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 :)