How to pass multiple variables from QT Dialog to Main Window - c++

I have a press button (pushButton_RenameTargets) and 3 labels (label_Tar1ex, label_Tar2ex, label_Tar3ex) on my main form with default text values. When I push the button (pushButton_RenameTargets) a dialog is created (renametargets). It has three text edit lines (lineEdit_Target1, lineEdit_Target2,lineEdit_Target3). When I enter names on the three text edit lines and push OK I want the 3 labels on my main form to update.
Better Described:
When the button is pressed:
void MainWindow::on_pushButton_RenameTargets_clicked()
{
RenameTargets renametargets;
renametargets.setModal(true);
renametargets.exec();
}
It creates the dialog window renametargets.
Window has three text edit lines (lineEdit_Target1, lineEdit_Target2,lineEdit_Target3).
When the OK button is pushed I store the text in QString variables.
void RenameTargets::on_buttonBox_TargetRename_accepted()
{
QString Target1NameInput = ui->lineEdit_Target1->text();
QString Target2NameInput = ui->lineEdit_Target2->text();
QString Target3NameInput = ui->lineEdit_Target3->text();
}
Questions:
(1) How can I set the text of QString Target1NameInput (located on second form: renametargets) to label_Tar1ex (located on main form) as I push the OK button on the dialog.
(2) How can I get to display label_Tar1ex (located on main form) to display on a label in the second form -- called label_CurrentName_Tar1ex.
Basically this is a renaming scheme.....

What I would do is declare Target1NameInput and others in your dialog's class instead of your Ok function. That way those variables always "exist" while your dialog exists. If you create them in your Ok function, then they vanish when that function ends, and then you can't get them from your mainWindow anymore.
Move the variable declarations to your dialog's class. (They go in public so other classes can get at em)
class RenameTargets : public QDialog
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
QString Target1NameInput; //Side note, variable naming convention says
QString Target2NameInput; //that variables should start with a lowercase
QString Target3NameInput; //letter, but totally up to you ;)
//Your other class stuff goes here
}
From that point you can set those variables in your dialog when Ok is pressed.
void RenameTargets::on_buttonBox_TargetRename_accepted()
{
Target1NameInput = ui->lineEdit_Target1->text();
Target2NameInput = ui->lineEdit_Target2->text();
Target3NameInput = ui->lineEdit_Target3->text();
}
And lastly, access those variables in your mainWindow.
void MainWindow::on_pushButton_RenameTargets_clicked()
{
RenameTargets renametargets;
renametargets.setModal(true);
if(renametargets.exec() == QDialog::Accepted) //Check if they clicked Ok
{
ui->label_Tar1ex->setText(renametargets.Target1NameInput);
ui->label_Tar2ex->setText(renametargets.Target2NameInput);
ui->label_Tar3ex->setText(renametargets.Target3NameInput);
}
}
As for your second question, sending from mainWindow to dialog, you have 2 options as I see it.
Set your string variables we created in your dialog class before exec().
Pass the text in your dialog constructor.
If option 1, then you simply call renametargets.Target1NameInput = ui->label_Tar1ex->text(); for each variable before you call renametargets.exec(); Then in your dialog's ui setup, you set your lineEdits text to those same variables.
Let me know if you want me to explain option 2 for you. ;)
There's also many other options to send variables between classes, this is just 1 of those ways. I believe the conventional thing to do would be to have get and set functions within your dialog class, but for my own personal projects, I find that overkill. Up to you.

if (editDocumentDialog->exec() == QDialog::Accepted)
{
editDocumentDialog->getDataRecord(theDocRecord);
documents->updateRecord(theDocRecord);
}

Why not using signal / slot?
void MainWindow::on_pushButton_RenameTargets_clicked()
{
RenameTargets renametargets;
connect(&renametargets, SIGNAL(name_inputted), this, SLOT(update_name_fields);
...
}
Then emit the signal in on_buttonBox_TargetRename_accepted, and update label_Tar1ex... in slot function. You may want to create RenameTargets in heap so it isn't destroyed immediately after its OK is clicked.

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MFC MDI Collecting control states for the "apply" button routine

It was mentioned in some of my other threads on my app on that my code was incorrect because the apply button is present. I understand that now. It was said to collect the controls and then when apply is hit to send the data.
