Declaration of function and use it

[jsulm]

@gauravsharma0190 That's why I'm asking for the code! Without it I cannot find the problem as well.

[gauravsharma0190]

So please tell me what i send you sir.
i give you my all the code .
Now please tell me only that how to invoke code when i click the button

[jsulm]

@gauravsharma0190 I already said that: mainwindow.h and mainwindow.cpp
I provided you a link where you can learn how signals and slots in Qt work, here it is again: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5.7/signalsandslots.html
Please read it! Else you will not be able to use Qt much - signals/slots is one of the most important concepts in Qt.
Short description: QPushButton has a signal clicked() (see http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractbutton.html#clicked). This signal is emitted when user presses the button. You need to connect a slot to that signal, then this slot will be called when you press the button.

[jsulm]

@gauravsharma0190 A small example application with a button:

// main.cpp
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include <QApplication>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);
    MainWindow w;
    w.show();

    return a.exec();
}

// mainwindow.h
#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H

#include <QMainWindow>

namespace Ui {
class MainWindow;
}

class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
    ~MainWindow();

private slots:
    void doSomethingWhenButtonPressed(bool);

private:
    Ui::MainWindow *ui;
};

#endif // MAINWINDOW_H

// mainwindow.cpp
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"

#include <QDebug>

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

    connect(ui->pushButton, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(doSomethingWhenButtonPressed(bool)));
}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
    delete ui;
}

void MainWindow::doSomethingWhenButtonPressed(bool)
{
    qDebug() << "Button pressed!";
}

[gauravsharma0190]

@jsulm
i got it tht how to use push button.
using connect i know it because i did it with my code.
but i want to know how to declare and defination of function in qt and use these in pushbutton.
Like we do in c as declare and defination of function and use it main()
as in c++ declare and defination and use it in main function or classes.
please give me a simple example or link.

like

[jsulm]

@gauravsharma0190 I don't understand the problem. Qt is not a programming language. You use C++ with qt. So you define and use your function/method as any other function/method in C++.
I already gave you an example showing how to use a push button to execute a method when the button is clicked. Isn't that what you want to do?
Please explain what is the problem! Maybe some code?

[mrjj]

@gauravsharma0190

Hi
As @jsulm says, its a bit unclear what you ask.
You can use functions just like you would in c, but in c++ gui program,
normally main is the not the center of the application. QMainwindow is or some other class.
Maybe this helps:

//--------------------
//std c program
//--------------------
void myfunc() {};

void main() {
  myfunc();
}

//--------------------
//c++ function being a class member ( lives in class)
//--------------------
class Mainwindow {
 public:
  void myfunc();
};
(in cpp)
Mainwindow::myfunc() {
  //code
}
//--------------------
//c++ with "outside" function ( non member function)
//--------------------
(in .h)
void outsidefunc(); // define

class Mainwindow {
 public:
  void myfunc();
};
(in cpp)

void outsidefunc() { // implement
}

Mainwindow::myfunc() {
  outsidefunc();
}

[gauravsharma0190]

Yes sir see i have a c code of opencv which process the image.
Now my problem is i want to use this code with qt as when button is pressed my push button calls the function of that C code in which main part of Process is defined.
Here is the C code.
#include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"
#include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

using namespace cv;

/// Global variables

Mat src, src_gray;
Mat dst, detected_edges;

int edgeThresh = 1;
int lowThreshold;
int const max_lowThreshold = 100;
int ratio = 3;
int kernel_size = 3;
char* window_name = "Edge Map";

/**

• @function CannyThreshold
• @brief Trackbar callback - Canny thresholds input with a ratio 1:3
  /
  void CannyThreshold(int, void)
  {
  /// Reduce noise with a kernel 3x3
  blur( src_gray, detected_edges, Size(3,3) );

/// Canny detector
Canny( detected_edges, detected_edges, lowThreshold, lowThreshold*ratio, kernel_size );

/// Using Canny's output as a mask, we display our result
dst = Scalar::all(0);

src.copyTo( dst, detected_edges);
imshow( window_name, dst );
}

/** @function main /
int main( int argc, char* argv )
{
/// Load an image
src = imread( argv[1] );

if( !src.data )
{ return -1; }

/// Create a matrix of the same type and size as src (for dst)
dst.create( src.size(), src.type() );

/// Convert the image to grayscale
cvtColor( src, src_gray, CV_BGR2GRAY );

/// Create a window
namedWindow( window_name, CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );

/// Create a Trackbar for user to enter threshold
createTrackbar( "Min Threshold:", window_name, &lowThreshold, max_lowThreshold, CannyThreshold );

/// Show the image
CannyThreshold(0, 0);

/// Wait until user exit program by pressing a key
waitKey(0);

return 0;
}
Now i make a Push button Name Process_image in MainWindow.ui and connect to slot as clicked() by right clicking of mouse.
here comes the slot to mainwindow.cpp
void mainwidow::Process_image_clicke()
{
}
Now i don't understand how to make function of my C code and use it in Pusebutton.

