saving files for future use on different computers running the same application

[wysota]

Settings does not seem to offer this.

Sure it does.

Before i asked this question i have been using DOM and xml stuff to save all the layout types and their contents and just loading all that when the user clicks load file and selects their file. But it just seems like there would be an easier way.

You can use QMainWindow::saveState() and QWidget::saveGeometry() and their counterparts to get rid of some of the work.