I have now idea how to approach that. So for the sake of general education. I have 1 property sheet and 5 property pages. For the sake of just general controls in use. Between all the 5, there are only radio controls and buttons, no edit controls (yet).
Let's assume there are 2 radios buttons and 1 button on each page.. where page 1 is radio1, radio2, button 1 and page 2 is radio3, radio4, button2....and so on.
I know that when the user selects something like a button or radio that the IsModified(TRUE) needs to be called to enable the apply button from grayed to active.
What would the code look like to scan all the controls and then apply them? I've never done it and I can't seem to find an example that isn't already super busy to gain the understanding of how to do it.
Anyone have a tutorial or code snippet or build a primer from the controls that I described above that could demonstrate how to execute this?
Update:
Ok so I have the DDX variables added:
void CSettingsUserTabs::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
CMFCPropertyPage::DoDataExchange(pDX);
DDX_Control(pDX, STYLE_3D_USER, m_style_3d);
DDX_Control(pDX, STYLE_FLAT_USER, m_style_flat);
DDX_Control(pDX, STYLE_FLAT_SHARED_HORZ_SCROLL_USER, m_style_flat_shared_h_scroll);
DDX_Control(pDX, STYLE_3D_SCROLLED_USER, m_style_3d_scroll);
DDX_Control(pDX, STYLE_3D_ONENOTE_USER, m_style_onenote);
DDX_Control(pDX, STYLE_3D_VS2005_USER, m_style_vs2005);
DDX_Control(pDX, STYLE_3D_ROUNDED_USER, m_style_3d_rounded);
DDX_Control(pDX, STYLE_3D_ROUNDED_SCROLL_USER, m_style_3d_rounded_scroll);
}
My radio selection look like:
void CSettingsUserTabs::OnBnClicked3dUser()
{
//AfxGetMainWnd()->SendMessage(WM_COMMAND, STYLE_3D_USER);
UpdateData(TRUE);
}
void CSettingsUserTabs::OnBnClickedFlatUser()
{
// TODO: Add your control notification handler code here
//AfxGetMainWnd()->SendMessage(WM_COMMAND, STYLE_FLAT_USER);
UpdateData(TRUE);
}
..... and the rest of them....
So to me, when I click any radio button, I expect that it scans all of controls on that property page? If so, all the variables have the values..do I call IsModified(); to enable the apply button...which then executes all the radio values i.e. only one selected? Is that the flow?
Update 2:
So this is what my modal dialog code is in MainFrame.cpp:
void CMainFrame::OnSettingsTools()
{
SettingsSheet SettingsSheet(L"Application Settings");
CSettingsPowerUser pgePowerUser;
CSettingsToolbars pgeToolbars;
CSettingsTheme pgeTheme;
CSettingsUserTabs pgeUserTabs;
CSettingsReset pgeReset;
SettingsSheet.AddPage(&pgeToolbars);
SettingsSheet.AddPage(&pgeTheme);
SettingsSheet.AddPage(&pgeUserTabs);
SettingsSheet.AddPage(&pgePowerUser);
SettingsSheet.AddPage(&pgeReset);
INT_PTR nRet = -1;
nRet = SettingsSheet.DoModal();
// Handle the return value from DoModal
switch (nRet)
{
case -1:
AfxMessageBox(_T("Dialog box could not be created!"));
break;
case IDABORT:
// Do something
AfxMessageBox(_T("ABORT!"));
break;
case IDOK:
// Do something
OnUserTabStyles(1);
AfxMessageBox(_T("OK!"));
break;
case IDCANCEL:
// Do something
AfxMessageBox(_T("CANCEL"));
break;
default:
// Do something
break;
};
}
The routine to verify if any of the radios buttons are changed in SettingsTabs.cpp:
void CSettingsUserTabs::OnTabRadioClicked(UINT nCmdID)
{
BOOL IsChecked = nCmdID;
CheckRadioButton(STYLE_3D_USER, STYLE_3D_ROUNDED_SCROLL_USER, nCmdID);
UpdateData(TRUE);
m_tabCmdID = nCmdID;
SetModified();
}
What the member variables look like in SettingsUserTabs.cpp:
void CSettingsUserTabs::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
CMFCPropertyPage::DoDataExchange(pDX);
DDX_Radio(pDX, STYLE_3D_USER, m_style_3d);
DDX_Radio(pDX, STYLE_FLAT_USER, m_style_flat);
DDX_Radio(pDX, STYLE_FLAT_SHARED_HORZ_SCROLL_USER, m_style_flat_h_scroll);
DDX_Radio(pDX, STYLE_3D_SCROLLED_USER, m_style_3d_scroll);
