Odd behavior Signals and Slots

[Arthur]

Hello,

I have this fantastic class like this:

class MyDialog : public QDialog
{
  Q_OBJECT
public:"
 //etc, etc
 
signals:
  matrixChanged(D3DXMATRIX const & matrix);
};

class MyDialog : public QDialog
{
  Q_OBJECT
public:"
 //etc, etc

signals:
  matrixChanged(D3DXMATRIX const & matrix);
};

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and my happy class using this dialog. defined like this:

class MyDialogUser : public QItemDelegate
{
 Q_OBJECT
public:
  void ShowDialog();
 
private slots:
 void OnMatrixChanged(D3DXMATRIX const & matrix);
};

class MyDialogUser : public QItemDelegate
{
 Q_OBJECT
public:
  void ShowDialog();

private slots:
 void OnMatrixChanged(D3DXMATRIX const & matrix);
};

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Now, I connect these signals in the method called ShowDialog. After a debugging the Qt
meta object I discovered the only way this works is to do it like this:

//implementation of ShowDialog
void MyDialogUser::ShowDialog()
{
	MyDialog dlg;
	connect(&dlg, SIGNAL(matrixChanged(D3DXMATRIX)), this, SLOT(OnMatrixChanged(D3DXMATRIX)));
	dlg.exec();
}

//implementation of ShowDialog
void MyDialogUser::ShowDialog()
{
	MyDialog dlg;
	connect(&dlg, SIGNAL(matrixChanged(D3DXMATRIX)), this, SLOT(OnMatrixChanged(D3DXMATRIX)));
	dlg.exec();
}

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However I would expect (just see some Qt samples) that, regarding the definition of my slot and signal, I am supposed to do it like this:

void MyDialogUser::ShowDialog()
{
	MyDialog dlg;
	connect(&dlg, SIGNAL(matrixChanged(D3DXMATRIX const &)), this, SLOT(OnMatrixChanged(D3DXMATRIX const &)));
	dlg.exec();
}

void MyDialogUser::ShowDialog()
{
	MyDialog dlg;
	connect(&dlg, SIGNAL(matrixChanged(D3DXMATRIX const &)), this, SLOT(OnMatrixChanged(D3DXMATRIX const &)));
	dlg.exec();
}

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Is there some explanation for this? Am I doing something wrong in the function definitions? In all other cases I do it in the second way, but only in this class I discovered this thing...

Regards,
Arthur

[jacek]

Probably the implementation of the signal & slot mechanism doesn't recognize your parameter types correctly. Did you get any error messages on the console?

If you define your parameters this way:

matrixChanged( const D3DXMATRIX& matrix );

matrixChanged( const D3DXMATRIX& matrix );

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it should work.

[Arthur]

Thanks for your input.

In the debugger I can see that Qt is logging the error (however I don't see it in the VS IDE output window). The reason is simple: it doesn't recognize the signal.

Strange enough it only works in the example I wrote, no matter how the signal and slot are defined. It works when I define it with 'const D3DXMATRIX &' and connect with only 'D3DXMATRIX'...

Note that this is the only case in which I experienced this behavior. I have for example some QLineEdit connections defined with (QString const &) which work fine...

Is it because the struct (DirectX SDK), is not a QObject?

Arthur

[Chicken Blood Machine]

Thanks for your input.

Strange enough it only works in the example I wrote. Even if I have a reference parameter only, it doesn't work...

Note that this is the only case in which I experienced this behavior. Is it because the struct (DirectX SDK), is not a QObject?

Arthur

No. In most cases the parameters to a signal or slot are not a QObject, e.g. int float, double, bool, QString, QVariant, etc are not QObjects.

Did you try what Jacek suggested, i.e. 'const Type &' rather than 'Type const &'?

Oops, your post changed as I added this, so now it doesn't make as much sense as a reply...

Make sure you include the header that defines 'D3DXMATRIX' in your header file.

[jacek]

it doesn't recognize the signal.

Could you post the exact error message? If you add "CONFIG += console" to your .pro file, it should appear on the console.

Strange enough it only works in the example I wrote, no matter how the signal and slot are defined. It works when I define it with 'const D3DXMATRIX &' and connect with only 'D3DXMATRIX'...

Well... it looks like that D3DXMATRIX causes the problem. Maybe there should be a #include directive somewhere?

You might try this (although it probably won't help):

typedef D3DXMATRIX Matrix;
...
matrixChanged( const Matrix& matrix );

typedef D3DXMATRIX Matrix;
...
matrixChanged( const Matrix& matrix );

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[Arthur]

Could you post the exact error message? If you add "CONFIG += console" to your .pro file, it should appear on the console.

Do you have any advice on VS 2003 regarding this debugging output? I don't use .pro files, just uncle Bill's .vcproj files. I really would like to see Qt's debug output in the VS debug output window, but I don't know how (I have to admit that I didn't seriously search the forum and help on how to do this).

[jacek]

Do you have any advice on VS 2003 regarding this debugging output? I don't use .pro files, just uncle Bill's .vcproj files. I really would like to see Qt's debug output in the VS debug output window, but I don't know how

I don't use VS, but I guess it should happen automatically when you start the debug version of your program from the VS.