[SOLVED] signal and slot between two classes

Jeroentjehome

The message from the compiler is simple English:
Sorry, the variables you want to alter is not within my reach! No idea where it is.
Like what Frank says, make the variable you want to alter a member variable and things should work.

ecmanja

sorry i'm not getting where to make member of a class can u please tell me where shall i include and what should i include

frankiefrank

If you want "table" to be available in the scope of the entire class and not just in the scope of the constructor, you should put
@ProjectListWidget *table;@
in the header file.

You may need to pick up a C++ book to help you with actual development.

ecmanja

i included this in mainwindow class after compling i got error: 'ProjectListWidget' does not name a type
ProjectListWidget *table4; what shall i do now

frankiefrank

You use ProjectListWidget in the MainWindow header but before you actually declared it - so obviously the compiler doesn't know what that class is.

Either put the ProjectListWidget in its own .h + .cpp files and #include them from your main window code OR do a forward declaration - as explained here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2133250/does-not-name-a-type-error-in-c

ecmanja

thanks for your link i solved that error but when i include
@table->clear@
im getting .exe stopped working :(
i can't able to perform any action to "table". not getting any error while compling.

frankiefrank

Isn't this supposed to be
@table->clear();@
?

I'm sorry but I won't be able to remotely assist you through every compile step of code. Maybe you should start out by working with some basic Qt sample.

ecmanja

sorry ,here is my code i'm getting error if i try to discard so please do help.
@#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H

#include <QMainWindow>
#include <QListWidget>
#include <QMouseEvent>
#include <QMimeData>
#include <QDrag>
#include <QDebug>
#include <QTabWidget>
#include <QTableWidget>
#include <QMimeType>
#include <QTcpSocket>
#include <QMessageBox>

namespace Ui {
class MainWindow;
}
class ProjectListWidget :public QTableWidget
{
Q_OBJECT

public:
ProjectListWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);

protected:
void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event);
void mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *event);
void dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent *event);
void dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent *event);
void dropEvent(QDropEvent *event);

private:
void performDrag();
QPoint startPos;

};
class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT

public:
explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
ProjectListWidget *table4,*table5;
~MainWindow();

private:
Ui::MainWindow *ui;
public slots:
void on_item1_changed();

};

#endif // MAINWINDOW_H
@

ecmanja

@#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
QMainWindow(parent),
ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
ui->setupUi(this);

ProjectListWidget *table=new ProjectListWidget(ui->widget);
table->setGeometry(0,0,750,580);
table->setColumnCount(1);
table->setRowCount(1);
table->horizontalHeader()->setDefaultSectionSize(750);
table->verticalHeader()->setDefaultSectionSize(580);
table->verticalHeader()->hide();
table->horizontalHeader()->hide();
table->setAcceptDrops(true);
setAcceptDrops(true);
table->setItem(0,0,new QTableWidgetItem("ITEM 1"));

ProjectListWidget *table2=new ProjectListWidget(ui->widget_3);
table2->setGeometry(0,0,750,580);
table2->setColumnCount(1);
table2->setRowCount(1);
table2->horizontalHeader()->setDefaultSectionSize(750);
table2->verticalHeader()->setDefaultSectionSize(580);
table2->verticalHeader()->hide();
table2->horizontalHeader()->hide();
table2->setAcceptDrops(true);
setAcceptDrops(true);
table2->setItem(0,0,new QTableWidgetItem("ITEM 2"));

ProjectListWidget *table3=new ProjectListWidget(ui->widget_4);
table3->setGeometry(0,0,750,580);
table3->setColumnCount(1);
table3->setRowCount(1);
table3->horizontalHeader()->setDefaultSectionSize(750);
table3->verticalHeader()->setDefaultSectionSize(580);
table3->verticalHeader()->hide();
table3->horizontalHeader()->hide();
table3->setAcceptDrops(true);
setAcceptDrops(true);
table3->setItem(0,0,new QTableWidgetItem("ITEM 3"));

ProjectListWidget table4=new ProjectListWidget(ui->widget_2);
//table2->setGeometry(1000,40,270,161);
table4->setColumnCount(1);
table4->setRowCount(1);
table4->verticalHeader()->setDefaultSectionSize(200);
table4->horizontalHeader()->setDefaultSectionSize(350);
table4->horizontalHeader()->hide();
table4->verticalHeader()->hide();
table4->setAcceptDrops(true);
setAcceptDrops(true);
connect(table4,SIGNAL(itemChanged(QTableWidgetItem)),this,SLOT(on_item1_changed()));

