The following snippet is from a little app I wrote using the QT framework. The idea is that the app can be run in batch mode (i.e. called by a script) or can be run interactively.

It is important therefore, that I am able to parse command line arguments in order to know which mode in which to run etc.

[Edit]

I am debugging using QTCreator 1.3.1 on Ubuntu Karmic. The arguments are passed in the normal way (i.e. by adding them via the 'Project' settings in the QTCreator IDE).

When I run the app, it appears that the arguments are not being passed to the application. The code below, is a snippet of my main() function.

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    //Q_INIT_RESOURCE(application);

    try {
        QApplication the_app(argc, argv);

        //trying to get the arguments into a list    
        QStringList cmdline_args = QCoreApplication::arguments();

        // Code continues ...
    }
    catch (const MyCustomException &e) { return 1; }

    return 0;
}

[Update]

I have identified the problem - for some reason, although argc is correct, the elements of argv are empty strings.

I put this little code snippet to print out the argv items - and was horrified to see that they were all empty.

for (int i=0; i< argc; i++){
    std::string s(argv[i]); //required so I can see the damn variable in the debugger
    std::cout << s << std::endl;
}

Does anyone know what on earth is going on (or a hammer)?