Set path of setRootIndex using a directory of project

[giusirux]

Hi everyone
I would like to set the index of a QTreeView with the path of a directory that is included in my project written in C ++.
So, using a folder on my desktop as path, I have:

model = new QFileSystemModel();
model->setRootPath("C:/Users/Giusi/Desktop/Utils");
directory = new QTreeView(widget);
directory->setModel(model);
directory->setRootIndex(model->index("C:/Users/Giusi/Desktop/Utils"));

And everything is fine.
The problem arises when I want to use a folder present in my project because it no longer stops doing Build, as if it went in a loop.
To include the folder, I use Qt Resource System.
I also use this mechanism for some icons and everything works perfectly when I use QPixmap like this

QPixmap pixmapWheelX (":/qres/icons/wheel.png");

Any suggestions?

[mrjj]

Hi
Im not sure when issue comes ?

Do you do something like
directory->setRootIndex(model->index(":/qres/icons/"));

Or what you mean ?

[giusirux]

@mrjj sorry, I think I didn't explain myself well.
My goal is set setRootIndex with the path of a folder which is included in my project.
So, I included the folder using Qt Resource System, and when I use it in
model->index("path")
and I build the project, compilation does not end.

QPixmap pixmapWheelX (":/qres/icons/wheel.png") was an example to explain another point where I use Qt Resource System -and this works.

[mrjj]

@giusirux
Hi
So when you say "included in my project.", you mean its added to a resource file that is compiled into the project ?

and if you then use this resource file for the model, it will then compile for ever ??

[giusirux]

@mrjj said in Set path of setRootIndex using a directory of project:

So when you say "included in my project.", you mean its added to a resource file that is compiled into the project ?
and if you then use this resource file for the model, it will then compile for ever ??

yes, that's right

[mrjj]

@giusirux

Hi
I tried to reproduce this by
1: add a sub folder to the project folder
2: add this folder to a resource file (included in the project)
3: use QFileSystemModel with this sub folder
however, nothing bad happened.
(it just compiled)

SO did I miss a step ?

What Qt version are you using ?

[giusirux]

@mrjj Hi
The steps are right
My version is: Qt Creator 4.12.4
Based on Qt 5.14.2 (MSVC 2017, 32 bit)

[Christian Ehrlicher]

@giusirux Not the version which QtCreator was build with, we need the version of Qt you're compiling your apps with.

[giusirux]

@Christian-Ehrlicher yes, sorry
Qt 5.13.2

[giusirux]

ok, the Build problem is solved, but the path is not correct when the application runs.
The folder, which I included in the project, has three subfolders.
So, after I added the folder to a resource file, I copied and pasted the path in setRootPath and setRootIndex, but the folder which I see when the application runs is "C:"
Any suggestions?

[SGaist]

Hi,

AFAIK, qrc files shall contain a list of file paths. Putting a folder in there will not recursively add the files and subfolders in there.

[giusirux]

@SGaist hi
oh, ok... I didn't know it. So, how can i get this TreeView including the folder "Utils" in the project?

P.S. these are Utils' subfolders