ProjectListWidget *table5=new ProjectListWidget(ui->widget_5);
//table2->setGeometry(1000,40,270,161);
table5->setColumnCount(1);
table5->setRowCount(1);
table5->verticalHeader()->setDefaultSectionSize(200);
table5->horizontalHeader()->setDefaultSectionSize(350);
table5->horizontalHeader()->hide();
table5->verticalHeader()->hide();
table5->setAcceptDrops(true);
setAcceptDrops(true);
ProjectListWidget *table6=new ProjectListWidget(ui->widget_6);
//table2->setGeometry(1000,40,270,161);
table6->setColumnCount(1);
table6->setRowCount(1);
table6->verticalHeader()->setDefaultSectionSize(200);
table6->horizontalHeader()->setDefaultSectionSize(350);
table6->horizontalHeader()->hide();
table6->verticalHeader()->hide();
table6->setAcceptDrops(true);
setAcceptDrops(true);
}

ProjectListWidget::ProjectListWidget(QWidget *parent)
: QTableWidget(parent)
{
setAcceptDrops(true);
}
void ProjectListWidget::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
{

qDebug()<<"mouse press";
QWidget::mousePressEvent(event);
    if(event->button() == Qt::LeftButton)
    {
    }

}
void ProjectListWidget::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
{
qDebug()<<"mouse move event";
if (event->buttons() & Qt::LeftButton) {
int distance = (event->pos() - startPos).manhattanLength();
if (distance >= QApplication::startDragDistance())
performDrag();
}
QTableWidget::mouseMoveEvent(event);
}
void ProjectListWidget::performDrag()
{
qDebug()<<"perform drag";
QTableWidgetItem *item = currentItem();
if (item) {
QMimeData *mimeData = new QMimeData;
mimeData->setText(item->text());

    QDrag *drag = new QDrag(this);
    drag->setMimeData(mimeData);
    QString fileName = "C:/Users/teclever/Desktop/qt-logo.jpg";
    QPixmap pic (fileName);
    drag->setPixmap(pic);
    if (drag->exec&#40;Qt::CopyAction&#41; == Qt::CopyAction)
    {
    }
}

}
void ProjectListWidget::dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent *event)
{
qDebug()<<"drag enter";
ProjectListWidget *source =
qobject_cast<ProjectListWidget *>(event->source());
if (source && source != this) {
event->setDropAction(Qt::CopyAction);
event->accept();
}
}
void ProjectListWidget::dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent *event)
{
qDebug()<<"drag move event";
ProjectListWidget *source =
qobject_cast<ProjectListWidget *>(event->source());
if (source && source != this) {
event->setDropAction(Qt::MoveAction);
setAcceptDrops(true);
event->acceptProposedAction();
}
}
@ continue

ecmanja

@#if 1
void ProjectListWidget::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event)
{

 qDebug()<<"drop event";
ProjectListWidget *source =
        qobject_cast<ProjectListWidget *>(event->source());
if (source && source != this) {
    QString str=event->mimeData()->text();
    qDebug()<<"str=="<<str;
    QTableWidgetItem *it=new QTableWidgetItem;
    setItem(0,0,new QTableWidgetItem(str));
  //  insertRow(rowCount());
    event->setDropAction(Qt::MoveAction);
    event->accept();
    event->acceptProposedAction();
    QTableWidget::dropEvent(event);

}
QTableWidget::dropEvent(event);
}
#endif
void MainWindow::on_item1_changed()
{
qDebug()<<"changed";

QMessageBox msgBox;
msgBox.setText("The document has been modified.");
msgBox.setInformativeText("Do you want to save your changes?");
msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Save | QMessageBox::Discard );
msgBox.setDefaultButton(QMessageBox::Save);
int ret = msgBox.exec&#40;&#41;;
switch (ret&#41; {
  case QMessageBox::Save:
      qDebug()<<"Save was clicked";
      break;
  case QMessageBox::Discard:
      qDebug()<<" Don't Save was clicked";
        table4->clear();
      break;
  case QMessageBox::Cancel:
      // Cancel was clicked
      break;
  default:
      // should never be reached
      break;
}

}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
delete ui;

}
@

frankiefrank

What is the exact error you get and when do you get it (when you compile? when you run?)

ecmanja

thanks for giving your time. In on_item1_changed() loop i have used qmessage box so that when item changes it ask for save and discard ,i want to clear the table if i press discard so i included
@table4->clear();@
but after running this code when i press discard i'm getting .exe not working. actually i cant able to perform any actions on table4.

ecmanja

thank you very much frankiefrank i solved the issue :)

goblin

What was the issue?

ecmanja

i have declared it twice so got that error i.e we must use only "table4" instead of "projectlistwidget *table4" in .cpp because it is already declared in .h

frankiefrank

OK, good to know.

By the way, when changing the post topic to solved, it's best to add [SOLVED] in the beginning of the title, not at the end.