void ImageImporter::slotImport()
{
    //first save all
    slotSaveSettings();

    //then init the regular expression
    QRegExp re(m_txtSourceFilename->text(), !m_chkIgnoreCase->isChecked());

    //first find all possible files
    //listdir is used as a stack containing the directories to parse
    QStringList lstDirs = m_cmbSourceFolder->currentText();

    //the list of files found in the directories
    QFileInfoList lstFiles;
    lstFiles.setAutoDelete(true);

    DlgImageImporterStatus* dlgStatus = new DlgImageImporterStatus(this, "StatusDialog");
    dlgStatus->enableImageArchive(m_groupArchive->isChecked());
    dlgStatus->show();

    dlgStatus->appendStatusMessage(i18n("Starting..."));

    dlgStatus->setCurrentMode( DlgImageImporterStatus::ModeImport,
                               i18n("Scanning for available Images..."));

    //now go thru all folders and collect all files that match the file regexp...
    while (!lstDirs.isEmpty()) {
        QDir d( lstDirs.front() );
        lstDirs.pop_front();

        dlgStatus->addFolder();

        d.setMatchAllDirs(true);

        const QFileInfoList* list = d.entryInfoList();
        if (list) {

            QFileInfoListIterator it( *list );
            QFileInfo* fi;

            for ( ; ( fi = it.current() ) != 0; ++it )
            {
                if ( fi->fileName() == "." || fi->fileName() == ".."  ) {
                    continue;
                } else if ( fi->isDir() && m_chkSrcIncludeSubfolders->isChecked())    {
                    lstDirs.append(fi->absFilePath());
                } else if( fi->isFile() ) {
                    dlgStatus->addFile();
                    if (re.exactMatch(fi->fileName())) {
                        dlgStatus->addMatch();
                        //save a copy of all FileInfos
                        lstFiles.append(new QFileInfo(*fi));
                    }
                }
                // we return here and break all importing!
                if (dlgStatus->wasCanceled()) {
                    return;
                }
            }
        }
        // we return here and break all importing!
        if (dlgStatus->wasCanceled()) {
            return;
        }
    }

    //archive the images, if requested ...
    if (m_groupArchive->isChecked())
    {
        dlgStatus->setCurrentMode(DlgImageImporterStatus::ModeArchive,
                                  i18n("Archiving found images..."));

        importFiles(&lstFiles,
                    m_txtArchiveBaseFolder->text(),
                    m_txtArchiveSubfolders->text(),
                    m_txtArchiveFilename->text(),
                    m_chkArchiveLowercase->isChecked(),
                    false,
                    dlgStatus);

        if (dlgStatus->wasCanceled()) {
            //either canceled by user or error
            return;
        }
    } else {
        dlgStatus->appendStatusMessage(i18n("Archiving found images... skipped"));
    }

    QString msg = i18n("Moving found images...");
    if (!m_chkSrcRemoveFilesFromSrc->isChecked()) {
        msg = i18n("Copying found images...");
    }
    dlgStatus->setCurrentMode(DlgImageImporterStatus::ModeDestination, msg);

    // ... then copy/ move the images to their destinaion
    importFiles(&lstFiles, m_cmbDestBasefolder->currentText(), m_txtDestSubfolders->text(),
                m_txtDestFilename->text(), m_chkDestLowercase->isChecked(),
                m_chkSrcRemoveFilesFromSrc->isChecked(), dlgStatus);

    if (dlgStatus->wasCanceled()) {
        //either canceled by user or error
        return;
    }

    //yes, we are done :)
    dlgStatus->setCurrentMode( DlgImageImporterStatus::ModeFinished, i18n("Done."));

    //now tell, that new images have arrived
    emit newImagesImported(m_cmbDestBasefolder->currentText());
}