[SOLVED] Signals and Slots beginner problem

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use
@
m_weight->value();
@
The terrible error message is telling you that you are using a "." on a pointer.

IamSumit

Just a rough code..
[quote author="Dn588" date="1396377011"]
QObject::connect(m_calculate, SIGNAL(clicked()), bmi, SLOT(calcBmi(m_weight, m_height));
[/quote]

This is wrong way,You cannot connect in such way.

[quote author="Dn588" date="1396377011"]
I connected the calculate button with the calcBmi slot from another class called bmi. How could I pass the values in the weight and height QdoubleSpinBoxes to the calcBmi slot?also if the calcBmi slot/function calculated the bmi how could I send the bmi value to the bmi QLineEdit in the bmiGui class? [/quote]

Do not make slot in bmi class.make a simple calcbmi() function in bmi class.
e.g;
QObject::connect(m_calculate, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(BtnClicked()));

void bmiGui::BtnClicked()
{
bmi obj; //make an object of bmi class
double weight = m_weight.value();
double height = m_height.value();
double result = obj.calcBmi(weight,height); //calcBmi function in bmi class that returns value after calculating
m_bmi.setText(QString::number(result));
}

[quote author="Dn588" date="1396377011"]
As far as I understand all the bmiGui widgets are private member variables of bmiGui so the bmi class doesn't have access to them? [/quote]

No this is not the reason, you are not passing gui you dealing with values.
hope it helps.

Dn588

Thanks ScotR and IamSumit I won't forget that in future:)

My calculate_clicked slot now looks like this:

@
{
bmi obj;
weight = m_weight->value();
height = m_height->value();
retVal = obj.calcBmi(weight, height);
bmi.setText(bmiVal);
}
@

Now i'm getting an error "No matching function bmi::bmi() candidates are bmi::bmi(double double) and bmi::bmi(const bmi&)
but when I instantiate bmiObj I pass weight and height as parameters which are both of type double.
Any idea what I am doing wrong?

[edit: added coding tags SGaist]

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[quote author="Dn588" date="1396455117"]

Any idea what I am doing wrong?[/quote]

You are forgetting to put your code inside of "@" signs.
I don't know what the line
@
bmi obj;
@

does. You haven't shown the definition of the type "bmi".

Dn588

Hi ScottR Sorry I completely forgot about code formatting...

My bmi class looks like this:

@

bmi.h

#ifndef BMI_H
#define BMI_H

class bmi
{
public:
bmi(double weight, double height);
double calcBmi(double weight, double height);
private:
double m_weight, m_height;
};

#endif // BMI_H

bmi.cpp

#include "bmi.h"

bmi::bmi(double weight, double height) : m_weight(weight), m_height(height)
{

}

double bmi::calcBmi(doubleweight, double height) {
return weight / (height * height);
}
@

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You want to use
@
bmi obj(weight, height);
@

I can't tell where you will get weight and height from.

I think you may be confused between the bmiGui class and the bmi class?

IamSumit

You have two choice either pass the values in constructor or in function(as i gave you code)
[quote author="Dn588" date="1396468975"]Hi ScottR Sorry I completely forgot about code formatting...

My bmi class looks like this:

@

bmi.h

#ifndef BMI_H
#define BMI_H

class bmi
{
public:
bmi(double weight, double height);
double calcBmi(double weight, double height);
private:
double m_weight, m_height;
};

#endif // BMI_H

bmi.cpp

#include "bmi.h"

bmi::bmi(double weight, double height) : m_weight(weight), m_height(height)
{

}

double bmi::calcBmi(doubleweight, double height) {
return weight / (height * height);
}
@[/quote]

Here you should use a simple constructor without parameter.
e.g;
instead of
bmi(double weight, double height); write bmi(); only
edit your code in both .h and .cpp file for simple parameterless constructor.

hope it helps

Dn588

Thanks That worked:) Now i'm getting a few error messages saying undefined reference to 'vtable for bmiGui' any idea what that means?

JohanSolo

This most probably means that your moc file is not up to date. Try to clean the project, run qmake and build again.

And be sure that your classes using signal and slots have the Q_OBJECT macro (before running qmake).

Edit: it may also be caused by a forgotten dependance in your .pro file. Could you give a more detailed compiler output?

Dn588

Thanks a lot it's working Perfectly now!.

One more thing i'm struggling to find,
when creating a layout is there any member function of QRadioButton to set a radioButton as checked by default when the program starts?

IamSumit

HI ..
Yes .Use
void setChecked(bool)
member function.
Hope it helps

Dn588

Thanks IamSumit that worked:)

Eddy

Hi,
Could you please edit your first post and prepend [solved] to it. That way others can see easily it's solved. Thanks.