changeset 3593:07017e17c24f draft

Merge pull request #1905 from laanwj/2012_10_startup_gui_error When datadir missing, show messagebox instead of printing error to stderr
author Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>
date Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:28:44 -0700
parents f8915a550ace (current diff) 0b8b6e37651d (diff)
children cdfaf2102f75 5a7e013bf2e7 436609d4d581 e06aa97bd808
files
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,10 @@
     // ... then bitcoin.conf:
     if (!boost::filesystem::is_directory(GetDataDir(false)))
     {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Error: Specified directory does not exist\n");
+        // This message can not be translated, as translation is not initialized yet
+        // (which not yet possible because lang=XX can be overridden in bitcoin.conf in the data directory)
+        QMessageBox::critical(0, "Bitcoin",
+                              QString("Error: Specified data directory \"%1\" does not exist.").arg(QString::fromStdString(mapArgs["-datadir"])));
         return 1;
     }
     ReadConfigFile(mapArgs, mapMultiArgs);