How to update a flag value on qpuhbutton click event ?

Rajni

Hello All ,

I want to call some function on some specific qpushbutton clicked and terminate it in between if some other button is clicked.
I want to use flag value for that.
Please help me...

jsulm

So, your function takes long to execute, right? Then you will only be able to stop it via UI if it does not block the event loop! You can for example call QCoreApplication::processEvents() periodically in your function. Then just implement a slot which sets the flag and connect it to the clicked() signal of another QPushButton.

Rajni

Thanks for your reply, but please can you give me a small example .

jsulm

void MyClass::myLongLastingMethod()
{
    flag = false;
    while(someCondition) {
        // Do something
        QCoreApplication::processEvents();
        if (flag) break;
    }
}

void MyClass::onStopButtonClicked()
{
    flag = true;
}

Rajni

Hi Jsulm , its not work in my case because i am using qWait various time in my code. so its block there .

in place of wait what can i use for delay of various second after executing one function then call another.

actually I want to execute some function sequentially after having delay of some seconds one by one.

jsulm

As I said it will only work if you don't block Qt event loop.
Blocking the event loop is usually a really bad idea and is not how Qt applications should be written.
I still don't understand why you need to wait in a function? I would recommend to redesign your application to make use of asynchronous programming.
If you really want to wait you can still use qWait but with smaller timeout in a loop and call QCoreApplication::processEvents() on each iteration.

kshegunov

@jsulm

A local event loop is an option in this case as well (instead of calling processEvents).

@Rajni said:

its not work in my case because i am using qWait various time in my code. so its block there .

You shouldn't use that at all. qWait is for unit testing, not for production code, and to top that, as @jsulm said, you don't want to block the event loop or your GUI will simply freeze. Either run your lengthy operation in a loop and call QCoreApplication::processEvents regularly, or use a local event loop to block and schedule calls through it. For example:

class SomeClass : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    Q_INVOKABLE doSomething1()
    {
        // Do stuff
        // ...
        // Schedule the next batch of work
        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, "doSomething2", Qt::QueuedConnection);
    }

    Q_INVOKABLE doSomething2()
    {
        // Do more stuff
        // ...
        // Exit the blocking local event loop
        emit finished();
    }

signals:
    void finished();
}

Used like this:

SomeClass doWorkObject;

QEventLoop loop;
QObject::connect(&doWorkObject, &SomeClass::finished, &loop, &QEventLoop::quit);

QMetaObject::invokeMethod(&doWorkObject, "doSomething1", Qt::QueuedConnection);

loop.exec(); //< Blocks until QEventLoop::quit is called.

How is best, however, really depends on exactly what you want to achieve.

Kind regards.