DDX_Radio(pDX, STYLE_3D_ONENOTE_USER, m_style_3d_onenote);
DDX_Radio(pDX, STYLE_3D_VS2005_USER, m_style_vs2005);
DDX_Radio(pDX, STYLE_3D_ROUNDED_USER, m_style_3d_rounded);
DDX_Radio(pDX, STYLE_3D_ROUNDED_SCROLL_USER, m_style_3d_rounded_scroll);
}
What the constructor looks like in SettingsUserTabs.cpp:
CSettingsUserTabs::CSettingsUserTabs()
: CMFCPropertyPage(IDD_SETTINGS_TABS)
, m_style_3d(FALSE)
, m_style_flat(FALSE)
, m_style_flat_h_scroll(FALSE)
, m_style_3d_scroll(FALSE)
, m_style_3d_onenote(FALSE)
, m_style_vs2005(FALSE)
, m_style_3d_rounded(FALSE)
, m_style_3d_rounded_scroll(FALSE)
, m_tabCmdID(FALSE)
{
}
This issue I'm seeing now is when I try to use the member variable m_tabCmdID it is coming back to unknown identifier so I'm not sure why the member variable isn't be seen. I am was expecting to use it like OnUserTabStyles(m_tabCmdID); so that it would pass the argument of the selected button to the method OnUserTabStyles. For now I just dumped a 1 in there to see if the mechanism works. I just am not clear how to access the member variable from the SettingsUserTabs.cpp from the IDOK. What am I missing?
EDIT: The range of options are sequential in the resource.h as 200-207, that is something I'm aware of and I know many don't like range options as they can get corrupted...this is my code, so I have no worries about the range being messed with.
Update 3:
Ok, so I finally understand the mechanism that Constantine described with the help of:
https://helgeklein.com/blog/2009/10/radio-buttons-in-mfc-visual-studio-2008-c/
I didn't have the tab order right nor did I have the first control set to true for the group.
With that, I now get the values 0-7 mentioned in the button group when I debug as I click each radio button based on its position in the group from 0-7 i.e. 8 buttons. Here is what the code looks like now.
SettingsUserTabs.cpp:
CSettingsUserTabs::CSettingsUserTabs()
: CMFCPropertyPage(IDD_SETTINGS_TABS)
, m_style_tabs(FALSE)
{
}
void CSettingsUserTabs::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
CMFCPropertyPage::DoDataExchange(pDX);
DDX_Radio(pDX, STYLE_3D_USER, m_style_tabs);
}
void CSettingsUserTabs::OnTabRadioClicked(UINT nCmdID)
{
UpdateData(TRUE);
BOOL RadioValueSelected = m_style_tabs; // only here to see 0-7 value for debugging only, not needed, test only
SetModified();
}
The mainframe.cpp above (Update 2): void CMainFrame::OnSettingsTools() is still the same.
So now here is where my question still isn't clear, I call the domodal from mainframe.cpp, the member variable m_style_tabs is in SettingsUserTabs.cpp. When I try to access the member variable, it says unknown identifier when I try to do something like this after the domodal int temp = m_styles_tabs;. I have a this in the mainframe.cpp
void CMainFrame::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
// TODO: Add your specialized code here and/or call the base class
CMDIFrameWndEx::DoDataExchange(pDX);
}
I would expect that the member would be seen in mainframe.cpp so I can process it after the domodal which is what I thought the whole point of this is?
How do I access the member variable so I can do the OnApply to it? I think I almost got it, I am just unclear on how to execute the last few steps for the actual apply itself.
Update 4:
The reason I ask about the restart is when the user selects the tabs property page and choose 1 of 8 choices, that option is stored in the registry and read during the Oncreate and then uses that style. Since it is OnCreate I haven't found a way to "redraw" or use the new tab setting except to restart the app. So by doing the reg save > respawn > end old ...I would want the dialog to reopen at the same tab property page so the user can see what the changes are if the apply was selected...vs. some dialog that says "restart"..or whatever. Below is the code used to demonstrate how it is working now.
