Need a little help with QThread

[Slewman]

so i have a class that is used to upload and download files from an ftp server.

The class inherits QThread, so i initialize my ftp class in my constructor, then when i try to do a save/download i first do this

sftp.start(QThread::NormalPriority);
sftp.get(filename);
sftp.terminate();

sftp.start(QThread::NormalPriority);
sftp.get(filename);
sftp.terminate();

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that doesnt seem to work, my program locks up when i download the file, and of course, once i get the file, the program resumes.

I then tried to initialize the ftp class in my constructor then immediately after initializing i call a

sftp.start(QThread::NormalPriority);

sftp.start(QThread::NormalPriority);

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i call my gets/sends then at the de-constructor of the class i call

sftp.terminate();

sftp.terminate();

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i saw the same behavior. anyone have any suggestions?

[Slewman]

anyone have any suggestions?

[squidge]

The constructor is run in the same thread as the calling thread, so you need to put the code that takes the time into the run method of the thread.

[Slewman]

I dont quite understand what you mean. where should i call a start on my new thread?

[norobro]

Here is what he means: http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.6/qthread.html#details