One thing we can implement is a check, so if the user enters a worng path or the filepath instead of the folder, a small dialog with a short explanation can pop up.
Adding a small help button close to the path text box can also be a solution 2014-04-03 13:39 GMT+02:00 Paolo Cavallini <[email protected]>: > Hi all. > I confirm people are very often into trouble when it comes to enter the > path to specific backends for Processing (e.g. OTB, LASTools, etc.). Any > suggestion on how to make it easier? If a fully automatic system cannot > be devised, maybe an explanation would help? Something like: "Locate > your whathever.exe file -> Add the path of its parent directory to ... > [ex. C:\etc\etc]. > BYT, it seems that a user has to enter a path *including* the filename, > even when a folder is necessary: pretty confusing IMHO. > Thanks. > -- > Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu > QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
