how to load a shared library resource

rafael

I am struggling to load a pixmap from a library, i have added

RESOURCES += ../Base/cards.qrc

in the .pro file.

I have added

Q_INIT_RESOURCE(cards); in the main file

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{

    QApplication a(argc, argv);

    MainWindow w;
    w.show();

    Q_INIT_RESOURCE(cards);

    return a.exec();
}

If the path it hard coded the images show up correctly.
what am i missing?

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
    QMainWindow(parent),
    ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
    ui->setupUi(this);

    // this works
    //QPixmap p("C:/Users/Home/Documents/PokerGame/Resources/2C.png");

    // this does not work
    //QPixmap p("qrc:/../Resources/2C.png");

    // this does not work
    //QPixmap p(":/../Resources/2C.png");

    ui->label->setPixmap(p.scaled(80,100));
}
![0_1555364015547_structure.png](https://ddgobkiprc33d.cloudfront.net/93cbee33-492a-49fb-a238-0ea61084bb1f.png)

SGaist

Hi,

You might want to load it before trying to use its content.

rafael

@SGaist

i tried this

QPixmap p;
p.load(":/../Resources/2C.png");

weirdly i did
p.load(":Resources/2C.png"); and this one works. why is that?

shouldn't the url path from the resource folder be the correct path.
the first one i copied the path from the resource folder.

SGaist

I don't know the structure of your project nor the content of your .qrc file so I can't answer.