Thread signal/slot problem

Trying to update a progress bar in a dialog with a signal from an object launched from a thread and it's not working - no updates. Went over the doc and looked at many posts. The code looks right to me, but obviously, something is wrong.

The dialog:

Code:

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HamlibNotice::HamlibNotice(QWidget *parent) :
    QDialog(parent),
    ui(new Ui::HamlibNotice)
{
    ui->setupUi(this);
    ui->progressBar->setValue(0);
 
    connect(&load, SIGNAL(updateVal(int)), this, SLOT(updatePB(int)));
 
    LoadHamlibThread* hamlibThread = new LoadHamlibThread;
  connect(hamlibThread, SIGNAL(finished()), this, SLOT(closeNotice()));
  hamlibThread->loadHamlib();
}
 
HamlibNotice::~HamlibNotice()
{
    delete ui;
}
 
void HamlibNotice::updatePB(int val)
{
    qDebug() << "in pb slot";
    ui->progressBar->setValue(val);
}
 
void HamlibNotice::closeNotice()
{
         HamlibNotice::close();
}

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The thread:

Code:

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LoadHamlibThread::LoadHamlibThread(QObject *parent) :
    QThread(parent)
{
}
 
void LoadHamlibThread::loadHamlib()
{
    start();
}
 
void LoadHamlibThread::run()
{
    LoadHamlib*  loadhamlib = new LoadHamlib;
    loadhamlib->load();
    exec();
}

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the loadhamlib class emits the signal updateVal(val);

The loadhamlib code functions correctly - it loads a database successfully, but the progress bar update slot is never called. What do I have wrong here?

What is a load object in connect line (line 8) ? I do not see the relationship between load and hamlibThread.

Code:

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class HamlibNotice : public QDialog
{
    Q_OBJECT
 
public:
    explicit HamlibNotice(QWidget *parent = 0);
    ~HamlibNotice();
 
private:
    Ui::HamlibNotice *ui;
    LoadHamlib load;
 
public slots:
    void updatePB(int);
     void closeNotice();
};

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you never connect LoadHamlib* loadhamlib to anything so of course nothign will receive its signals.

this 'load'
connect(&load, SIGNAL(updateVal(int)), this, SLOT(updatePB(int)));
has nothing to do with this loadhamlib:

Code:

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void LoadHamlibThread::run()
{
    LoadHamlib*  loadhamlib = new LoadHamlib;
    loadhamlib->load();
    exec();
}

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Thanks Amleto - I have moved the "load" code from the LoadHamlib class to the run function in the thread class and changed the connection and it works fine now.