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| author | kh <karsten.heimrich@theqtcompany.com> | 2015-04-14 14:27:22 +0200 |
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| committer | Karsten Heimrich <karsten.heimrich@theqtcompany.com> | 2015-04-14 12:28:33 +0000 |
| commit | 4fff02a58beeb7e7890e8560f44cc6c7f7ce2a9b (patch) | |
| tree | a903a07f53877170e44ce676727776b2c0012ede /doc | |
| parent | 31b0637b4a1ce19c0d7698626493c199bb007adb (diff) | |
Document the operation storing mechanism more precisely.
Task-number: QTIFW-669
Change-Id: I7b4a89f74c0e82ec091876effaedf304de345fbd
Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@theqtcompany.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/operations.qdoc | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/operations.qdoc b/doc/operations.qdoc index ef0a5ff32..f2b8c5531 100644 --- a/doc/operations.qdoc +++ b/doc/operations.qdoc @@ -172,6 +172,15 @@ (using \c QSettings::NativeFormat, which might be the Windows registry) or by \c application and \c company name. Set \c scope to "SystemScope" to create an entry in the system scope. + + \note: The operation is using QSettings to store the key value pair. QSettings + always treats backslash as a special character and provides no API for reading + or writing such entries. Do not use slashes ('/' and '\') in section or key names; + the backslash character is used to separate sub keys. On windows, '\' are converted + by QSettings to '/', which makes them identical. Because the backslash character is + used by QSettings to separate sub keys, you cannot read or write windows registry + entries that contain slashes or backslashes. You should use a native windows API if + you need to do so. \row \li EnvironmentVariable \li "EnvironmentVariable" \c key \c value [\c persistent [\c system]] |