Using QSettings to populate a QComboBox

[nbkhwjm]

Here is what I have so far... Its still not working...

void Porcupine::readSettings()
{
 
	QSettings settings(QSettings::IniFormat, QSettings::UserScope,"Codematic", "Porcupine");
 
     settings.beginGroup("MainWindow");
     resize(settings.value("size", QSize(800, 400)).toSize());
     move(settings.value("pos", QPoint(200, 200)).toPoint());
     settings.endGroup();
 
     settings.beginGroup("network");
           QStringList ipAddressList = settings.value("ipaddress").toStringList(); 
     settings.endGroup();
 
     ui.statusLogs->append(tr("Settings Restored"));
 
 
}
 
// Saves in (linux) $home/.config/Codematic/Porcupine.ini
 
void Porcupine::saveSettings()
{
 
QSettings settings(QSettings::IniFormat, QSettings::UserScope,"Codematic", "Porcupine");
 
QStringList ipAddressList;
 
     settings.beginGroup("MainWindow");
          settings.setValue("size", size());
          settings.setValue("pos", pos());
     settings.endGroup();
 
     settings.beginGroup("network");
       settings.setValue("ipaddress", ipAddressList);
     settings.endGroup();
 
ui.statusLogs->append(tr("Settings Saved"));
 
}

void Porcupine::readSettings()
{

	QSettings settings(QSettings::IniFormat, QSettings::UserScope,"Codematic", "Porcupine");

     settings.beginGroup("MainWindow");
     resize(settings.value("size", QSize(800, 400)).toSize());
     move(settings.value("pos", QPoint(200, 200)).toPoint());
     settings.endGroup();

     settings.beginGroup("network");
           QStringList ipAddressList = settings.value("ipaddress").toStringList(); 
     settings.endGroup();

     ui.statusLogs->append(tr("Settings Restored"));


}

// Saves in (linux) $home/.config/Codematic/Porcupine.ini

void Porcupine::saveSettings()
{

QSettings settings(QSettings::IniFormat, QSettings::UserScope,"Codematic", "Porcupine");

QStringList ipAddressList;

     settings.beginGroup("MainWindow");
          settings.setValue("size", size());
          settings.setValue("pos", pos());
     settings.endGroup();

     settings.beginGroup("network");
       settings.setValue("ipaddress", ipAddressList);
     settings.endGroup();

ui.statusLogs->append(tr("Settings Saved"));

}

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But all I get in the Settings file is this:

[MainWindow]
pos=@Point(174 0)
size=@Size(785 480)
 
[network]
filename=@Invalid()
ipaddress=@Invalid()

[MainWindow]
pos=@Point(174 0)
size=@Size(785 480)

[network]
filename=@Invalid()
ipaddress=@Invalid()

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[marcel]

But do you actually write something in the ipAddressList?

[nbkhwjm]

Im not quite sure how to confirm that, but the comboBox has values in it when the gui comes up from ui.ipaddressComboBox->AddItem("value") and others that are added while the app is running...

when I run the save function other settings are placed in the file, but only "Invalid()" the item for ipaddress..

Is there another way to verify is ipaddressList is populated?

[nbkhwjm]

Ok I can make it populate the Ini file now... with this:

void Porcupine::saveSettings()
{
 
QSettings settings(QSettings::IniFormat, QSettings::UserScope,"Codematic", "Porcupine");
 
QStringList ipAddressList;
QStringList fileNameList;
 
     settings.beginGroup("MainWindow");
          settings.setValue("size", size());
          settings.setValue("pos", pos());
     settings.endGroup();
 
     settings.beginGroup("network");
	    for(int index = 0; index < ui.ipaddressComboBox->count();index++)
            ipAddressList.append(ui.ipaddressComboBox->itemText(index));
       settings.setValue("ipaddressComboBox", ipAddressList);
       settings.setValue("filename", fileNameList);
     settings.endGroup();
 
ui.statusLogs->append(tr("Settings Saved"));
 
}

void Porcupine::saveSettings()
{

QSettings settings(QSettings::IniFormat, QSettings::UserScope,"Codematic", "Porcupine");

QStringList ipAddressList;
QStringList fileNameList;

     settings.beginGroup("MainWindow");
          settings.setValue("size", size());
          settings.setValue("pos", pos());
     settings.endGroup();

     settings.beginGroup("network");
	    for(int index = 0; index < ui.ipaddressComboBox->count();index++)
            ipAddressList.append(ui.ipaddressComboBox->itemText(index));
       settings.setValue("ipaddressComboBox", ipAddressList);
       settings.setValue("filename", fileNameList);
     settings.endGroup();

ui.statusLogs->append(tr("Settings Saved"));

}

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I get this in the INI, which is good (i think)

[MainWindow]
pos=@Point(107 71)
size=@Size(785 480)
 
[network]
filename=@Invalid()
ipaddressComboBox=1.1.1.1, 2.2.2.2, 3.3.3.3

[MainWindow]
pos=@Point(107 71)
size=@Size(785 480)

[network]
filename=@Invalid()
ipaddressComboBox=1.1.1.1, 2.2.2.2, 3.3.3.3

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Now working getting it to read and populate the combo box...

[rajesh]

yes, writing ini file content is correct like
ipaddressComboBox=1.1.1.1, 2.2.2.2, 3.3.3.3
now you can read as
QStringList ipAddressList = settings.value("ipaddress").toStringList();

OR

QString tempStr = settings.value("ipaddress");
QStringList ipAddressList = tempStr.split(",");

[nbkhwjm]

Update to this issue...

This works perfectly...

Save Settings...

QStringList ipAddressList;
		for(int index = 0; index < ui.ipaddressComboBox->count();index++)
			ipAddressList.append(ui.ipaddressComboBox->itemText(index));
			settings.setValue("IpAddressHistory", ipAddressList);

QStringList ipAddressList;
		for(int index = 0; index < ui.ipaddressComboBox->count();index++)
			ipAddressList.append(ui.ipaddressComboBox->itemText(index));
			settings.setValue("IpAddressHistory", ipAddressList);

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Writes this to the INI file ..

IpAddressHistory=192.168.1.65, 192.168.2.52, 127.0.0.1, 192.192.192.192, 192.168.1.65, 192.168.1.65

IpAddressHistory=192.168.1.65, 192.168.2.52, 127.0.0.1, 192.192.192.192, 192.168.1.65, 192.168.1.65

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read it with this...

QStringList ipAddressList = settings.value("IpAddressHistory").toStringList();
 
		if (!ipAddressList.isEmpty())
		{
			for(int i = 0; i < ipAddressList.count();i++)
			{
				ui.ipaddressComboBox->addItem(ipAddressList[i]);
			}
		}

QStringList ipAddressList = settings.value("IpAddressHistory").toStringList();

		if (!ipAddressList.isEmpty())
		{
			for(int i = 0; i < ipAddressList.count();i++)
			{
				ui.ipaddressComboBox->addItem(ipAddressList[i]);
			}
		}

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Thanks to all who provided insight.