HOw to display new windows

ifewalter

I created a new project myProject, and added a button to formA. I added another qt ui class FormB which created .ui .cpp and .h
 What i did is tried to do was display the second formB to the user with the code below, using similar java experience.

This worked seemingly fine on the simulator(compiled without errors and ran). But when i tried executing on real symbian device, compiler gives
 
 undeclared reference formB::formB(QWidget*).
 
 Please, is there anything i'm doing wrong, or is there a better way to do this. Assuming formA is a login for that displays formB, after clicking an OK button.

If it helps, here are the classes for the two files

formA.h

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#ifndef FORMA_H
#define FORMA_H

#include <QMainWindow>

#include <formb.h>

namespace Ui {
class forma;

}

class forma : public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT

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

private:
Ui::forma *ui;

private slots:

void on_formbButton_clicked();
void on_unlockButton_clicked();

};

#endif // FORMA_H

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forma.cpp

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#include "forma.h"
#include "ui_forma.h"
#include "formb.h"

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

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

void forma::on_unlockButton_clicked()
{
this->close();
}

void forma::on_iceButton_clicked()
{
formb *j = new formb();

j->showMaximized();

}
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formb.h

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#ifndef FORMB_H
#define FORMB_H

#include <QWidget>

namespace Ui {
class formb;
}

class formb : public QWidget
{
Q_OBJECT

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

private:
Ui::formb *ui;
};

#endif // FORMB_H

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formb.cpp

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#include "formb.h"
#include "ui_formb.h"

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

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

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main.cpp

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#include <QtGui/QApplication>
#include "forma.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication a(argc, argv);
forma w;
#if defined(Q_WS_S60)
w.showFullScreen();
#else
w.show();
#endif

return a.exec(&#41;;

}

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If you need any other information, i'll be glad to respond.
THanks

[EDIT: fixed code formatting + list/bold; the smileys are worked on, Volker]

Zlatomir

In forma.h you declare two slots:
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private slots:
void on_formbButton_clicked();
void on_unlockButton_clicked();
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And in forma.cpp you define (the one that should open the form) with another name:
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void forma:: on_iceButton_clicked(){
//....
}
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Also you don't give a parent to formb (and that j pointer goes out of scope after you call the method == leak, i think i already told you that on forum.Nokia?)

ifewalter

yeah you did. but really cant you just cook up a quick example on how to do this? but i've really tried and i get same compilation error...please :( help me out here

Zlatomir

Well we can, but you won't really learn from that, i think it is more important that we explain stuff and you correct your code, do you agree with me?

So, as i said in forum.nokia, the compilation problem is not with two forms, it's all about the forma class, which has undefined slots/member functions:

I tried to explain, i will try to repeat the explanation, and please try to read and apply what we say.

So in class froma.h you declare two slots:
@private slots:
void on_formbButton_clicked(); //this one is not defined in the forma.cpp file
void on_unlockButton_clicked(); //this one is OK... it is defined in .cpp file and it close the first window
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And it forma.cpp you have the following code, that is supposed to open the second form, but this name void forma:: on_iceButton_clicked() it is not declared so the C++ compiler can't recognize it

So figure the name of the button that you want to open the second form and then use the same name for declaration and definition too.

ifewalter

now that has been corrected. same compilation error

undefined reference to formb::formb(QWidget*)

now maybe we address the mem. leak issue, could that be the cause?
the the parent thing. can you give any hint?

Zlatomir

formb class seems ok

So try from the Build menu: Clean All, Run qmake then Rebuild

Or manually delete the auto-generated files then rebuild.

And you can give the parent too, like this:
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void forma:: on_ButtonName_clicked()
{
formb *j = new formb(this); //the forma will be the parent of formb

j->showMaximized();

}
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ifewalter

you know funny thing is i've tried that parenting suggestion you justst gav, but it gave same error. I'll try the build thing again when i get home.

Or maybe just reinstall qt. I the vode is seemingly ok.
But that will be when i get home. I'm currently in transit from school.

