QSettings file MIA

Driftwood

In using this code,

QSettings settings("MyCompany", "MyApp");
    settings.beginGroup("AltGridColors");
    settings.setValue("cust-alt-grid-color", color);
    settings.endGroup();

I can't find a file in my project folder where this is being stored.

However, when I use this code,

QSettings* settings = new QSettings(QDir::currentPath() + "/MyApp.ini", QSettings::IniFormat);
settings.beginGroup("General");
settings->setValue("test", "this");
settings.endGroup();

I get an .ini file, a file I can see in the project folder.

Where is the code stored for the first use? Also, what does settings->sync(); do?

jsulm

@Driftwood Did you read https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qsettings.html ?
On Windows default location for settings is Windows Registry.

mchinand

On Windows, the ini-format settings file is usually in 'C:/Users/{User Name}/AppData/Roaming/{Company Name}/{Appname}.ini

Note, AppData is typically a hidden folder so you have to select 'show hidden items' in the File Explorer's view settings.

Driftwood

@jsulm said in QSettings file MIA:

@Driftwood Did you read https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qsettings.html ?
On Windows default location for settings is Windows Registry.

Just read the doc and see that QSettings defaults to QSettings::NativeFormat, which uses the Windows registry, demonstrated in my first code block. And then settings->sync() "imports changes made by other processes (in addition to writing the changes from this QSettings)."

Note to self: Read first :D

@jsulm - Thank you.