OutputWnd.cpp
int COutputWnd::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
if (CDockablePane::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
return -1;
CRect rectDummy;
rectDummy.SetRectEmpty();
// Create User Define tab style:
int UserTabStyle = AfxGetApp()->GetProfileInt(_T("Settings"), _T("UserTabStyle"), 0); //Get value from registry
// If the key doesn't exist, UserTableStyle will be 0 or FALSE;
if (UserTabStyle != FALSE && UserTabStyle <= 8) { // User selected tab style type
int EnumUserTabStyle = UserTabStyle - 1; // Fix enum if key doesn't exist.
if (!m_wndTabs.Create(static_cast<CMFCTabCtrl::Style>(EnumUserTabStyle), rectDummy, this, 1))
{
TRACE0("Failed to create output tab window\n");
return -1; // fail to create
}
}
else { // Default tabs style if Reg key does not exist i.e. new install/program reset
if (!m_wndTabs.Create(CMFCTabCtrl::STYLE_FLAT, rectDummy, this, 1))
{
TRACE0("Failed to create output tab window\n");
return -1; // fail to create
}
}
… rest of function....
Update 5:
Here is the Apply in use from SettingsUserTabs.cpp:
BOOL CSettingsUserTabs::OnApply()
{
// TODO: Add your specialized code here and/or call the base class
AfxGetApp()->WriteProfileInt(_T("Settings"), _T("UserTabStyle"), m_style_tabs); // Save value to registry
return CMFCPropertyPage::OnApply();
}
Update 6:
Everything to this point is working, I ran into a road block trying to apply lessons learned here and at this link:
MFC MDI Substituting a class member dynamically
What was done in this topic was for the OutputWnd pane which works brilliantly! My MDI opens a file and uses CTabView and using the link shown in Update 6 allowed me to change the tabs on boot. Now that I have the OutputWnd doing it with OnApply, I'm trying to apply it to the document view when a file is loaded. I'm running into an access violation when I call the new function I created in TrainView.cpp and calling it from UserSettingsTabs.cpp. I thought it was the static_cast operation, but even if I do a simple bold using GetControlTabs() that also crashes (Shown in the commented out code, was on boot, now in OnApply to test theory). So clearly I need to capture the MDI document but not sure how that is done. I thought it would be as simple as:
GetTabControl().ModifyTabStyle(static_cast<CMFCTabCtrl::Style>(EnumUserTabStyle));
But when that crashed with a Cx000000005 access violation, I knew something was wrong on my end. I can't modify the CTabView operation, so I'm looking to see if we can fix what I'm doing wrong to have the OnApply change the tab styles without restarting as done in the OutputWnd we just fixed.
So as it stands, the OnApply that is working and now modded to try an integrate the CTabView functionality:
SettingsUserTabs.cpp:
BOOL CSettingsUserTabs::OnApply()
{
BOOL bResult = CMFCPropertyPage::OnApply();
if (bResult)
{
AfxGetApp()->WriteProfileInt(_T("Settings"), _T("UserTabStyle"), m_style_tabs); // Save value to registry
((CMainFrame*)AfxGetMainWnd())->m_wndOutput.m_wndTabs.ModifyTabStyle((CMFCTabCtrl::Style)m_style_tabs);
((CMainFrame*)AfxGetMainWnd())->m_wndOutput.m_wndTabs.RecalcLayout();
CTrainView* TrainTabs; // User Call from anywhere method
TrainTabs->TrainDocUpdateTabsControl();
}
return bResult;
}
I added the function CTrainView::TrainDocUpdateTabsControl() to update the tabs...the rest of the code is fully operation i.e. void CTrainView::OnInitialUpdate()
The TrainView.cpp:
IMPLEMENT_DYNCREATE(CTrainView, CTabView)
void CTrainView::OnInitialUpdate()
{
CMainFrame* pMainFrame = (CMainFrame*)AfxGetMainWnd();
pMainFrame->m_wndOutput.AddStringDebugTab(_T("Debug: TrainView--CTrainView::OnInitialUpdate()."));
// add views // cmb
AddView(RUNTIME_CLASS(CInformationView), AfxStringID(IDS_INFORMATION));
AddView(RUNTIME_CLASS(CChaptersView), AfxStringID(IDS_CHAPTERS));
// Nicely hack to access protected member
class CMFCTabCtrlEx : public CMFCTabCtrl
{
public:
void SetDisableScroll() { m_bScroll = FALSE; }
};
// One-Liner to Disable navigation control
((CMFCTabCtrlEx*)&GetTabControl())->SetDisableScroll();
GetTabControl().EnableTabSwap(TRUE);
GetTabControl().SetLocation(CMFCBaseTabCtrl::Location::LOCATION_BOTTOM);
//GetTabControl().SetActiveTabBoldFont(TRUE);
GetTabControl().EnableAutoColor(TRUE);
// Modify User Define tab style:
int UserTabStyle = AfxGetApp()->GetProfileInt(_T("Settings"), _T("UserTabStyle"), 0); //Get value from registry
// If the key doesn't exist, UserTableStyle will be 0 or FALSE;
if (UserTabStyle != FALSE && UserTabStyle <= 8) { // User selected tab style type
int EnumUserTabStyle = UserTabStyle - 1; // Fix enum if key doesn't exist.
