qrc : cannot find file/directory issues

Question

I'm working on a project in which all .js and .qml files are stored in the Qt Resource file (.qrc). I've tried to import an external directory in a qml file. The external directory contains other .qml files for different purposes. I don't want to include these external directories into the .qrc file.

I get an error when I add the import path saying:

qrc:\example.qml : cannot find directory

Is there any way to include an external file or directory like this.

Why are you storing cpp and qml files in the resource file? It's not designed for that purpose. — TheDarkKnight
You can always use a full path not prefixed by "qrc:" or ":". But as already mentioned, what makes you store cpp and qml files into the resource of this app? Those are not needed at run-time. — Sebastian Lange
Hi Merlin and Sebastian, It was a mistake in my question. I have corrected it. But Regarding qml, i think it is the most effective way to use qrc, as qrc will hold all the qml files in it during program execution. — Ansif
Please can you show some code to how you're accessing a file in the qrc and also the the text of the qrc file? — TheDarkKnight
Hi, I used this line "import "file:/../qml" as QmlDirectory" for importing a directory named "qml", after that i called QmlDirectory.Palette {} to display the Palette.qml file stored in the "qml" directory. These lines are done inside another "main.qml" file, that is stored in the qrc file. — Ansif

Ansif Ansif · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-08T14:58:16

Found a solution in the Qt forum, http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/7047. For accessing any file outside QRC, use "absolute filepath" of the file. For example: In main.cpp file:

QString path = QDir::currentPath(); //path where the exec is present

If your file is in src/file.qml of exec folder, then you can access it like (path += "/src/file.qml";), now path is the absolute file path for file.qml. You can access it in any of the QRC file.

QQuickView view; 
view.rootContext()->setContextProperty("myFile", path);
view.setSource("qrc:/main.qml");

In main.qml file:

Loader
{
    id: loadItem
    source: myFile
}
Item
{
   Component.onCompleted: loadItem.item
}

qrc : cannot find file/directory issues

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