<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <!-- qdesktopservices.cpp --> <title>Obsolete Members for QDesktopServices | Qt GUI 5.12.6</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/offline-simple.css" /> <script type="text/javascript"> document.getElementsByTagName("link").item(0).setAttribute("href", "style/offline.css"); // loading style sheet breaks anchors that were jumped to before // so force jumping to anchor again setTimeout(function() { var anchor = location.hash; // need to jump to different anchor first (e.g. none) location.hash = "#"; setTimeout(function() { location.hash = anchor; }, 0); }, 0); </script> </head> <body> <div class="header" id="qtdocheader"> <div class="main"> <div class="main-rounded"> <div class="navigationbar"> <table><tr> <td >Qt 5.12</td><td ><a href="qtgui-index.html">Qt GUI</a></td><td ><a href="qtgui-module.html">C++ Classes</a></td><td >QDesktopServices</td></tr></table><table class="buildversion"><tr> <td id="buildversion" width="100%" align="right"><a href="qtgui-index.html">Qt 5.12.6 Reference Documentation</a></td> </tr></table> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="line"> <div class="content mainContent"> <div class="sidebar"><div class="sidebar-content" id="sidebar-content"></div></div> <h1 class="title">Obsolete Members for QDesktopServices</h1> <p><b>The following members of class <a href="qdesktopservices.html">QDesktopServices</a> are obsolete.</b> They are provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using them in new code.</p> <h2>Static Public Members</h2> <div class="table"><table class="alignedsummary"> <tr><td class="memItemLeft topAlign rightAlign"> <code>(obsolete) </code>QString </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qdesktopservices-obsolete.html#displayName">displayName</a></b>(QDesktopServices::StandardLocation <i>type</i>)</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft topAlign rightAlign"> <code>(obsolete) </code>QString </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qdesktopservices-obsolete.html#storageLocation">storageLocation</a></b>(QDesktopServices::StandardLocation <i>type</i>)</td></tr> </table></div> <h2>Member Function Documentation</h2> <!-- $$$displayName[overload1]$$$displayNameQDesktopServices::StandardLocation --> <h3 class="fn" id="displayName"><a name="displayName"></a><code>[static] </code><span class="type"><a href="../qtcore/qstring.html">QString</a></span> QDesktopServices::<span class="name">displayName</span>(<span class="type"><a href="qdesktopservices-obsolete.html#StandardLocation-enum">QDesktopServices::StandardLocation</a></span> <i>type</i>)</h3> <p>This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.</p> <p>Use <a href="../qtcore/qstandardpaths.html#displayName">QStandardPaths::displayName</a>()</p> <!-- @@@displayName --> <!-- $$$storageLocation[overload1]$$$storageLocationQDesktopServices::StandardLocation --> <h3 class="fn" id="storageLocation"><a name="storageLocation"></a><code>[static] </code><span class="type"><a href="../qtcore/qstring.html">QString</a></span> QDesktopServices::<span class="name">storageLocation</span>(<span class="type"><a href="qdesktopservices-obsolete.html#StandardLocation-enum">QDesktopServices::StandardLocation</a></span> <i>type</i>)</h3> <p>This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.</p> <p>Use <a href="../qtcore/qstandardpaths.html#writableLocation">QStandardPaths::writableLocation</a>()</p> <p><b>Note: </b>when porting <a href="qdesktopservices-obsolete.html#StandardLocation-enum">QDesktopServices::DataLocation</a> to <a href="../qtcore/qstandardpaths.html#StandardLocation-enum">QStandardPaths::DataLocation</a>, a different path will be returned.</p><p><code>QDesktopServices::DataLocation</code> was <code>GenericDataLocation + "/data/organization/application"</code>, while <a href="../qtcore/qstandardpaths.html#StandardLocation-enum">QStandardPaths::DataLocation</a> is <code>GenericDataLocation + "/organization/application"</code>.</p> <p>Also note that <code>application</code> could be empty in Qt 4, if <a href="../qtcore/qcoreapplication.html#applicationName-prop">QCoreApplication::setApplicationName</a>() wasn't called, while in Qt 5 it defaults to the name of the executable.</p> <p>Therefore, if you still need to access the Qt 4 path (for example for data migration to Qt 5), replace</p> <pre class="cpp"> <span class="type"><a href="qdesktopservices.html">QDesktopServices</a></span><span class="operator">::</span>storageLocation(<span class="type"><a href="qdesktopservices.html">QDesktopServices</a></span><span class="operator">::</span>DataLocation) </pre> <p>with</p> <pre class="cpp"> <span class="type"><a href="../qtcore/qstandardpaths.html">QStandardPaths</a></span><span class="operator">::</span>writableLocation(<span class="type"><a href="../qtcore/qstandardpaths.html">QStandardPaths</a></span><span class="operator">::</span>GenericDataLocation) <span class="operator">+</span> <span class="string">"/data/organization/application"</span> </pre> <p>(assuming an organization name and an application name were set).</p> <!-- @@@storageLocation --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> <p> <acronym title="Copyright">©</acronym> 2019 The Qt Company Ltd. 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