[mrjj]

well you should make a pair of .h and .cpp files for the opencv stuff
lets call it myopenvc.h and myopenvc.cpp

in h. you can declare the function u want rest of program to use

void setupOPENVC();

and in .cpp

void setupOPENVC() {
// the code from the old c- main. !
src = imread( argv[1] );
xxxx
}

then in Mainwindow.cpp
#include "myopencv.h"

and now u can call your function
void mainwidow::Process_image_clicke()
{
setupOPENVC();
}

ps:
In event driven programs. ( like Qt)
stuff like
waitKey(0);
or FOREVER loops are not to be used as it
will freeze the program and it stops working.

[gauravsharma0190]

@mrjj Hello i did it sir.
but error occurs.

[gauravsharma0190]

@jsulm Yes sir see i have a c code of opencv which process the image.
Now my problem is i want to use this code with qt as when button is pressed my push button calls the function of that C code in which main part of Process is defined.
Here is the C code.
#include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"
#include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

using namespace cv;

/// Global variables

Mat src, src_gray;
Mat dst, detected_edges;

int edgeThresh = 1;
int lowThreshold;
int const max_lowThreshold = 100;
int ratio = 3;
int kernel_size = 3;
char* window_name = "Edge Map";

/**

@function CannyThreshold
@brief Trackbar callback - Canny thresholds input with a ratio 1:3
/
void CannyThreshold(int, void)
{
/// Reduce noise with a kernel 3x3
blur( src_gray, detected_edges, Size(3,3) );
/// Canny detector
Canny( detected_edges, detected_edges, lowThreshold, lowThreshold*ratio, kernel_size );

/// Using Canny's output as a mask, we display our result
dst = Scalar::all(0);

src.copyTo( dst, detected_edges);
imshow( window_name, dst );
}

/** @function main /
int main( int argc, char* argv )
{
/// Load an image
src = imread( argv[1] );

if( !src.data )
{ return -1; }

/// Create a matrix of the same type and size as src (for dst)
dst.create( src.size(), src.type() );

/// Convert the image to grayscale
cvtColor( src, src_gray, CV_BGR2GRAY );

/// Create a window
namedWindow( window_name, CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );

/// Create a Trackbar for user to enter threshold
createTrackbar( "Min Threshold:", window_name, &lowThreshold, max_lowThreshold, CannyThreshold );

/// Show the image
CannyThreshold(0, 0);

/// Wait until user exit program by pressing a key
waitKey(0);

return 0;
}
Now i make a Push button Name Process_image in MainWindow.ui and connect to slot as clicked() by right clicking of mouse.
here comes the slot to mainwindow.cpp
void mainwidow::Process_image_clicke()
{
}
Now i don't understand how to make function of my C code and use it in Pusebutton.

[jsulm]

@gauravsharma0190 Well, you can put that C code in

void mainwidow::Process_image_clicke()
{
    // Put C code here
}

But I'm not sure whether you should remove waitKey(0); as it could be problematic in a Qt program.

[gauravsharma0190]

@jsulm
i put it into Process_image_click()
{
//code
}
but error occurs.
as ontrackball function not declare

[jsulm]

@gauravsharma0190 What is ontrackball? Where is it declared? Do you have to include a header file where it is declared?

[gauravsharma0190]

Yes it is function which is declare in the Opencv C code.
Here is the function.
@brief Trackbar callback - Canny thresholds input with a ratio 1:3
/
void onTrackball(int, void)
{
/// Reduce noise with a kernel 3x3
blur( src_gray, detected_edges, Size(3,3) );
/// Canny detector
Canny( detected_edges, detected_edges, lowThreshold, lowThreshold*ratio, kernel_size );

/// Using Canny's output as a mask, we display our result
dst = Scalar::all(0);

src.copyTo( dst, detected_edges);
imshow( window_name, dst );
}

[gauravsharma0190]

@jsulm Yes it is function which is declare in the Opencv C code.
Here is the function.
@brief Trackbar callback - Canny thresholds input with a ratio 1:3
/
void onTrackball(int, void)
{
/// Reduce noise with a kernel 3x3
blur( src_gray, detected_edges, Size(3,3) );
/// Canny detector
Canny( detected_edges, detected_edges, lowThreshold, lowThreshold*ratio, kernel_size );

/// Using Canny's output as a mask, we display our result
dst = Scalar::all(0);

src.copyTo( dst, detected_edges);
imshow( window_name, dst );
}

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[jsulm]

@gauravsharma0190 Where is this function declared? In which header file? "function not declared" means the function is not known. You have to make it visible including the header file. It is the same story as in C.

[gauravsharma0190]

@jsulm i Declare it in mainwindow.h
file as void onTrackball.
and i will send you all my code which i did .

