[PyKDE] newbie: QFileDialog

[Paul Felix]

> From: Eli Carter <eli.carter at inet.com>
> 
> Ok, time for a dumb question.  I've made a fleeting google attempt, and
> a cursory stroll through doc.trolltech.com/2.3 didn't turn up an answer.
> 
> I want to use QFileDialog to let a user pick files on a remote system,
> such as over an ftp connection.  I'm not really sure where to start.  I
> expect to subclass it, but I don't know what internals would need to be
> overridden, where to find that out, or if that is possible in pyqt.
> 
> A pointer to a discussion or documentation would be preferred, as this
> is something I expect I'll want to do more of in the future.  (I want to
> learn the how's and why's so I can apply this in more than just this case.)
> 
> TIA for any pointers,
> 

Hi Eli,

I believe the answer is QUrlOperator.  Try this:

from qt import *
from qtnetwork import *

qInitNetworkProtocols()

op = QUrlOperator("ftp://ftp.trolltech.com")

fd = QFileDialog()
fd.setUrl(op)
fd.exec_loop()

Paul