how to send a signal from the DLL library implemented to the application (.exe)

[Domenico]

@Pablo-J-Rogina
just modified. thanks. what's wrong with the code?

[Christian Ehrlicher]

@Domenico said in how to send a signal from the DLL library implemented to the application (.exe):

what's wrong with the code?

You neither instantiate ApplicationGui nor you run the main event loop.

[Gerd]

@Domenico
you do connect after send.
just revert the order of lib.send()
and
QObject::connect

[Domenico]

@Christian-Ehrlicher said in how to send a signal from the DLL library implemented to the application (.exe):

You neither instantiate ApplicationGui nor you run the main event loop

sorry for ignorance what do we mean by not creating an instance nor running the main cycle of events? can you give me an example

[Domenico]

@Gerd

I tried to tidy up

QObject::connect(...)

lib.send();

and it's wrong ... if that's what you mean

[Christian Ehrlicher]

@Domenico said in how to send a signal from the DLL library implemented to the application (.exe):

can you give me an example

When you take a look at your main() you will see that you don't call QApplication::exec() and simply return - so what should happen?

[Domenico]

@Christian-Ehrlicher

so there is no need for this instance

#include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
#include "MyLib .h"
int main( int argc, char *argv[ ] )
{
    QCoreApplication a(argc,argv);
   MyLib lib;

 return true;
}

and would be fine even without main or:

#include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
#include "MyLib .h"
int main( int argc, char *argv[ ] )
{
    QCoreApplication a(argc,argv);
 return a.exec();
}

quite right?

[mrjj]

@Domenico
Hi
Yes that should do it.

However

  lib.send();  // emits signal.
 QObject::connect(&lib,&lib::sendSignal,this,&ApplicationGui::slotSignal); // then connect to signal ?

That would not trigger ApplicationGui::slotSignal
unless you call
lib.send();
again.

[Domenico]

thank you all. I solved the problem. the problem is that I made calls after having exported the function from the library DLL that is with:

extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) void send();

I imagine this way it is not connected between dlls and application gui for the use of the signal/slot.
therefore to make the use of the signal / slot work, it is sufficient to make function calls to the dll library with an instance:

MyLib lib;
lib.send();
...

thank you!

[Pablo J. Rogina]

@Domenico said in how to send a signal from the DLL library implemented to the application (.exe):

I solved the problem.

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