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  • K koahnig

    Guest said in How can i use 2 QTimer? One is for counting and the other one is displaying:

    I want to Timer with c++ usin qt. I have one timer in my code, but the time display on the screen is slow. timer -> start(500) must update every 20 seconds i guess.

    I want to use 2 timer for it. One is for update and count the time, the other timer will display on the screen. How can i do that, I would be very happy if you can help. Here is my code for it

    #include "mainwindow.h"
    #include "ui_mainwindow.h"
    #include <QTimer>
    #include <QPushButton>
    
    
    QTimer *timer = new QTimer();
    
     QTimer *timer2 = new QTimer();
    
    int Count = 0;
    

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

    // QTimer *timer = new QTimer(this);
    //timer->start(5);

    connect(timer,
            SIGNAL(timeout()),
            this,
            SLOT(functionstart())
                );
    
    connect(timer2,
                SIGNAL(timeout()),
                this,
                SLOT(functionstart2())
                    );
    
    timer2->start(20000);
    }
    
    void MainWindow::functionStart()
    {
    
    // int count;   
    // count = ui->lcdNumber->value();
    Count++;
     }
    
    
    void MainWindow::functionStart2()
     {
     ui->lcdNumber->display(Count);
     }
    

    MainWindow::~MainWindow()
    {
    delete ui;
    }
    void MainWindow::on_pushButton_clicked()
    {
    if(timer->isActive()){
    timer->stop();
    ui->pushButton->setText("Start");
    }
    else {
    timer->start(500);
    ui->pushButton->setText("Stop");

    }
    }

    
    With minimal changes that should work in your case. 
    
    Note: Not tested brain to keyboard only ;)
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    @koahnig im new on this platform and qt. Sorry for my mistakes. I run the code but when i clicked the start it didnt count :(

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      @koahnig im new on this platform and qt. Sorry for my mistakes. I run the code but when i clicked the start it didnt count :(

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      @suslucoder

      You would need to publish all files.

      Probably your push button is not connected to the slot function.

      Vote the answer(s) that helped you to solve your issue(s)

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        I've solved to problem. Thanks a lot. What if i want to connect my timer to a chart, which is read the data from txt file and according to timer create a chart

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          I've solved to problem. Thanks a lot. What if i want to connect my timer to a chart, which is read the data from txt file and according to timer create a chart

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          mrjj
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          @suslucoder
          Hi
          You dont really connect the timer to a chart.
          You connect it to a slot.
          In that slot you can access a chart you have on your main window to add new data for it to plot.

          So the plan is to only read a line from the file each timer triggers ?
          Im asking as normally one would read whole file and plot at once so i
          wonder what the goal/task is.

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            @suslucoder
            Hi
            You dont really connect the timer to a chart.
            You connect it to a slot.
            In that slot you can access a chart you have on your main window to add new data for it to plot.

            So the plan is to only read a line from the file each timer triggers ?
            Im asking as normally one would read whole file and plot at once so i
            wonder what the goal/task is.

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            @mrjj actually i want to a real time chart. Datas can read at once. But they should add into chart in a time interval. For example, in every sec, add 20 data on chart. On, in 20 sec add 20 data to the chart. It should be real time

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              @mrjj actually i want to a real time chart. Datas can read at once. But they should add into chart in a time interval. For example, in every sec, add 20 data on chart. On, in 20 sec add 20 data to the chart. It should be real time

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              mrjj
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              @suslucoder
              Hi
              How big is this file ?

              You could read it to a StringList and then use a variable to keep track of how far into the list you are
              so each time , timer triggers, then you take next 20 from list and give to the chart.

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                @suslucoder
                Hi
                How big is this file ?

                You could read it to a StringList and then use a variable to keep track of how far into the list you are
                so each time , timer triggers, then you take next 20 from list and give to the chart.

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                @mrjj it is not so big. It has 20 or 40 line at all. Here is my reading file and creating a chart code. I have a timer but it is another project. I cannot create a connection between them :(

                #include <QtWidgets/QApplication>
                #include <QtWidgets/QMainWindow>
                #include <QtCharts/QChartView>
                #include <QtCharts/QLineSeries>
                #include <QtCore/QDateTime>
                #include <QtCharts/QDateTimeAxis>
                #include <QtCore/QFile>
                #include <QtCore/QTextStream>
                #include <QtCore/QDebug>
                #include <QtCharts/QValueAxis>
                #include <QQueue>
                
                QT_CHARTS_USE_NAMESPACE
                
                int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                {
                    QApplication a(argc, argv);  //QApplication ana olay döngüsünü içeren bir QT sınıfıdır. Bu kodu çağırdığımızda, yapıcısını argc ve argv olarak çağırıp
                                                 //yeni bir nesne oluşturuyoruz.
                
