QIcon Directory Location

[QbelcorT]

Hi,
I created a ui form in designer, this form has a QListView and other QIcon.
I am not using a resource file .rc. The files are in a directory on my filesystem. So, I browse to the icon I want and it shows up in the form (/resources/images/icons). I save the finished ui form by 'viewing code' then save to my windows folder, as ui_form.h
This is my project directory structure.
myproject/bin -- qt application binary
myproject/resources/images/icons/
myproject/windows
myproject/scenes. ..etc.
myproject/ui forms/form1.ui
myproject/ui forms/form2.ui ..etc

My executable is in the bin directory. I changed my .pro file to put the binary in this directory.
The problem is that if the binary is in the bin folder, the icon locations SHOULD be "../resources/images/icons". However the designer is saving them as QIcon ("/resources/images/icons"). So they don't show up and I have to change the form manually. (if I save the ui forms in the binary folder it is ok). I know this is probably a basic setup question I am overlooking something.
Thanks for your replies.

[faldzip]

I suggest using .qrc (not .rc) file as it gives you your resources compiled into your executable file so you dont need to care about where your icon is. But if you really dont want that solution (which is very good IMO) and you are creating your ui files with Designer, I think that it will insert the actual path to those icon files, and not the path where your exec would be after compilation, so, as you noticed, you have to change your paths manually. Or there's maybe another way, which I dont know. I always use .qrc with icons, as the icon file is about 1KB large (png icon) so it's not a big difference if your exec is 50KB or 51KB. And you save a lot of time, when you dont have to care about paths.

[QbelcorT]

Thanks for the reply..
I don't want to use .qrc because I want the exe to be separate so the icons can be easily changed by the end user. (i.e via upload usb, net, etc).

[jpn]

How about using QDir::setSearchPaths(). Of course Qt Designer is not able to show the icons if you pass icon names like "icons:undo.png" but it gives great flexibility in the code to switch the search path on the fly ie. you'll get a basic theming support for free.

[QbelcorT]

Thanks JP.
This does work, I've changed my backgrounds/sounds/icons to follow this format, seems much easier.
However for my ui form icons I think the best method would be for me to create the icons outside the form in my window. Doing so will allow me to implement the same method for them.
This code is in the designer. I cannot easily access the icon variable from my window because it is not public. Only the listWidget variable is public. If I can somehow set the icons of my listWidget outside the ui form that would be much easier OR I can just use this code outside my ui form (in my window).

listWidget = new QListWidget(systemProgram);
    QIcon icon;
    icon.addPixmap(QPixmap(QString::fromUtf8("../resources/images/exec.png")), QIcon::Normal, QIcon::Off);
    QListWidgetItem *__listItem = new QListWidgetItem(listWidget);
    __listItem->setIcon(icon);

listWidget = new QListWidget(systemProgram);
    QIcon icon;
    icon.addPixmap(QPixmap(QString::fromUtf8("../resources/images/exec.png")), QIcon::Normal, QIcon::Off);
    QListWidgetItem *__listItem = new QListWidgetItem(listWidget);
    __listItem->setIcon(icon);

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