How to make a filedialog modal in a console application

Naitsirhc

Hello forum,

I wrote an application that has no GUI, just two filedialogs.
The application performs three simple steps:

Reading data from a file
Manipulate data using some formula
Store the result into another (new) file

To determine the two filenames the filedialogs are used. The little program works fine, but there is one spot of bother: The filedialogs can be set into the background. This is unconvienient for the user, because he has to search for the dialogs. To solve this problem I want to set the filedialogs to "modal", but I had no success with this.
I tested several variants but without any reuslt. Here is a fragment of my code. In the comments are some variants that I tested.

...
QFileDialog inputFileDlg(Q_NULLPTR, "File to open", "MyStartPath", "MyFiles (*.xyz)");

//inputFileDlg.setWindowFlag(Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint, true);
//inputFileDlg.open();
//inputFileDlg.setModal(true);
//QString defaultFileName = inputFileDlg.getOpenFileName(Q_NULLPTR, "File to open", "MyStartPath", "MyFiles (*.xyz)");
// Finish if the file dialog is terminated

// if (defaultFileName == "")
// {
// return;
// }

if (inputFileDlg.exec() != QDialog::Accepted)
{
    return;
}

//Proceed with data manipulation
...

Does anyone have an idea?
Thanks in advance.

Best regards
Christian.

mrjj

Hi
I think it needs a widget based parent to stay on top (of parent)
A shell window wont do im afraid.
But i could be wrong and someone knows a trick :)

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How to make a filedialog modal in a console application