Thank you Volker, I had a couple of problems I forgot about the Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(myType);
and I don't' think I was never consistent with the global scope specifier. Mixing doesn't work but if you always use one or the other it works.
[edit] forgot to mention that you also have to use a worker object
For those who follow below is the working code.
@#ifndef QTTHREADS_H
#define QTTHREADS_H
#include <QtGui/QMainWindow>
#include <QThread>
#include "ui_qtthreads.h"
enum myType
{
abc
,def
,ghi
};
//Q_ENUMS(myType);
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE ( myType );
class myWorker : public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
myType m_myTypeVar;
public:
void SendSignals(int nCount);
signals:
void sgn_To_MainThread(qreal rValue);
#ifdef WITH_GLOBAL_SCOPE
void sgn_To_MainThread(::myType l_myTypeVar);
#else
void sgn_To_MainThread(myType l_myTypeVar);
#endif
};
class MyThread : public QThread
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
MyThread(QWidget * parent);
QWidget * m_parent;
myWorker * m_pMyWorkerObject;
protected:
void run();
bool m_bExit;
};
class QTThreads : public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
QTThreads(QWidget parent = 0, Qt::WFlags flags = 0);
~QTThreads();
MyThread m_myThread;
myType m_myTypeVar;
private:
Ui::QTThreadsClass ui;
public slots:
void slt_From_Worker(qreal rValue);
#ifdef WITH_GLOBAL_SCOPE
void slt_From_Worker(::myType l_myTypeVar);
#else
void slt_From_Worker(myType l_myTypeVar);
#endif
};
#endif // QTTHREADS_H
@
@#include "qtthreads.h"
#include <QDebug>
QTThreads::QTThreads(QWidget *parent, Qt::WFlags flags)
: QMainWindow(parent, flags)
, m_myTypeVar(abc)
{
m_myThread = new MyThread(this);
ui.setupUi(this);
m_myThread->start();
}
QTThreads::~QTThreads()
{
}
void QTThreads::slt_From_Worker(qreal l_rValue)
{
qDebug() << "slt_From_Worker() " << l_rValue;
}
#ifdef WITH_GLOBAL_SCOPE
void QTThreads::slt_From_Worker(::myType l_myTypeVar)
#else
void QTThreads::slt_From_Worker(myType l_myTypeVar)
#endif
{
qDebug() << "slt_From_Worker() enum "<<l_myTypeVar;
}
////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////
MyThread::MyThread(QWidget * parent)
:m_bExit(false)
{
#ifdef WITH_GLOBAL_SCOPE
qRegisterMetaType<::myType>( "::myType" );
#else
qRegisterMetaType<myType>( "myType" );
#endif
m_parent = parent;
m_pMyWorkerObject = new myWorker();
connect(m_pMyWorkerObject, SIGNAL(sgn_To_MainThread(qreal))
,m_parent, SLOT(slt_From_Worker(qreal)), Qt::QueuedConnection);
#ifdef WITH_GLOBAL_SCOPE
connect(m_pMyWorkerObject, SIGNAL(sgn_To_MainThread(::myType))
,m_parent, SLOT(slt_From_Worker(::myType)), Qt::QueuedConnection);
#else
connect(m_pMyWorkerObject, SIGNAL(sgn_To_MainThread(myType))
,m_parent, SLOT(slt_From_Worker(myType))/, Qt::QueuedConnection/);
#endif
}
void MyThread::run()
{
quint32 nCount = 0;
qDebug()<< "thread Started";
while(!m_bExit)
{
qDebug()<< "Sending ... " << nCount++;
m_pMyWorkerObject->SendSignals(nCount);
msleep(1000);
if(nCount>500)
nCount = 0;
}
qDebug()<< "thread Stopped";
}
void myWorker::SendSignals(int nCount)
{
emit sgn_To_MainThread(((qreal)nCount)/2);
emit sgn_To_MainThread(::ghi);
}@
