[SOLVED] Empty file on creation - take two

[flywheel]

Funny - at first I tried creating my own config file manual. But the code I made always ended up creating an empty config file.
I was suggested to use QSettings and I took that approach up.

Now I have made a few lines of code and surprise - I end up with an empty config file.

I'm about to give up

Definition:

@ QString configBasePath;
QString configFolderPath;
QString configfilePath;
int defaultIdleTimeout;

bool isConfigFile();
int createNewConfigFile();
bool readConfigFile();
bool writeConfigFile();
bool myDEBUG;@

Methods:

@QSaverControlCenter::QSaverControlCenter(QWidget *parent) :
QMainWindow(parent),
ui(new Ui::QSaverControlCenter)
{

QString homeLocation = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::HomeLocation, QString(), QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory);

this->configBasePath = homeLocation+".config/";
this->configFolderPath = homeLocation+".config/QSaver/";
this->configfilePath = homeLocation+".config/QSaver/QSaver.conf";
this->myDEBUG = true;

bool test = this->isConfigFile();

QSettings settings(this->configfilePath,QSettings::NativeFormat);

if (test == false)
{
    if(this->myDEBUG)
    {
        qDebug() << "Constructor - can not find configuration file";
    }
    //create new settings file and establish default timeout
    this->defaultIdleTimeout = 5;
    settings.setValue("timeout",this->defaultIdleTimeout);
}
else
{
     this->defaultIdleTimeout = settings.value("timeout").toInt();
    if (this->myDEBUG)
    {
        // Read settings
        qDebug() << "Value : " << this->defaultIdleTimeout;
    }

}

ui->setupUi(this);

}@

@bool QSaverControlCenter::isConfigFile(){

QFileInfo myFile(this->configfilePath);

if(myFile.exists() == false)
{
if (this->myDEBUG){qDebug() << "QSCC::isConfigFile - Config file do not exist";}
return false;
}
else
{
if (this->myDEBUG){qDebug() << "QSCC::isConfigFile - Config file exists";}
return true;
}
}@

[p3c0]

Hi,

On which OS are you running this code ? Also is there any other code in the program which is overwriting the created file ?

[flywheel]

openSUSE Linux 13.1 (Linux 3.11.10-7-default x86_64) and thereby the Linux 64-bit SDK.
No, the other methods are empty.

[flywheel]

Funny - Just took on advice from a 15 year old Windows user - go reinstall the damn thing and don't forget to delete the old configfiles - and I did reinstall the SDK - and behold the code works now.