Create a text file with a template

beecksche

Hi,
i have to generate a text file. For that i want to use a template.
My first idea is to create a template which looks like:

template.txt:

Filename: %1
Author: %2
Timestamp: %3 
..

So when creating my file i can read that template and replace the %- values with the arg function of the QString class:

QFile file("template.txt");
file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);

QTextStream in(&file);

QString text = in.readAll();

QString newText = text.arg("MyFilename").arg("Homer Simpson").arg("Today");

// save newText in a new file

file.close();

In my template file are a lot of values to set, so the code is really ugly and hard to read with the number of .arg().arg().arg() ....

Is there a better to realize that?

Thanks!

SGaist

Hi,

The Grantlee project might be of interest for your use case.