Qt: Read our dynamic recent entries a bit earlier.

Call recent_read_dynamic a bit earlier in the startup process. Note that
it determines when we fill in the recent files list, so the earlier we
call it the better.

Change-Id: Iad37d3aa2222873259d6c96ba79672236c8e4cd5
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/18235
Reviewed-by: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
Petri-Dish: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
Tested-by: Petri Dish Buildbot <buildbot-no-reply@wireshark.org>
Reviewed-by: Michael Mann <mmann78@netscape.net>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/wireshark-qt.cpp b/wireshark-qt.cpp
index 8a9089b362..d5f17c045f 100644
--- a/wireshark-qt.cpp
+++ b/wireshark-qt.cpp
@@ -563,6 +563,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *qt_argv[])
         return 2;
     }
 
+    // Read the dynamic part of the recent file. This determines whether or
+    // not the recent list appears in the main window so the earlier we can
+    // call this the better.
+    if (!recent_read_dynamic(&rf_path, &rf_open_errno)) {
+        simple_dialog(ESD_TYPE_WARN, ESD_BTN_OK,
+                      "Could not open recent file\n\"%s\": %s.",
+                      rf_path, g_strerror(rf_open_errno));
+        g_free(rf_path);
+    }
+
     splash_update(RA_LISTENERS, NULL, NULL);
 
     /* Register all tap listeners; we do this before we parse the arguments,
@@ -737,15 +747,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *qt_argv[])
     main_w->setWSWindowTitle();
 ////////
 
-    /* Read the dynamic part of the recent file, as we have the gui now ready for
-       it. */
-    if (!recent_read_dynamic(&rf_path, &rf_open_errno)) {
-        simple_dialog(ESD_TYPE_WARN, ESD_BTN_OK,
-                      "Could not open recent file\n\"%s\": %s.",
-                      rf_path, g_strerror(rf_open_errno));
-        g_free(rf_path);
-    }
-
     packet_list_enable_color(recent.packet_list_colorize);
 
     g_log(NULL, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "FIX: fetch recent color settings");