- Qt 5.15
- Qt Core
- C++ Classes
- QSettings
- Qt 5.15.18 Reference Documentation

# Obsolete Members for QSettings

The following members of class QSettings are obsolete. They are provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using them in new code.

## Static Public Members

`(obsolete)` void | setSystemIniPath(const QString &dir)
`(obsolete)` void | setUserIniPath(const QString &dir)

## Member Function Documentation

### `[static]` void QSettings::setSystemIniPath(const QString &dir)

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

Use setPath() instead.

For example, if you have code like

     setSystemIniPath(path);

you can rewrite it as

     setPath(QSettings::NativeFormat, QSettings::SystemScope, path);
     setPath(QSettings::IniFormat, QSettings::SystemScope, path);

### `[static]` void QSettings::setUserIniPath(const QString &dir)

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

Use setPath() instead.