Cascades Development

[rcheriton]

I'm trying to store a string of data that the user inputs in a TextField or TextArea.  I want this string to be persistent in memory each time the user opens the app.

The StartShip sample app shows how this is done, but not with text from a TextArea/TextField.

The sample app shows:

CheckBox {
id: uranuscanner
text: "URANUS SCANNER"
objectName: "uranuscanner"
checked: _starshipApp.getValueFor(objectName, "yes")
onCheckedChanged: {
_starshipApp.saveValueFor(uranuscanner.objectName, checked)
}
}

The data is retrieved with the bolded line.  Is there no equivalent qml property that does the same for a TextArea/TextField?

Thanks in advance,
Ross

[ekke · Accepted solution]

this is easy

I'm doing it this way:

TextField {
    id: server
    text: odssettings.getValueFor("server/url","")
    hintText: qsTr("Server URL") + Retranslate.onLanguageChanged
    inputMode: TextFieldInputMode.Url
    textStyle {
        base: SystemDefaults.TextStyles.BodyText
    }
    onTextChanged: {
        odssettings.saveValueFor("server/url",server.text)
    }
}

[Dhanya]

Here is an example to store a value from text field in QSettings
Let the QML Page containing the Textfield is X.qml

Page
{
Container
{
Label
{
text:"Enter the value to be saved"
}
TextField
{
id:txtid
}
Button
{
text:"Save"
onClicked
{
var value=txtid.text;
_context.setName(value); //calling a Q_INVOKABLE fn: setName() using context property
}
}
}
}

context property is set as _context

X.h

Q_INVOKABLE void setName(QString value); //for setting values in QSettings
Q_INVOKABLE QString getName(); //for getting values from QSettings

X.cpp

void Model::setName(QString value) {
QString appFolder(QDir::currentPath());
QString fileName = appFolder
+ "/data/Settings/org/helloApp.conf";
QSettings setting(fileName, QSettings::NativeFormat);
setting.setValue("vname", value);
}
QString Model::getName()
{
QString appFolder(QDir::currentPath());
QString fileName = appFolder
+ "/data/Settings/org/helloApp.conf";
QSettings setting(fileName, QSettings::NativeFormat);
QString val = setting.value("vname").toString();
return val;
}

If you want to get the value from QSettings then call the getName()

for example if you want to display the value in a label on loading a page then, write the code as following

Page
{
onCreationCompleted:
{
var x=_context.getName();
lbl.setText(x);
}
Container
{
Label
{
id:lbl
}
}
}

Hope it helped

Cheers,

Dhanya

[ekke]

Hi Dhanya,

you can do it much much easier:

QString ODSSettings::getValueFor(const QString &objectName,
		const QString &defaultValue) {
	QSettings settings;
	if (settings.value(objectName).isNull()) {
		return defaultValue;
	}
	return settings.value(objectName).toString();
}

void ODSSettings::saveValueFor(const QString &objectName,
		const QString &inputValue) {
	QSettings settings;
	settings.setValue(objectName, QVariant(inputValue));
}

no dealing with pathes ... QSettings does it all for you

stores at the right place

[rcheriton]

Thanks everyone for helping me out my noob question!  Exactly what I was looking for!  Got it working!