[Solved] Qt Networking

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For some strange reason, Qt won't allow my client to send bytes to my server unless i connect to it first.

What i mean by that is, if I'm connected to my server and try sending bytes to it, the application crashes.

But, if I'm already connected to my server, connect to it again and try sending bytes, it works.

This problem absolutely blows my mind and if someone could help me fix it, i would really appreciate it.

Headers :

mainwindow.h

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#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H

#include <QMainWindow>
#include "socket.h"

namespace Ui {
class MainWindow;
}

class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT

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

private slots:
void on_pushButton_clicked();

private:
Ui::MainWindow *ui;
};

#endif // MAINWINDOW_H
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socket.h

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#ifndef SOCKET_H
#define SOCKET_H

#include <QObject>
#include <QTcpSocket>

class socket : public QObject {
Q_OBJECT
public:
explicit socket(QObject *parent = 0);
void Connect();
void sendPackets(QByteArray);
private:
QTcpSocket *TCPsocket;

signals:

public slots:

};

#endif // SOCKET_H
@

Source :

main.cpp

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#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "socket.h"
#include <QApplication>

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

socket Chat;

Chat.Connect(); // First connection
Chat.sendPackets("hello"); // It works because i just connected to my server

return a.exec();

}
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mainwindow.cpp

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#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"

socket Chat;

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

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

void MainWindow::on_pushButton_clicked(){
// Chat.Connect(); if this part is removed, i can't send data to my server even tho i'm already connected to it
Chat.sendPackets("you"); // doesn't work for some strange reasons
}
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socket.cpp

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#include "socket.h"

socket::socket(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent) {

}

void socket::Connect(){
TCPsocket = new QTcpSocket(this);

TCPsocket->connectToHost("127.0.0.1", 2323);
TCPsocket->waitForConnected(-1);

}

void socket::sendPackets(QByteArray Packets){
TCPsocket->write(Packets);
}

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[SGaist]

Hi and welcome to devnet,

in on_pushButton_clicked() you are creating a new object Chat that is not the same as the one in main.cpp. So if you don't connect first, you'll try to use an uninitialized pointer.

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[quote author="SGaist" date="1374952628"]Hi and welcome to devnet,

in on_pushButton_clicked() you are creating a new object Chat that is not the same as the one in main.cpp. So if you don't connect first, you'll try to use an uninitialized pointer.[/quote]

Wow, it makes so much sense now.

What a noob mistake.

Thanks

[SGaist]

You're welcome !

No worry, can happen. Happy coding :)