Pass variable value from Dialog to MainWindow

[TheCipo76]

Hi,
i have an application with a mainwindow and a dialog (modal)
in mainwindow i have set some variable value and i have passed to a dialog
all works..

now in the dialog i have to change the variable value and return to mainwindow these value

i have to use signal and slot or exists another solution??

[Pablo J. Rogina]

@TheCipo76 said in Pass variable value from Dialog to MainWindow:

i have to use signal and slot or exists another solution??

I guess signal & slot is a good way to go, as it allows for making your dialog more versatile in the sense that when the dialog knows that particular value was updated, it will send such signal and the mainwindow (which created the dialog object) will connect that signal to its own slot to update the value as needed.

[aha_1980]

@TheCipo76 said in Pass variable value from Dialog to MainWindow:

and a dialog (modal)

It depends a bit. Do you use exec() or show() for your dialog? As exec() blocks the main window anyway, signals&slots are no good solution. For show() they are perfect.

[TheCipo76]

@aha_1980 at the moment i have used .exec() but i don't know how to do in this case..

so i have to use dialog as modeless (.show())?? or exist another solution??

[aha_1980]

@TheCipo76 In that case, I'd get the variables back from the dialog like you passed them to it.

Hint: show your dialog code, makes discussion easier ;)

[TheCipo76]

@aha_1980 this is an extract of my mainwindow code

void MainWindow::on_actionImpostazioni_Porta_Seriale_triggered()
{
    ImpostazioniSP SetImp (this, BaudRate, DataBits, Parity);
    SetImp.setModal(true);
    SetImp.exec();
}

and this is from dialog :

ImpostazioniSP::ImpostazioniSP(QWidget *parent, const QString BaudRate, const QString DataBits, const QString Parity) :
    QDialog(parent),
    BaudRate(BaudRate),
    DataBits(DataBits),
    Parity(Parity),
    ui(new Ui::ImpostazioniSP)

{
    ui->setupUi(this);
    ...
}

[mrjj]

Hi
So one way would be

void MainWindow::on_actionImpostazioni_Porta_Seriale_triggered()
{
ImpostazioniSP SetImp (this, BaudRate, DataBits, Parity);
SetImp.setModal(true);
if ( SetImp.exec() == QDialog::Accepted ) {
BaudRate=SetImp.getBaudRate();
DataBits = SetImp.getDataBits();
....
}

}

[TheCipo76]

@mrjj Interesting.. This is that i'm looking for..
but what i have to implement in dialog to make it works??
in dialog there's no member or function named "getBaudRate"

[mrjj]

@TheCipo76
Hi
well it would just be a getter function returning its internal variables.
int ImpostazioniSP::getBaudRate() { // note return type should be the same as the one BaudRate is declared with
return BaudRate;
}
or directly from its widgets if they not copy the values back to internal variables.
(which i assume they do )

[TheCipo76]

@mrjj I have tried but don't works..

ImpostazioniSP SetImp (this, BaudRate, DataBits, Parity);
    SetImp.setModal(true);
    //SetImp.exec();
    if ( SetImp.exec() == QDialog::Accepted ) {
    BaudRate=SetImp.getBaudRate();
    //DataBits = SetImp.getDataBits();
    //Parity = SetImp.getParity();
    }

in dialog:

QString ImpostazioniSP::getBaudRate() {
return BaudRate;
}

and declaration:

public:
    explicit ImpostazioniSP(QWidget *parent = nullptr, QString BaudRate="", QString DataBits="", QString Parity="");
    ~ImpostazioniSP();

    QString BaudRate, DataBits, Parity;
    QString getBaudRate();
    //QString getDataBits();
    //QString getParity();

Where i'm failing??

[aha_1980]

@TheCipo76

Where i'm failing??

Without an error message, how should we know what "doesn't work" means?

[TheCipo76]

@aha_1980 no errors but the value was not passed

i've tried both variable and widget:

QString ImpostazioniSP::getBaudRate() {
    return QString(ui->comboBox_BaudRate->currentText());
    //return BaudRate;
}

[aha_1980]

@TheCipo76 but that looks perfectly fine. the cast to QString is unneeded, by the way.

You should start the debugger to see what happens. Is the combobox filled with values?

[TheCipo76]

@aha_1980 Debugger says that value was passed fine
but variable is set to start value..