GetTabControl().ModifyTabStyle(static_cast<CMFCTabCtrl::Style>(EnumUserTabStyle));
}
else { // Default tabs style if Reg key does not exist i.e. new install/program reset
GetTabControl().ModifyTabStyle(CMFCTabCtrl::STYLE_FLAT);
}
CTabView::OnInitialUpdate();
}
void CTrainView::TrainDocUpdateTabsControl()
{
CTabView::AssertValid();
GetTabControl().SetActiveTabBoldFont(TRUE); << CAUSES Cx000000005 ACCESS ERROR CRASH WHEN CALLED.
//int EnumUserTabStyle;
//int UserTabStyle = AfxGetApp()->GetProfileInt(_T("Settings"), _T("UserTabStyle"), 0); //Get value from registry
//((CMainFrame*)AfxGetMainWnd())->GetTabControl().ModifyTabStyle(static_cast<CMFCTabCtrl::Style>(EnumUserTabStyle));
}
Update 6 EDIT:
The tabview is created from Application.cpp like this:
//Load Train Template
m_pkDocTrainTemplate = new CMultiDocTemplate(
IDR_TRAIN, // Loads TRAIN operation
RUNTIME_CLASS(CTrainDoc),
RUNTIME_CLASS(CChildFrame),
RUNTIME_CLASS(CTrainView));
AddDocTemplate(m_pkDocTrainTemplate);
I tried to cast the m_pkDocTrainTemplate as I thought that was the pointer? Since it is MDI, I wasn't sure if there was an index issue since there can be multiple docs open simultaneously?
Below is an example of an application I wrote some time ago. It's a simple "Settings" dialog. Unlike yours, this one is derived from CDialogEx. But as CPropertyDialog is derived from CDialog, these apply in your case too.
Using the Wizard, I added member variables to the dialog class, bound to the dialog controls. Choose "Value", rather than "Control" in the "Category" combo in the Wizard. These are declared in the class definition. For simplicity, I only show three. There is a CString, an int and a BOOL variable, bound to an edit, a combo-box (drop-down list) and a check-box control respectively.
class CSettingsDlg : public CDialogEx
{
.
.
public:
CString m_DBConn;
int m_DumpSQL;
BOOL m_bLineNums;
}
In the implementation, the Wizard has modified the constructor and the DoDataExchange() member functions:
CSettingsDlg::CSettingsDlg(CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/)
: CDialogEx(CSettingsDlg::IDD, pParent)
, m_DBConn(_T(""))
, m_DumpSQL(0)
, m_bLineNums(FALSE)
{
}
void CSettingsDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
CDialogEx::DoDataExchange(pDX);
DDX_Text(pDX, IDC_EDIT_DBCONN, m_DBConn);
DDV_MaxChars(pDX, m_DBConn, 255);
DDX_CBIndex(pDX, IDC_COMBO_DUMPSQL, m_DumpSQL);
DDV_MinMaxInt(pDX, m_DumpSQL, 0, 2);
DDX_Check(pDX, IDC_CHECK_LINENUMS, m_bLineNums);
}
The values in the constructor are the initial (default) ones. The DoDataExchange() function calls the DDX/DDV routines. The DDX routines perform the transfer of data (controls<->variables), while the DDV ones the validation - they are optional. The DoDataExchange() function is called by UpdateData(). Also, the default implementation of OnOK() calls UpdateData(TRUE), and if successful closes the dialog.
