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If I only want QT for I/O, then what is the best way of doing so ?
For example,
If a widget..(say..a QLineEdit) emits a signal : changed(QString)
How would I use that string for constructing an object of a class taking a std::String as an argument, (without declaring slots..etc etc) for that other class ?
You want to convert a QString to std::string? QString::toStdString does that for you
not only that ... I wan to access it from non-Qt code...
My problem is that I can't find a way to catch the signal containing the QString from a normal function/class..(not a Q_OBJECT )
Ok im not sure i am following, could you give a more concrete example?
Say.. I have a widget
QLineEdit myobject;
and I have a function
void foo(std::string bar);
How do I connect myobject to foo?
Do you mean connect as in catch a signal from QLineEdit or connect in some other way? Because if the first you just connect the signal to a member function of the class holding the QLineEdit (or wherever, normal Qt signal handling) and then call foo...I dont think I understand your issue...
ok..sorry..I didn't think of that..
but... How do I do the reverse?
i.e Send the output of foo...say another std::string
to a QLabel.
I can't call foo() from a signal in this case..
How come you can't call foo from a signal?
What good would it do?
I am totally confused.. :(
I have a full program which takes a string input, evaluates it(if it makes sense) and gives an output.
What would I do to make it graphical ?
i.e. take the input from a Widget and then display the result...
The first part I can understand now, but can't figure out what to so with the rest..
Ok, take the following scenario: you have a function that is used to validate some input, returning true (good input) or false (bad input). Now lets say you want to graphically show wether input is good or bad using Qt. So lets say you have a dialog containing QLineEdit editBox and a QLabel validInputLabel. Now you could for instance connect to the textEdited signal, which is emitted every time you edit the text and in the connected method you call validateInput with the text in editBox and depending on if the returnvalue is true or false you set the text of the label accordingly (for instance "bad input" or "good input"). This is just a small demo of how you could do something like you wrote about.
Would the connect look like this?
...where myslot() calls the required function ...and depending on its return... tells the QLabel what to show..Code:QObject::connect(&editBox,SIGNAL(textEdited(QString),&validInputLabel,SLOT(myslot(QString)));
You can't. If it isn't a Q_OBJECT it can't participate in signals.Quote:
Originally Posted by manasij7479
You made the choice to use Qt, don't complain now that you have to use its constructs. I warned about this earlier, on your OpenGL thread.
I'd use OpenGL for any serious graphics...Quote:
You made the choice to use Qt, don't complain now that you have to use its constructs. I warned about this earlier, on your OpenGL thread.
But it is popular opinion that it is an overkill for simple gui apps.(even to the point, saying that it'd be slow...)
&& I'm not complaining about having to use its constructs....I'm merely looking for a way to 'port' my somewhat successful programs till date to have a graphical interface.
Here is the reference page for signals/slots: Qt 4.7: Signals & Slots I suggest you read it carefully and develop small applications as you go to get an understanding of how things works and how things are supposed to be used. Lots to take in but usable stuff.
And you might not be able to port your applications right off, GUI programming is quite alot different than console programming.