[SOLVED]QDesktopServices::openUrl() fails to open a file with spaces

adnan

If i try opening a file:
@QString str="/home/ab/My Video.avi";
QDesktopServices::openUrl(str);
@

It flags an error like : /home/ab/Mypercent20Video.avi does not exist. It seems QDesktopServices::openUrl() automatically encodes the url.

AcerExtensa

@
QString str="/home/ab/My Video.avi";
QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl::fromLocalFile(str));
@

AcerExtensa

If you pass QString instead of QUrl this will be automatically converted to:
@
QString str="/home/ab/My Video.avi";
QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(str));
@

and Qurl::QUrl(const QString &) constructor says:

bq. Constructs a URL by parsing url. url is assumed to be in human readable representation, with no percent encoding. QUrl will automatically percent encode all characters that are not allowed in a URL. The default parsing mode is TolerantMode.

Always use QUrl with right constructor or static function...

And please add "[SOLVED]" prefix left to the topic subject.

adnan

Thanks a lot for your reply!