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  • C ChrisW67

    @Kent-Dorfman said in pointer paramters c++:

    I dont remebmer if pointers are registered with the MOC metadata system as allowable params in signals,

    Signals sending pointers exist in the standard API, e.g. QApplication::focusChanged(), so it has to be possible to create a matching slot.

    @hye2 You should be seeing a run time message regarding failure to make the connection.

    If you wish to marshal a pointer then surely it should look like this:

    // old style
    connect(
      button, SIGNAL(clicked(CurrentState*,char)), 
      this,   SLOT(on_button_clicked(CurrentState*,char))
    );
    

    Of course, "button" has to have a signal declared with a pointer and emit that signal with a pointer.

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    @ChrisW67

    Sorry it doesn't work...
    The build works, but the value doesn't connect..

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      @ChrisW67

      Sorry it doesn't work...
      The build works, but the value doesn't connect..

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      @hye2 said in pointer paramters c++:

      The build works, but the value doesn't connect.

      Then there should be warnings in terminal at runtime.
      But you should switch to new Qt5 connect syntax, so you will get compiler error if your connect is wrong.

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        @ChrisW67

        Sorry it doesn't work...
        The build works, but the value doesn't connect..

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        @hye2 what type is button ? does it actually have a signal clicked with arguments ?


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          mainwindow.cpp
          
          mainwindow::mainwindow(Qwidget *parent) : QmainWindow(parent), ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
          {
          ui ->setupUi(this);
          QpushButton *button = new Qpushbutton("button");
          connect(button, SIGNAL(clicked(CurrentState*,char)), this,   SLOT(on_button_clicked(CurrentState*,char)));
          }
          
          MainWindow::~MainWindow()
          {
          delete ui;
          }
          
          void MainWindow::on_button_clicked(CurrentState *state,char number)
          {
          ui->button->setText(state->value);
          }
          
          mainwindow.h
          
          ~~
          public slots:
          void on_button_clicked(CurrentState *state,char number);
          

          Here is my code,,

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            mainwindow.cpp
            
            mainwindow::mainwindow(Qwidget *parent) : QmainWindow(parent), ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
            {
            ui ->setupUi(this);
            QpushButton *button = new Qpushbutton("button");
            connect(button, SIGNAL(clicked(CurrentState*,char)), this,   SLOT(on_button_clicked(CurrentState*,char)));
            }
            
            MainWindow::~MainWindow()
            {
            delete ui;
            }
            
            void MainWindow::on_button_clicked(CurrentState *state,char number)
            {
            ui->button->setText(state->value);
            }
            
            mainwindow.h
            
            ~~
            public slots:
            void on_button_clicked(CurrentState *state,char number);
            

            Here is my code,,

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            @hye2 said in pointer paramters c++:

            QpushButton

            QPushButton has no such signal!
            Please read documentation: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractbutton.html#clicked

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              @hye2 said in pointer paramters c++:

              QpushButton

              QPushButton has no such signal!
              Please read documentation: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractbutton.html#clicked

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              @jsulm said in pointer paramters c++:

              QPushButton has no such signal!

              oh.. you mean..
              I have to use void QAbstractButton::clicked(bool checked = false) this..? sorry

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                @jsulm said in pointer paramters c++:

                QPushButton has no such signal!

                oh.. you mean..
                I have to use void QAbstractButton::clicked(bool checked = false) this..? sorry

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                @hye2 You can only use signals which exist. If you want to pass additional parameters to your slot switch to Qt5 connect syntax and use a lambda as slot.

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                  @hye2 You can only use signals which exist. If you want to pass additional parameters to your slot switch to Qt5 connect syntax and use a lambda as slot.

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                  @jsulm

                  I see. Can you help me a little?... I've never used Lambda before...

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                    @jsulm

                    I see. Can you help me a little?... I've never used Lambda before...