Start value 115200

in the dialog i've setted 9600

Debug print 9600

but in mainwindow BaudRate is still 115200

[SGaist]

Do you mean the MainWindow still shows the old value ? If so, are you updating the related widget once you executed your dialog ?

[TheCipo76]

@SGaist there's no widget BaudRate is only a variable (not showed in mainwindow)

[SGaist]

So if you have something like:

qDebug() << "Before" << BaudRate;
ImpostazioniSP SetImp (this, BaudRate, DataBits, Parity);
SetImp.setModal(true);
if ( SetImp.exec() == QDialog::Accepted ) {
    BaudRate = SetImp.getBaudRate();
    qDebug() << "After" << BaudRate;
}

What's the result ?

[TheCipo76]

@SGaist this is the result:

Before "115200"
After "115200"

in the dialog qdebug print 9600 (as i've setted)
but in the mainwindows result still 115200

[SGaist]

Can you show the complete code of the current version of your dialog ?

[TheCipo76]

@SGaist

#include "impostazionisp.h"
#include "ui_impostazionisp.h"
#include <QSerialPort>
#include <QSerialPortInfo>
#include <QMessageBox>
#include <QtDebug>

static const char blankString[] = QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("SettingsDialog", "N/A");

//QSerialPort Serial;

ImpostazioniSP::ImpostazioniSP(QWidget *parent, const QString BaudRate, const QString DataBits, const QString Parity) :
    QDialog(parent),
    BaudRate(BaudRate),
    DataBits(DataBits),
    Parity(Parity),
    ui(new Ui::ImpostazioniSP)

{
    ui->setupUi(this);

    QMessageBox msg;
    ui->comboBox_Porta->clear();
    QString description;
    QString manufacturer;
    QString serialNumber;
    const auto infos = QSerialPortInfo::availablePorts();
    for (const QSerialPortInfo &info : infos) {
        QStringList list;
        description = info.description();
        manufacturer = info.manufacturer();
        serialNumber = info.serialNumber();
        list << info.portName()
             << (!description.isEmpty() ? description : blankString)
             << (!manufacturer.isEmpty() ? manufacturer : blankString)
             << (!serialNumber.isEmpty() ? serialNumber : blankString)
             << info.systemLocation()
             << (info.vendorIdentifier() ? QString::number(info.vendorIdentifier(), 16) : blankString)
             << (info.productIdentifier() ? QString::number(info.productIdentifier(), 16) : blankString);

        ui->comboBox_Porta->addItem(list.first(), list);
    }
    
    //Baud Rate
    ui->comboBox_BaudRate->addItem("9600");
    ui->comboBox_BaudRate->addItem("19200");
    ui->comboBox_BaudRate->addItem("38400");
    ui->comboBox_BaudRate->addItem("115200");
    ui->comboBox_BaudRate->setCurrentIndex(0);
    //Data Bits
    ui->comboBox_DataBits->addItem("5");
    ui->comboBox_DataBits->addItem("6");
    ui->comboBox_DataBits->addItem("7");
    ui->comboBox_DataBits->addItem("8");
     ui->comboBox_DataBits->setCurrentIndex(3);
    //Parity
    ui->comboBox_Parity->addItem("None");
    ui->comboBox_Parity->addItem("Even");
    ui->comboBox_Parity->addItem("Odd");
    ui->comboBox_Parity->addItem("Mark");
    ui->comboBox_Parity->addItem("Space");
    ui->comboBox_Parity->setCurrentIndex(0);
    //Stop Bits
    ui->comboBox_StopBits->addItem("1");
    ui->comboBox_StopBits->addItem("1.5");
    ui->comboBox_StopBits->addItem("2");
    ui->comboBox_StopBits->setCurrentIndex(0);
    //Flow Control
    ui->comboBox_FlowControl->addItem("None");
    ui->comboBox_FlowControl->addItem("RTS/CTS");
    ui->comboBox_FlowControl->addItem("XON/XOFF");
    ui->comboBox_FlowControl->setCurrentIndex(0);
}

