execution of custom qdialog - c++

Question

I am getting an error while trying to run this Application ... the error message is:
main.cpp(11): error: expression must have class type
int r = dialog.exec(); and I am not sure why!!!
I am using qmake to generate the make file... I have added the necessary files to the *.pro file since Dialog is inherited from QDialog I should have access to the function exec!
#include <QtGui>
#include <QDialog>
#include <QtUtil.h>
#include <Mathematics.h>
#include <Pair.h>
#include "View.h"
class QMesseageBox;
class QAction;
class QDialogButtonBox;
class QLabel;
class QLineEdit;
class QPushButton;
class QTextEdit;
class Dialog : public QDialog {
Q_OBJECT
public:
Dialog() {
QHBoxLayout *layout = new QHBoxLayout;
// prevent left vertical box from growing when main window resized
layout->addStretch(1);
QLabel* lab_Layers = new QLabel(tr("Layers"));
d_inline = new QLineEdit;
d_inline->setText("50");
scene = new QGraphicsScene(0, 0, 500, 500);
view = new View;
layout->addWidget(view);
view->setScene(scene);
QVBoxLayout *mainLayout = new QVBoxLayout;
mainLayout->addLayout(layout);
setLayout(mainLayout);
setWindowTitle(tr("VI Smooth 0.4"));
}
private slots:
// scroll the "after" window when "before" one is scrolled (so they
// remain in sync)
private:
QAction* exitAction;
QtUtil qt;
QLineEdit* d_inline;
QGraphicsScene* scene;
QGraphicsView* view;
};
main class
#include <QApplication>
#include <QMessageBox>
#include "Dialog.h"
int
main(int argc, char **argv) {
QApplication app(argc, argv);
argv++;
Dialog dialog();
// dialog.showMaximized();
int r = dialog.exec();
return 0;
}

Answer 1

It should look something like this. If you create a Dialog object, you need to call show(). And you also need to return app.exec() in main().
#include <QApplication>
#include <QMessageBox>
#include "Dialog.h"
int
main(int argc, char **argv) {
QApplication app(argc, argv);
argv++;
Dialog dialog;
dialog.show()
return app.exec(argc, argv);
}