- Extending Qt Creator Manual
- QtCreator
- IFindFilter
- Extending Qt Creator Manual 14.0.0-beta2

# Obsolete Members for IFindFilter

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

## Public Functions

`(deprecated in 14.0)` virtual void | readSettings(Utils::QtcSettings *settings)
`(deprecated in 14.0)` virtual void | writeSettings(Utils::QtcSettings *settings)

## Member Function Documentation

### `[virtual, deprecated in 14.0]` void IFindFilter::readSettings(Utils::QtcSettings *settings)

This function is deprecated since 14.0. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

Called at startup to read the state of the additional options for this find filter from the settings.

Implement restore() instead.

### `[virtual, deprecated in 14.0]` void IFindFilter::writeSettings(Utils::QtcSettings *settings)

This function is deprecated since 14.0. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

Called at shutdown to write the state of the additional options for this find filter to the settings.

Implement save() instead.