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

void ImpostazioniSP::on_pushButton_Annulla_clicked()
{
    close();
}

void ImpostazioniSP::on_pushButton_OK_clicked()
{
    QMessageBox msg;
    //Imposta Valori Variabili
    // Baud Rate
    int Baud = ui->comboBox_BaudRate->currentText().toInt();
    switch (Baud) {
        case (9600):
                    BaudRate = "9600";
                    break;
        case (19200):
                    BaudRate ="19200";
                    break;
        case (38400):
                    BaudRate = "38400";
                    break;
        case (115200):
                    BaudRate = "115200";
                    break;
        default:
                    BaudRate = "9600";
    }
    getBaudRate();
    // Data Bits
    int Bits = ui->comboBox_DataBits->currentText().toInt();
    switch (Bits) {
        case (5) :
                DataBits = "Data5";
                break;
        case (6) :
                DataBits="Data6";
                break;
        case (7) :
                DataBits="Data7";
                break;
        case (8) :
                 DataBits="Data8";
                break;
        default:
                DataBits="Data8";
    }
    // Parity
    if (ui->comboBox_Parity->currentText() == "None") Parity="NoParity";
    if (ui->comboBox_Parity->currentText() == "Even") Parity="EvenParity";
    if (ui->comboBox_Parity->currentText() == "Odd") Parity="OddParity";
    if (ui->comboBox_Parity->currentText() == "Mark") Parity="MarkParity";
    if (ui->comboBox_Parity->currentText() == "Space") Parity="SpaceParity";
    msg.setText("OK: Settaggio Impostazioni Eseguito Correttamente");
    msg.exec();
    close();
}

QString ImpostazioniSP::getBaudRate() {
    qDebug() << "BaudRate:" << BaudRate;
    return BaudRate;
}
/*
QString ImpostazioniSP::getDataBits() {
return DataBits;
}

QString ImpostazioniSP::getParity() {
return Parity;
}
*/

[mrjj]

Hi
Its a bit odd as you seem to set BaudRate in
void ImpostazioniSP::on_pushButton_OK_clicked()
so in
QString ImpostazioniSP::getBaudRate() {
qDebug() << "BaudRate:" << BaudRate;
return BaudRate;
}

does it show the value you set with comboBox_BaudRate ?

[SGaist]

Why are you using that switch ? You already have the baud rate as a string in the combo box.

As already suggest, returning the combo box selected text is shorter and less error prone.

[TheCipo76]

@mrjj Yes:
in dialog qdebug print BaudRate 9600
in mainwindow qdebug print 115200 both Before and After

[TheCipo76]

@SGaist OK, i've fixed it as you suggested

[mrjj]

@TheCipo76
Hmm that seems almost impossible :)
I must be missing something.
So function seems to return expected result.
Just to 100% sure, please try

qDebug() << "Before" << BaudRate;
ImpostazioniSP SetImp (this, BaudRate, DataBits, Parity);
SetImp.setModal(true);
if ( SetImp.exec() == QDialog::Accepted ) {
    qDebug() << "from func" << SetImp.getBaudRate();
}

and tell what "from func" says ?

[TheCipo76]

@mrjj

Before "115200" (mainwindow)
BaudRate: "9600" (dialog)

"from func" was not showed

i've modify you code:

qDebug() << "Before" << BaudRate;
    ImpostazioniSP SetImp (this, BaudRate, DataBits, Parity);
    SetImp.setModal(true);
    if ( SetImp.exec() == QDialog::Accepted ) {
        BaudRate=SetImp.getBaudRate();
    }
    qDebug() << "from func" << SetImp.getBaudRate();

and this is result:

Before "115200"
BaudRate: "9600"
BaudRate: "9600"
from func "9600"

[SGaist]

What is stranger is that @mrjj's code is mostly the same as mine :-D

Which means that you didn't accept the dialog properly. Are you clicking on some OK button the closes it ? Or are you just clicking the X button ?

[TheCipo76]

@SGaist i close the dialog as ultimate instruction of OK pushbutton

[SGaist]

You're calling close, not accept.

[TheCipo76]

@SGaist i have called accept before close

this is qdebug message:

Before "115200"
BaudRate: "9600"
BaudRate: "9600"
BaudRate: "9600"
from func "9600"

why show BaudRate: "9600" 3 times???

[TheCipo76]

@SGaist OK, finally works!!! Thanks to all

[SGaist]

There's no need to call close, accept will close the dialog for you.

Likely because you are calling getBaudRate in several places.

[mrjj]

Ah, i was fooled by
qDebug() << "After" << BaudRate;
as its inside the if for Accepted so i assumed that was in order :)
Good found!

[TheCipo76]

Thanks to all!!