Newbie error

[djm2]

Hi there

I am brand new to QT creator and I am having a problem I was hoping that someone could help with. I have a project with a few screens - .qml file for each of the screens. I have a button on one screen and when the user presses the button I want to navigate/load another screen.

I have the following code -

@ ImageButton {
id: image_button1
x: 70
y: 214
width: 132
height: 80
text: "OUTPUTS"
font.bold: false
font.family: "Arial"
imageUp: "images/internal_button_up.bmp"
font.pixelSize: 18
textColor: "#000000"
imageDown: "images/internal_button_dn.bmp"
onButtonClick: root.message("../src/mainmenu.qml");
}@

The line - onButtonClick: root.message("../src/mainmenu.qml should take the user to another screen when the button is pressed. However when I run the code I get the following error - "ReferenceError: Can't find variable: root". The file mainmenu.qml is held in the project folder of the same project as the file that contains the above code.

David

[sierdzio]

IDs are not accessible from other QML files. If your "root" is defined in mainmenu.qml, then it is not visible in any other QML file.

[djm2]

Can you suggest a way to switch between the files? ie click on say an exit button and have it take you back to a main menu?

[sierdzio]

Use a Loader in MainMenu, and communicate using signals and slots mechanism. This is probably too involved for a newbie.

Another option is the solution found in Qt Examples and other demos: store all pages in a single QML file, and switch between them using States and Transitions.

All this is in the documentation, just give it a search :)