You will need to enable the Apply button if something has been modified. You can capture notification messages like EN_CHANGE, EN_UPDATE, BN_CLICKED etc (add an event in the property editor) and call the SetModified() function - this can prove quite tedious, but I can't see any other way to do it.
Such a dialog class can be used in the application as shown below:
void CChildView::OnSetoptions()
{
// Create a Settings-dialog class instance
CSettingsDlg sd; // Main application window as parent - will block every UI item in the application
// Set initial values for the member variables
sd.m_DBConn = szDBconn;
sd.m_DumpSQL = nDumpSQL;
sd.m_bLineNums = bDumpLineNums;
if (sd.DoModal() == IDOK)
{
// Store the values entered by the user
lstrcpyn(szDBconn, sd.m_DBConn, MAX_PATH);
nDumpSQL = sd.m_DumpSQL;
bDumpLineNums = sd.m_bLineNums;
}
}
EDIT :
I have a usage example in the code section just above. The procedure is create an instance of the dialog class, set the member variables' values (initial values, eg read from the registry), call DoModal() and if successful store (copy) the variables somewhere else (if not discard them). This should be done in some event handler, like CMainFrame::OnSettingsTools() in Update2. The CMainFrame::DoDataExchange() override makes no sense.
It's quite strange that you can't access the m_style_tabs variable. Isn't it a non-static, public member of the CSettingsUserTabs class? It should be declared in SettingsUserTabs.h. Won't it work if you acceess it as pgeUserTabs.m_style_tabs? In the CSettingsUserTabs class functions it can accessed simply as m_style_tabs. Also I see it is initialized as FALSE in the constructor. Is it a BOOL and not an int? (btw BOOL is defined as int in Win32, so the compiler won't complain) But the Wizard generates an int variable for radio-buttons, optionally with range validation as well.
Another point, you don't normally need to call UpdateData(TRUE) in CSettingsUserTabs::OnTabRadioClicked(). Please leave only the SetModified() call there. UpdateData(TRUE) is typically called in the OnOK() function. And usually you don't need to override these, because the default implementation is sufficient. The CPropertyPage documentation btw mentions that The default implementation of OnApply calls OnOK.
EDIT 2 :
In OnApply() you should first check if validation was successful. Also, OnCreate() isn't a "method" that can be called directly. It should be considered an "event". It's called by the framework when a window is created. You should instead call Create(). In your case you can destroy the Output Window and create it anew (with the new style). But, I see that the CMFCTabCtrl class has a ModifyTabStyle() function, which you can try calling, (without destroying the windows and creating it again). So, your code would become:
BOOL CSettingsUserTabs::OnApply()
{
BOOL bResult = CMFCPropertyPage::OnApply();
if (bResult)
{
AfxGetApp()->WriteProfileInt(_T("Settings"), _T("UserTabStyle"), m_style_tabs); // Save value to registry
((CMainFraime*)AfxGetMainWnd())->m_wndOutput.m_wndTabs.ModifyTabStyle((CMFCTabCtrl::Style)m_style_tabs);
}
return bResult;
}
The above code won't compile, because the m_wndOutput and m_wndTabs members are protected. You will have to make them public.

How to implement message output in QMessage using function call when pressing the QPushButton?

Faced with the following task at the interview:
In this task you need to create a simple user interface (UI) with QtWidgets and connect it to the supplied library. ComboBox must contain three items. When the current item changes - the button also changes. Depending on the button, you have to call corresponding function from the library and show its
output in the message. Thus, each button shows a different message.
I did 2/3 of task but I can’t figure out how to implement a task with buttons and display a message in QMessage by calling a function.
A header file was attached to the task, which included prototypes of the three functions string getFunction1(), string getFunction2(), string getFunction3() and also the .dll library.
I would be very grateful for the clarification of how best to implement the task.
You can do this by doing:
Create a QComboBox on the Designer and initialize it with items as
required in the QWidget constructor.
Widget::Widget(QWidget *parent) :
QWidget(parent),
ui(new Ui::Widget)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
ui->comboBox->addItem("first");
ui->comboBox->addItem("second");
ui->comboBox->addItem("third");
ui->comboBox->setCurrentIndex(0);
ui->pushButton->setText("first");//because of the combox's current index is zero,
thus "first";
}
Create a QPushButtonon the Designer and it got initialized in the constructor above with the text.
