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authorWarwick Allison <warwick.allison@nokia.com>2010-03-29 03:48:35 (GMT)
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Import path detail.
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@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Installed modules can \e only be on the local file system or in application C++
are defined in QML files and \l{QDeclarativeExtensionPlugin}{QML C++ plugins} in a directory,
but the directory is indirectly referred to by the URI. The mapping to actual content is either
by application C++ code registering a C++ type to a module URI (see \l{Extending QML in C++}),
-or in the referenced subdirectory of a path on the QDeclarativeEngine::importPathList().
+or in the referenced subdirectory of a path on the import path (see below).
When importing a location module, an un-quoted URI is used:
\code
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ For either type of module, a \c qmldir file in the module directory defines the
optional for location modules, but only for local filesystem content or a single remote content with a namespace.
The second exception is explained in more detail in the section below on Namespaces.
+\seciont2 The Import Path
+
+Installed modules are searched for on the import path.
+The \c -L option to the \l {Qt Declarative UI Runtime}{qml} runtime adds paths to the import path.
+
+From C++, the path is available via \l QDeclarativeEngine::importPathList() and can be prepended to
+using \l QDeclarativeEngine::addImportPath().
\section2 The \c qmldir File