[gauravsharma0190]

@jsulm
Here i am sending you my all code.
**

• /////main.cpp///**
  #include "mainwindow.h"
  #include <QApplication>
  #include<QSplashScreen>
  #include<QTimer>
  #include<opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>
  #include<opencv2/core/core.hpp>
  #include<opencv2/opencv.hpp>
  using namespace cv;
  using namespace std;
  int main(int argc, char *argv[])
  {

  QApplication a(argc, argv);
  QSplashScreen *splash =new QSplashScreen;
  splash->setPixmap(QPixmap("/home/pi/Desktop/ceeri1.jpg"));
  splash->show();

  MainWindow w;
  QTimer::singleShot(3500,splash,SLOT(close()));

  QTimer::singleShot(3500,&w,SLOT(show()));

  //w.show();

  return a.exec();
  }
  ////mainwindow.h
  #ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
  #define MAINWINDOW_H

#include <QMainWindow>
//using namespace cv;
namespace Ui {
class MainWindow;
}

class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT

public:
explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
~MainWindow();

private slots:
void showTime();

void on_pushButton_5_clicked();

void onTrackball_clicked(int,void*);

private:
Ui::MainWindow *ui;
};

#endif // MAINWINDOW_H
///mainwindow.c

#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
#include<opencv2/opencv.hpp>
#include <opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>
#include <opencv2/core/core.hpp>
#include<QFileDialog>
#include<QMessageBox>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include<time.h>
#include<QTimer>
#include<QDateTime>
using namespace cv;
using namespace std;
MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
QMainWindow(parent),
ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
QTimer *timer=new QTimer(this);
connect(timer,SIGNAL(timeout()),this,SLOT(showTime()));
timer->start();
QDateTime dateTime=QDateTime::currentDateTime();
QString datetimetext=dateTime.toString();
ui->DateTime->setText(datetimetext);

}
////////Time///////////////
void MainWindow:: showTime()
{
QTime time=QTime::currentTime();
QString time_text=time.toString("hh : mm : ss");
if((time.second() % 2)==0)
{
time_text[3] =' ';
time_text[8] =' ';
}
ui->Digital->setText(time_text);

}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
delete ui;
}

void MainWindow::on_pushButton_4_clicked()
{

}

void MainWindow::on_pushButton_5_clicked()
{
QString filename=QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(
this,
tr("Open file") ,
"/home/pi/Desktop",
tr("All files(*.png *.jpg)"));

QMessageBox::information(this,tr("Filename"),filename);
if(QString::compare(filename,QString())!=0)
{
    QImage image;
    bool valid=image.load(filename);
    if(valid)
    {
        image=image.scaledToWidth(ui->Picture->width(),Qt::SmoothTransformation);
        ui->Picture->setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(image));

    }

void MainWindow::onTrackball_clicked(int,void*)
{
//Here wite the all function//
///Now how to put this code in this.

////////This is the code i have to input in this push button////
Mat src, src_gray;
Mat dst, detected_edges;

int edgeThresh = 1;
int lowThreshold;
int const max_lowThreshold = 100;
int ratio = 3;
int kernel_size = 3;
char* window_name = "Edge Map";

/**

@function CannyThreshold
@brief Trackbar callback - Canny thresholds input with a ratio 1:3
/
void CannyThreshold(int, void)
{
/// Reduce noise with a kernel 3x3
blur( src_gray, detected_edges, Size(3,3) );
/// Canny detector
Canny( detected_edges, detected_edges, lowThreshold, lowThreshold*ratio, kernel_size );

/// Using Canny's output as a mask, we display our result
dst = Scalar::all(0);

src.copyTo( dst, detected_edges);
imshow( window_name, dst );
}

/** @function main /
int main( int argc, char* argv )
{
/// Load an image
src = imread( argv[1] );

if( !src.data )
{ return -1; }

/// Create a matrix of the same type and size as src (for dst)
dst.create( src.size(), src.type() );

/// Convert the image to grayscale
cvtColor( src, src_gray, CV_BGR2GRAY );

/// Create a window
namedWindow( window_name, CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );

/// Create a Trackbar for user to enter threshold
createTrackbar( "Min Threshold:", window_name, &lowThreshold, max_lowThreshold, CannyThreshold );

/// Show the image
CannyThreshold(0, 0);

/// Wait until user exit program by pressing a key
waitKey(0);

return 0;
}

}
}

[jsulm]

Sorry, but the code you posted is invalid C/C++! First of all: why do you have 2 main functions?
Why did you put other functions inside void MainWindow::onTrackball_clicked(int,void*)? This is not going to compile and I'm not going to fix it for you. How familiar are you actually with C/C++?
What you have to do is: do not put the C function definitions inside void MainWindow::onTrackball_clicked(int,void*), instead put them inside another source code file and header, include the header file in MainWindow and then call the functions in void MainWindow::onTrackball_clicked(int,void*). As an alternative you can have those C functions in MainWindow.cpp but not inside void MainWindow::onTrackball_clicked(int,void*) !