[Qgis-developer] Load Project file from plugin

[Etienne Tourigny]

Hi,

It seems to me that QgisInterface::actionOpenProject() (and
QgisApp::addProject()) do a lot more than QgsProject.instance().read()
- how much of that is important?

Etienne

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Etienne Tourigny
> <etourigny.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> To load a project file call QgisInterface::actionOpenProject()
>
>
> Or programmatically open the project file like this:
>
>         QgsProject.instance().setFileName(myProjectPath)
>         QgsProject.instance().read()
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
>
>>
>>
>> most app-related stuff that a plugin can do are in the QgisInterface class
>>
>> On a related note:
>> If you want the plugin to do something when a project file is loaded,
>> you need to connect to the QGisInterface projectRead() signal
>>
>> http://www.qgis.org/api/classQgisInterface.html#af740dfa32487613224a249c8f5c2111b
>>
>> This will ensure that when a project is loaded your code will get called.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Justin Hubbard
>> <justin at pyrotechsoftware.com> wrote:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I must be missing something... I have searched the API and the web, but
>> > cannot find out how to do this seemingly simple task
>> >
>> > I want to make my plugin automatically load a specified .qgs Project file
>> > into QGIS when the plugin is activated.
>> >
>> > I'm sure that I must be missing something.
>> > Any help appreciated
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Justin
>> >
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