Comment 11 for bug 695913

Not so fast. The description for the "fix" in Qt 4.8 is:

"Disable selection of Libraries on Windows 7 in getExistingDirectory()."

... which is not a fix at all.

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Albert Santoni <email address hidden> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Bill Good <email address hidden> wrote:
>> Anyone have any ideas on how we can mitigate potential confusion by a
>> win7 user after he selects a Library for his library and nothing
>> happens?
>
> What happens if we check for the blank string, give an error
> messagebox, and ask them to pick again?
>
> This is pretty pathetic that this bug shipped in Qt 4.7. These new
> Windows APIs shouldn't have snuck up on anyone.
>
> Albert
>
>>
>> Good news from qt there, at least.
>>
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>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/695913
>>
>> Title:
>>  crash on select a win7 library for the library
>>
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