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authorKatja Marttila <katja.marttila@qt.io>2020-05-08 08:42:53 +0300
committerKatja Marttila <katja.marttila@qt.io>2020-05-15 13:07:22 +0300
commit20f1400a11837005f0904f2c7cdb40dcd4d5b669 (patch)
tree366d4f8ba0b3ffd03d0a5ba06ef0a66961d78d32 /doc
parent7f33b7b83320f8d6c9cb40f7d5d9d9842a22e8f8 (diff)
CLI: Add option to read arbitrary user input
Added new readConsoleLine() function which can be used to read user input from console. Function can be only called when command line instance is used without gui. Task-number: QTIFW-1631 Change-Id: Ic856f4bafc4a8d469d3fe497b4e0321e104df499 Reviewed-by: Tarja Sundqvist <tarja.sundqvist@qt.io> Reviewed-by: Arttu Tarkiainen <arttu.tarkiainen@qt.io>
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*/
/*!
+ \qmlmethod string installer::readConsoleLine(string title, int maxlen)
+
+ Prints \a title to a console and reads console input. Function halts the
+ installer and waits for user input. Function returns a line which user has
+ typed into the console. The maximum allowed line length is set to
+ \a maxlen. If the stream contains lines longer than this, then the line is
+ split after \a maxlen characters. If \a maxlen is 0, the line can be of
+ any length.
+
+ \note This function can only be called when installing from a command line
+ instance without GUI.
+*/
+
+/*!
\qmlmethod boolean installer::fileExists(string filePath)
Returns \c true if the \a filePath exists; otherwise returns \c false.