Right click on QComboBox of the designer and click on Goto slot and select slot on_comboBox_currentIndexChanged(const QString &arg1) and click ok.
Inside slot on_comboBox_currentIndexChanged(const QString &arg1)
add the statement ui->pushButton->setText(arg1); //this is because if user click on another option on the combobox and we should update the button's text.
void Widget::on_comboBox_currentIndexChanged(const QString &arg1)
{
ui->pushButton->setText(arg1);//updating the button's text.
}
Right click on QPushButton of the designer and click on Goto slot and select slot on_pushButton_clicked() and click ok.
Inside the slot on_pushButton_clicked() have this code and call the corresponding the dll function according to button's text.
void Widget::on_pushButton_clicked()
{
if(ui->pushButton->text()=="first")
{
//call getFunction1() and assign the return value to QString msg
QString msg;
QMessageBox::about(this,"called function return value",msg);//showing in the msgbox.
}
else if(ui->pushButton->text()=="second")
{
//call getFunction2() and assign the return value to QString msg
QString msg;
QMessageBox::about(this,"called function return value",msg);
}
else
{
//call getFunction3() and assign the return value to QString msg
QString msg;
QMessageBox::about(this,"called function return value",msg);
}
}

QToolbar force expand on too many QActions

Hi all is there any way to automatically expand a QToolbar if there is too many QActions in?
Using Qt version 5.4.1 C++11
Ive tried :ui->mainToolBar->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::MinimumExpanding, QSizePolicy::Preferred)
But this only expands it horizontally. I need it to expand vertically like the Expand button does.
Always expanding a toolbar vertically is not possible as far as I know (never seen it). A solution would be to add multiple toolbars. This way, you can arrange them one under the other.
What you can try is to add a custom widget to the toolbar that grows horizontally. This was proposed here by using a QScrollArea... Not sure whether this is exactly what you want, but it may work good enough.
This is how you can make a function to expand/retract a QToolbar. Firstly using a Forloop get all the child widgets from the QToolbar. You can use a Bool to lock to only get the first Widget which is the Expanding button/Action.
bool get_first_action{true};
for(QWidget* widget : ui->myToolBar->findChildren<QWidget*>())
{
if(get_first_action)
{
get_first_action = false;
// This is the expanding action!
m_action_expand = widget;
}
}
Or you can do this which is probably a bit safer.
for(QWidget* widget : ui->myToolBar->findChildren<QWidget*>())
{
if(widget->objectName() == "qt_toolbar_ext_button")
{
// This is the expanding action!
m_action_expand = widget;
}
}
Once you have the sneaky expanding action assign it to a member varible
// Make sure to initialize this in the constructor!
// m_action_expand = new QWidget(this // parent)
QWidget* m_action_expand;
Now create a handy function with a good name;
void MainWindow::forceToolbarExpand()
{
// Grab the position of the expanding action/widget
QPointF pos(m_action_expand->pos());
// Create a fake/dummy event that replicates the mouse button press
QMouseEvent event_press(QEvent::MouseButtonPress, pos, Qt::LeftButton,0, 0);
// Create a fake/dummy event that replicates the mouse button release
QMouseEvent event_release(QEvent::MouseButtonRelease, pos, Qt::LeftButton,0, 0);
// These two events together will fire the QAction::Toggled signal.
// Make sure to send the events!
QApplication::sendEvent(m_action_expand, &event_press);
QApplication::sendEvent(m_action_expand, &event_release);
}
And there we have it your QToolbar, if it can be expanded/retracted now will when you call this function. I'm not too sure if you can directly Moc/fake the toggled event but you can try it. I know this method works so yeah.

Apply button in CDialog

I have a dialog in which after pressing button OK, the program uses the data in the dialog and draws a plot. I need to draw the plot without having to close the dialog as with IDOK, hence the apply button.
The code with drawing the dialog is,
INT_PTR val = dlg->DoModal();
if ( val == IDOK) {
//draw plot
}
The code of onOK and onApply
void DLg::OnOK() {
GetDataGrid();
CDialog::OnOK();
}
void DLg::OnBnClickedApply()
{
GetDataGrid();
}
How do I get DoModal() to return a value on onApply() without closing the dialog?
Any help would be appreciated.
