[solved]Unable to open resource file

BenBenJones

Hi,

I added a resource file "myresourcestuff.qrc" to my project "StringFinder"

StringFinder.pro:
@
QT += core gui

greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets

TARGET = StringFinder
TEMPLATE = app
INCLUDEPATH += .

SOURCES += main.cpp
stringfinder.cpp

HEADERS += stringfinder.h

FORMS += stringfinder.ui

RESOURCES += myresourcestuff.qrc
@

and the "myresourcestuff.qrc" looks like this:
@
<RCC>
<qresource prefix="/new/prefix1">
<file>stuff.txt</file>
</qresource>
</RCC>
@

"stuff.txt" is located on the same path as the .ccp, .h, .qrc - files.

Now I'm trying to access that file in "stringfinder.cpp"

@
// works
//QFile myFile("C:/research/Qt/Qt5.2.0/Tools/QtCreator/bin/StringFinder/stuff.txt");
// doesn't work
QFile myFile(":/new/prefix1/stuff.txt");

if(myFile.exists(&#41;){
    ui->textEdit->setText("opening file");
    myFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
    QTextStream textStream(&myFile);
    QString line = textStream.readAll();
    myFile.close();

    ui->textEdit->setPlainText(line);

    QTextCursor textCursor = ui->textEdit->textCursor();
    textCursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::Start, QTextCursor::MoveAnchor, 1);
}
else
{
    ui->textEdit->setText("File not found");
}

@

but it won't open, myFile.exists() returns "false" :/

Can anyone help please? A minimal project is uploaded here: http://depot.tu-dortmund.de/get/ck3bx

Best,
Ben

qxoz

Hi BenBenJones. Welcome to devnet.
The minimal project works ok. It is very strange that you get errors. Try "clean", "qmake", "rebuild all".

dheerendra

This should work without any problem. Just check the file extn. Some times it will somestuff.txt.tx. It may not be visible in the windows explorer. This is the only issue I suspect now.

BenBenJones

Thanks, “clean”, “qmake”, “rebuild all” was the solution!!