Hi Reiner,
you made my day! It's unbelievable. I am staring into that doc for month and do
not see the obvious. Man, stupidity really is the only thing that is available
in infinite quantities.
Thanks,
Oliver
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> Datum: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:46:06 +0100
> Von: "Reiner Hummel (WEB.DE)" <reinerhum...@web.de>
> An: qlandkartegt-us...@lists.sourceforge.net
> Betreff: Re: [Qlandkartegt-users] Call for ideas: detect 3rd party tools in
> the path
> Hi,
>
> I don't know much about Qt but instead to use something like:
>
> QProcess proc1;
> proc1.start(GPSBABEL " -V");
> proc1.waitForFinished();
> bool haveGPSBabel = proc1.exitCode() == 0;
>
> you could try to call QProcess::error afterwards like:
>
>
> QProcess proc1;
> proc1.start(GPSBABEL " -V");
> proc1.waitForFinished();
> bool haveGPSBabel = true;
> if (proc1.error() == QProcess::FailedToStart)
> {
> habeGPSBabel = false;
> }
>
> Regards,
>
> Reiner
>
> Am 25.01.2011 11:57, schrieb Oliver Eichler:
> > Hi,
> >
> > there is a problem in QLandkarte GT, that I can't solve. The issue is
> > the detection of 3rd party tools. Some functions in QLandkarte GT need
> > GPSBabel or the GDAL tools to be installed and in the path.
> >
> > In former days QProcess returned with an error when calling a
> > non-existing application. QLandkarte GT is probing for a tool by
> > starting a QProcess and passing the help or version info option to the
> > tool. The result is stored as a flag. Depending on the flag certain
> > features are offered as option.
> >
> > Nokia decided to change that behavior. QProcess ends with no error if
> > the called tool is not present. By that options are offered regardless
> > of the installed tools. Very irritating for new users.
> >
> > What I need is a portable (*nix, OSX, Windows) approach to detect
> > installed tools like GPSBabel et al. Does anyone has a good idea to
> offer?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Oliver
> >
> >
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