A modal dialog can't return a value and leave the dialog open. You could either make your dialog non-modal, or post your main window a message from the OnBnClickedApply function that makes it draw the plot.
I tend to put drawing into a separate thread and would call it wherever needed. So you can either
(1) call the OnDrawPlot again in your Apply button
if ( val == IDOK) {
AfxBeginThread(...);//draw plot
}
void DLg::OnBnClickedApply()
{
AfxBeginThread(...);//draw plot
}
(2) send the return value back to the DoModal using EndDialog method
What parameters are there in EndDialog ?
An example can be found here.
Declare a variable in CDialog derived class preferably public. Then just at OnOK assign this variable to appropriate value. The caller would use it directly.
class Dlg : public CDialog
{
public:
int TheVariable;
...
};
Call site:
if(dlg.DoModal()==IDOK)
{
dlg.TheVariable; // Use the variable
}
However, if you need to draw on the dialog itself (and not to other window, which has launched the dialog), then don't call CDialog::OnOK or EndDialog in your OnOK override. In this case, you need to do painting in dialog itself.

QDialog exec() and getting result value

I have subclassed QDialog to implement functionality similar to QMessageBox ( I needed this to allow for customization). It has a text message and OK, Cancel buttons. I am showing the dialog using exec() to make it blocking. Now, how do I return values of true/false when the user clicks on OK/Cancel?
I tried connecting the buttons to setResult() and then, return the result value when clicked, but
Clicking the buttons does not close the dialog box
the return value is incorrect.
Following is the code I have written. I think I am wrong in the exec/result part - but I am not sure how to fix it.
class MyMessageBox : public QDialog {
Q_OBJECT
private slots:
void onOKButtonClicked() { this->setResult(QDialog::Accepted); }
void onCancelButtonClicked() { this->setResult(QDialog::Rejected); }
public:
MyMessageBox(QMessageBox::Icon icon, const QString& title,
const QString& text, bool showCancelButton = true,
QWidget* parent = 0);
virtual void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent* e);
QDialog::DialogCode showYourself()
{
this->setWindowModality(Qt::ApplicationModal);
this->exec();
return static_cast<QDialog::DialogCode>(this->result());
}
};
The user will instantiate the class and call showYourself() which is expected to return the value and also close(and delete) the dialog.
I have posted partial code. Let me know if you need more and I will post the complete version.
Some points :
Rather than using setResult() yourself, use QDialog::accept() and QDialog::reject().
It seems you are not taking full advantage of the signals and slots. You need the object which create the dialog (or another one) to listen to the signals of the dialog.
In your code you are not connecting signals to slots either.
With my fix onOKButtonClicked and onCancelButtonClicked are unnecessary.
With my fix you don't need showYourself(). Just call exec and with the events
information will flow.
You need to add this code before showing the dialog (this assume it is in a dialog method):
QObject::connect(acceptButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(accept()));
QObject::connect(rejectButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(reject()));
In the caller object you have
void someInitFunctionOrConstructor(){
QObject::connect(mydialog, SIGNAL(finished (int)), this, SLOT(dialogIsFinished(int)));
}
void dialogIsFinished(int){ //this is a slot
if(result == QDialog::Accepted){
//do something
return
}
//do another thing
}
Another solution:
// set signal and slot for "Buttons"
connect(YesButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), dlg, SLOT(accept()));
connect(NoButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), dlg, SLOT(reject()));
// show modal window event loop and wait for button clicks
int dialogCode = dlg->exec();
// act on dialog return code
if(dialogCode == QDialog::Accepted) { // YesButton clicked }
if(dialogCode == QDialog::Rejected) { // NoButton clicked }
Case 1 Clicking the buttons does not close the dialog box.
For this you have to close the dialog on respective SLOTS, so Use
void onOKButtonClicked(){ this->setResult(QDialog::Accepted); this->close();}
void onCancelButtonClicked(){ this->setResult(QDialog::Rejected);this->close();}
Note: Only after you have clicked the Ok button or Cancel button in a standard QMessageBox, setResult() function is triggered and the status is changed. It's not the same effect when done vice versa.
Case 2 The return value is incorrect.
I think only after your dialog gets closed, you will have the result available in result() function. So I guess it will be solved, after you have made the changes specified in Case 1.
If it still persists, use your own private member function to resolve it.