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                    @hye2
                    Search https://wiki.qt.io/New_Signal_Slot_Syntax and https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/signalsandslots.html for lambda to see a couple of examples. Otherwise lambdas are a feature of C++ nothing to do with Qt, you can look them up in a C++ reference/tutorial. And while you are here stop using your old style SIGNAL/SLOT() macros and switch over the new style connect()s.

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                      @hye2
                      Search https://wiki.qt.io/New_Signal_Slot_Syntax and https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/signalsandslots.html for lambda to see a couple of examples. Otherwise lambdas are a feature of C++ nothing to do with Qt, you can look them up in a C++ reference/tutorial. And while you are here stop using your old style SIGNAL/SLOT() macros and switch over the new style connect()s.

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                      @JonB

                      Thank you! :)

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                        @hye2
                        Search https://wiki.qt.io/New_Signal_Slot_Syntax and https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/signalsandslots.html for lambda to see a couple of examples. Otherwise lambdas are a feature of C++ nothing to do with Qt, you can look them up in a C++ reference/tutorial. And while you are here stop using your old style SIGNAL/SLOT() macros and switch over the new style connect()s.

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                        @JonB

                        [](CurrentState *state, char number){ //something }

                        it is right..?

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                          @JonB

                          [](CurrentState *state, char number){ //something }

                          it is right..?

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                          @hye2 said in pointer paramters c++:

                          [](CurrentState *state, char number){ //something }

                          Yes, that is the right syntax:

                          • Inside the [...] you pass any context/local variables from where you are defining the lambda that you want the lambda to have access to, if any.
                          • Inside the (...) you declare the parameters which the signal passes to the slot, if any.

                          For example, a slot for QLineEdit::textChanged(const QString &text) signal applied to a whole bunch of QLineEdits where we want to know which one was changed, as well as the new text:

                          for (QLineEdit *lineEdit : bunchOfLineEdits)
                              connect(lineEdit, &QLineEdit::textChanged, [lineEdit](const QString &text) { qDebug() << lineEdit->objectName() << text; });
                          
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                            @hye2 said in pointer paramters c++:

                            [](CurrentState *state, char number){ //something }

                            Yes, that is the right syntax:

                            • Inside the [...] you pass any context/local variables from where you are defining the lambda that you want the lambda to have access to, if any.
                            • Inside the (...) you declare the parameters which the signal passes to the slot, if any.

                            For example, a slot for QLineEdit::textChanged(const QString &text) signal applied to a whole bunch of QLineEdits where we want to know which one was changed, as well as the new text:

                            for (QLineEdit *lineEdit : bunchOfLineEdits)
                                connect(lineEdit, &QLineEdit::textChanged, [lineEdit](const QString &text) { qDebug() << lineEdit->objectName() << text; });
                            
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                            @JonB

                            Ok like this..?

                            mainwindow.cpp

                            QpushButton *button = new Qpushbutton("button");
                            connect(button, Qpushbutton::clicked,[button](CurrentState *state, char number){ //somthing } );
                            
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                              @JonB

                              [](CurrentState *state, char number){ //something }

                              it is right..?

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                              @hye2 said in pointer paramters c++:

                              [](CurrentState *state, char number){ //something }
                              it is right..?

                              Well, the syntax is right for a lambda. However, in the context of what you are trying to achieve it will not help. QPushButton has a signal clicked(bool). So, your 'slot' (which will be the lambda in this case) has to have a bool as parameter or no parameter at all (you can drop parameters from the end of the function call when using slots).

                              I assume that state and number are member variables of your class. In this case you need to capture this inside the lambda to have access to these. The lambda you are most likely looking for is [this](){ on_button_clicked(state, number); }.

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                                I'm getting the feeling, you're trying to run before you can crawl.

                                why don't you simply subclass QPushButton, add the signal you want and emit it where and when you want it, with the parameters you specified.


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                                  @JonB

                                  Ok like this..?

