktop/description.xml\" (or anything similar, with or without the quotes) that won't work, why it won't work, and what you need to do about it. But you did not answer (and now you have but not acted on what I said). And nor will plain deepin-draw, unless it is on your PATH

                                          I too am done.

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