src/gui/qt/qttools/qthelper/qthelper.cpp

@@ -28,4 +28,31 @@ std::string QtHelper::stringToUtf8(const std::string &myString) {
 	return myUtf8String;
 }
 
-std::string QtHelper::getDefaultLanguage() { return QLocale::system().name().toStdString(); }
+std::string QtHelper::getDefaultLanguage() { return QLocale::system().name().toStdString(); }
+
+QString QtHelper::getDataPath()
+{
+    	QString path = QCoreApplication::instance()->applicationDirPath();
+
+#ifdef _WIN32 
+	path += "/data/";
+#else
+	#ifdef __APPLE__
+	if (QRegExp("Contents/MacOS/?$").indexIn(path) != -1) {
+		// pointing into an macosx application bundle
+		path += "/../Resources/data/";
+	} else { path += "/data/"; }
+	#else //Unix
+	if (QRegExp("pokerth/?$").indexIn(path) != -1) {
+		// there is an own application directory
+		path += "/data/";
+	} else if (QRegExp("bin/?$").indexIn(path) != -1) {
+		// we are in a bin directory. e.g. /usr/bin
+		path += "/../share/pokerth/data/";
+	} else { path += "/data/"; }
+	#endif
+#endif
+
+
+    	return QDir::cleanPath(path) + "/";
+}

src/gui/qt/qttools/qthelper/qthelper.h

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 /**
 	@author FThauer FHammer <webmaster@pokerth.net>
 */
-class QtHelper{
+class QtHelper : public QObject{
+Q_OBJECT
 public:
     QtHelper();
 
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ public:
     std::string stringToUtf8(const std::string &);
     std::string getDefaultLanguage();
 
+    QString getDataPath();
+
 };
 
 #endif