Where should I place a user configurable resource file?

kitfox

I would like to include a config.xml file with my app that will let the user tweak some settings that are read on startup. It needs to be user editable, so I can't put into a compiled qrc file. I'm trying to figure out the correct place to put it in my project directory; it needs to be copied to both my Debug and Release directories and I also need to be able to load it with QFile("config.xml"); (or some similar local path).

SGaist

Hi,

You can have a default version in qrc so that if:

It's the application first start
The user breaks the file

you can re-use that one.

As for the location, you can use QStandardPaths::writableLocation with QStandardPaths::AppConfigLocation to get a proper location for that file.