                                  mainwindow.cpp

                                  QpushButton *button = new Qpushbutton("button");
                                  connect(button, Qpushbutton::clicked,[button](CurrentState *state, char number){ //somthing } );
                                  
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                                  @hye2

                                  connect(button, Qpushbutton::clicked,[button](CurrentState *state, char number){ //somthing } );

                                  • You only need to pass [button] if you will wish to access button in your { ... } lambda body code, else it's not needed.

                                  • QPushbutton::clicked, [...](CurrentState *state, char number) cannot be right because the signature for the signal is void QAbstractButton::clicked(bool checked = false), and you cannot alter that fact. You can add further parameters to the slot in the lambda's [...], but you cannot alter what is inside the (...) unless you define your own signal which passes extra/different parameters. So where exactly do your CurrentState *state, char number come from?

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                                      @hye2 said in pointer paramters c++:

                                      It come from other cpp(inside project) for connect to device

                                      That does not mean much to me. What does it have to do with the QPushButton::clicked signal? Why/how does it get passed from a signal to your slot? Can your connect() statement "see" these variables? Or are these variables just as "visible" to your slot code? You need to understand this in order for you or anybody else to answer what you will need, saying "My boss wants to create a Gui using the existing code.." won't help....

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                                        @hye2 said in pointer paramters c++:

                                        It come from other cpp(inside project) for connect to device

                                        That does not mean much to me. What does it have to do with the QPushButton::clicked signal? Why/how does it get passed from a signal to your slot? Can your connect() statement "see" these variables? Or are these variables just as "visible" to your slot code? You need to understand this in order for you or anybody else to answer what you will need, saying "My boss wants to create a Gui using the existing code.." won't help....

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                                        Oh, you asked me that. I got it wrong.

                                        State is to get a value from the machine's current state, so when you click on a button, it sends a value to another function and prints the changed state value back on the label, and the number is to get the current machine's number.

                                        So I tried to use state, number

                                        Here is my sample code

                                        void MainWindow::on_button_clicked(Secret *secret, CurrentState *state, char number)
                                        {
                                        double value;
                                        Qstring value1;
                                        value1 = ui ->valueLine -> text();
                                        value = value1.toDouble();
                                        
                                        char i;
                                        quency(&secret[0], value);
                                        for(i = 0; i <number; i++){
                                        }
                                             ui -> Name -> setText(state->quency_value);
                                        }
                                        

                                        Before I tried to get the value elsewhere, but I gave up because I couldn't use state

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                                          Oh, you asked me that. I got it wrong.

                                          State is to get a value from the machine's current state, so when you click on a button, it sends a value to another function and prints the changed state value back on the label, and the number is to get the current machine's number.

                                          So I tried to use state, number

                                          Here is my sample code

                                          void MainWindow::on_button_clicked(Secret *secret, CurrentState *state, char number)
                                          {
                                          double value;
                                          Qstring value1;
                                          value1 = ui ->valueLine -> text();
                                          value = value1.toDouble();
                                          
                                          char i;
                                          quency(&secret[0], value);
                                          for(i = 0; i <number; i++){
                                          }
                                               ui -> Name -> setText(state->quency_value);
                                          }
                                          

                                          Before I tried to get the value elsewhere, but I gave up because I couldn't use state

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                                          @hye2

                                          State is to get a value from the machine's current state

                                          I'm afraid this isn't clear enough to give you an answer. What does this have to do with the button, or clicking it? Do you have multiple buttons each of which each are (somehow) associated with a different machine/state? Or do you only have one machine state regardless of button? Or what?

                                          [This post made before you showed code, looking at that now...]

                                          Your code does not help answer the question. It shows your "desired" slot behaviour, but that is not what matters. You are not explaining where the parameters you show this slot taking come from, whether they vary per button etc. I cannot keep asking for clarification on that, so I cannot tell you how to write the signal/slot/lambda till that is clear....

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