Zlatomir

You don't need to reinstall Qt, that won't solve the problem
Also the parent isn't a solution for this compile error

If you give a parent you will also need to tell Qt that you want formb to be a new window, this is because your formb inherits from QWidget and not from QMainWindow or QDialog.
So complete code for slot is:
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void forma:: on_ButtonName_clicked()
{
formb *j = new formb(this);
j->setWindowFlags(Qt::Window); //this way you show your QWidget as a new window and pass a parent

j->showMaximized();

}
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Put something inside formb and see without that line where it will appear

ifewalter

thank you. I'll be sure to try that too and let you know what happens

goetz

Are formb.h and formb.cpp added to your project file?

The error message

bq. undeclared reference formB::formB(QWidget*).

leads me to the guess that formb.cpp is not compiled at all.

You can post your .pro file, we can check.

ifewalter

tried all the above, same problem. Thanks guys. I'll like to concentrate my efforts on something else for now.

goetz

Your setup is broken, the classes you have showed us are not complete (and erroneous too - wrong destructor name in forma.h). There's no chance to solve the problem from here.

Good luck with your further debugging efforts.

TioRoy

Same problem here. Simulator build/run ok and Device build not.

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void MainWindow::on_actionAbout_triggered()
{
DialogAbout about(this);
about.exec();
}
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My .pro:

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#-------------------------------------------------

Project created by QtCreator 2011-02-07T21:00:21

#-------------------------------------------------

QT += core gui

TARGET = QTBible
TEMPLATE = app

SOURCES += main.cpp dialogabout.cpp mainwindow.cpp

HEADERS += dialogabout.h
mainwindow.h

FORMS += dialogabout.ui
mainwindow.ui

OTHER_FILES +=
Welcome.html
Notes.txt

RESOURCES +=
resources.qrc

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TioRoy

ifewalter,

I was searching into log to discover some issue and found this:

@Configuration unchanged, skipping qmake step.@

I don't know why, but my dialog was not included in Makefile, because qmake creates the makefile, and it is not running!!!!

Solution: manual delete the Makefile (in your project dir). Doing a rebuild..... Voi lá.

giesbert

What exactly is the error?
just posting code is not very helpful and will not result in too many answers...

TioRoy

Gerof,

I've create a application, add a Dialog and write a code to show the dialog. Simple.
Compiling for simulator ok, but for device gives me an error (the same problem of first post):

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/NokiaQtSDK/Symbian/SDK/EPOC32/BUILD/Quati/develop/Nokia/QTBible/QTBIBLE_0XE3918DBB/GCCE/UDEB/mainwindow.o: In function `MainWindow::on_actionAbout_triggered()':

/Quati/develop/Nokia/QTBible/mainwindow.cpp:91: undefined reference to `DialogAbout::DialogAbout(QWidget*)'

/Quati/develop/Nokia/QTBible/mainwindow.cpp:95: undefined reference to `DialogAbout::~DialogAbout()'

make[2]: *** [\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\release\gcce\udeb\QTBible.exe] Error 1

make[1]: *** [TARGETQTBIBLE_0XE3918DBB] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `C:/Quati/develop/Nokia/QTBible'
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I don't know what cause this. But Volker writes a clue:

[quote author="Volker" date="1296165540"]Are formb.h and formb.cpp added to your project file?

The error message

bq. undeclared reference formB::formB(QWidget*).

leads me to the guess that formb.cpp is not compiled at all.

You can post your .pro file, we can check.[/quote]

He was right: my dialogabout class was not compiling.

I've posted my .pro, but I know that information is not sufficient to resolve my problem.
So I decided to invetigate the log to find references of my class. But the first lines of log says:

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Running build steps for project QTBible...
Configuration unchanged, skipping qmake step.
Starting: "C:/NokiaQtSDK/Symbian/SDK/epoc32/tools/make.exe" debug-gcce -w
C:\NokiaQtSDK\Symbian\SDK\epoc32\tools\make.exe: Entering directory `C:/Quati/develop/Nokia/QTBible'
.......
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