                
                    QLineSeries *series = new QLineSeries(); //
                
                
                
                    QFile sunSpots(":sun");
                    if (!sunSpots.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
                        return 1;
                    }
                
                    QTextStream stream(&sunSpots);
                    while (!stream.atEnd()) {
                        QString line = stream.readLine(); //satır satır okuma yap
                        if (line.startsWith("#") || line.startsWith(":")) //# veya : ile başlayıyorsa devam et, hiçbir şey yapma
                            continue;
                        QStringList values = line.split(QLatin1Char(' '), Qt::SkipEmptyParts); //boşlukları ayırıyor ve atıyor
                        QDateTime momentInTime;
                        momentInTime.setDate(QDate(values[0].toInt(), values[1].toInt() , 15)); //?
                        qDebug()<< momentInTime;
                        series->append(momentInTime.toMSecsSinceEpoch(), values[2].toDouble());
                    }
                    sunSpots.close(); //açtığımız txt dosyasını kapat
                
                
                    QChart *chart = new QChart(); //bir chart oluşturabilmek için QChart sınıfından bir instace oluşturuyoruz.
                    chart->addSeries(series); //dosyadan okuduğumuz verileri chart'a ekliyoruz.
                    chart->legend()->hide();  //show ile de olur, set,
                    chart->setTitle("Sunspots count (by Space Weather Prediction Center)");
                
                
                
                  QDateTimeAxis *axisX = new QDateTimeAxis; //eksenleri ayarlıyoruz. QLineSeries
                  axisX->setTickCount(10); //x ekseninde gösterilecek veri sayısı.
                  axisX->setFormat("MMM yyyy"); //format ay ve yıl olacak.
                  axisX->setTitleText("Date"); //x ekseninin altndaki başlık date olacak.
                  chart->addAxis(axisX, Qt::AlignBottom);
                 series->attachAxis(axisX); //seriye eklediğimiz bilgileri x eksenine koyuyoruz.
                
                 QValueAxis *axisY = new QValueAxis;
                 axisY->setLabelFormat("%i");
                  axisY->setTitleText("Sunspots count");
                  chart->addAxis(axisY, Qt::AlignLeft);
                 series->attachAxis(axisY);
                
                   QChartView *chartView = new QChartView(chart);
                  chartView->setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);
                
                
                
                  QMainWindow window;
                    window.setCentralWidget(chartView);
                   window.resize(820, 600);
                   window.show();
                
                
                    return a.exec();
                }
                
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                  mrjj
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                  Hi
                  Well you already read the file and add the data.
                  in
                  series->append(momentInTime.toMSecsSinceEpoch(), values[2].toDouble());

                  so instead of this, you want to do it in steps ?

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                    yes, exactly

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                    • D deleted286

                      yes, exactly

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                      mrjj
                      Lifetime Qt Champion
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                      @suslucoder
                      Hi
                      Well then instead of appending to the series object,
                      then make a list and add to that list instead.
                      So we read file to a list.
                      do you know std::vector ?

                      Then make a new timer and connect to a lambda slot .
                      in the slot, you call series->append to add the data in steps.
                      make sure you dont run out of list end.

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                      • mrjjM mrjj

                        @suslucoder
                        Hi
                        Well then instead of appending to the series object,
                        then make a list and add to that list instead.
                        So we read file to a list.
                        do you know std::vector ?

                        Then make a new timer and connect to a lambda slot .
                        in the slot, you call series->append to add the data in steps.
                        make sure you dont run out of list end.

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                        do you know std::vector ?
                        I dont know but im trying to do this.
                        Thank you

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                          do you know std::vector ?
                          I dont know but im trying to do this.
                          Thank you

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                          mrjj
                          Lifetime Qt Champion
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                          @suslucoder
                          Hi
                          well i was thinking something like

                          struct Data {
                          qint64 timestamp;
                          double value;
                          };
                          
                          std::vector<Data> thelist;
                          

                          would allow you to store what you now add directly.
                          i mean this line
                          series->append(momentInTime.toMSecsSinceEpoch(), values[2].toDouble());

                          Im only guessing since you seems to read timestamp from file too. but not sure what you do with momentInTime variable.

                          Once in a list, you can take data from that and add step by step.

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                            @suslucoder
                            Hi
                            well i was thinking something like

                            struct Data {
                            qint64 timestamp;
                            double value;
                            };
                            
                            std::vector<Data> thelist;
                            

                            would allow you to store what you now add directly.
                            i mean this line
                            series->append(momentInTime.toMSecsSinceEpoch(), values[2].toDouble());

                            Im only guessing since you seems to read timestamp from file too. but not sure what you do with momentInTime variable.

                            Once in a list, you can take data from that and add step by step.

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                            @mrjj I will try

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                              @mrjj I will try

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                              mrjj
                              Lifetime Qt Champion
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                              @suslucoder
                              Ok so instead fo this line
                              series->append(momentInTime.toMSecsSinceEpoch(), values[2].toDouble());
                              you do
                              Data tmp;
                              tmp.timestamp = momentInTime.toMSecsSinceEpoch();
                              tmp.value = values[2].toDouble();
                              thelist.push_back(tmp);

                              To store in list.

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