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    Default Status Bar

    Is it possible to pass a value to the status bar in the main window with a signal/slot? From a dialog? I'm having trouble figuring out the right code.
    Any suggestions or pointers to examples?

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    Default Re: Status Bar

    What kind of value? What do you want to do with it?
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    Thanks Wysota. I have a function that updates a QString/varchar database field.
    When that changes, I want to display the new value in the status bar as a permanent message preceded by some text. The text appears ok, but when I try code to pass the value, I can't get a compile. Just my lack of Qt knowledge, but I can't seem to find any references to doing this. Can't find anything in my books or online.
    Here are some code snippets of what I tried:

    Qt Code:
    1. class ControlDB:public QObject
    2. {
    3. Q_OBJECT
    4.  
    5. public:
    6. ControlDB(QObject *parent = 0);
    7. void makeControlDB();
    8. void setLastLog(QString);
    9. void setOper(QString);
    10. QString getLastLog();
    11. QString getOper();
    12.  
    13. signals:
    14. void valueChanged(QString newValue);
    15. }
    16.  
    17. //cpp file
    18. ControlDB::ControlDB(QObject *parent)
    19. {
    20.  
    21. }
    22. void ControlDB::setOper(QString oper) {
    23. //some code to change the oper value
    24. emit valueChanged(oper);
    25. }
    26.  
    27. MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
    28. : QMainWindow(parent), ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
    29. {
    30. ui->setupUi(this);
    31. setupActions();
    32.  
    33. mStatLabel = new QLabel;
    34. statusBar()->addPermanentWidget(mStatLabel);
    35. ControlDB ctrl;
    36. connect(&ctrl, SIGNAL(valueChanged(QString)), this, SLOT(updateStats(QString)));
    37. updateStats(QString);
    38. }
    39.  
    40. void MainWindow::updateStats(oper)
    41. {
    42. QString operOutput = "Current op is " + oper;
    43. mStatLabel->setText(operOutput);
    44. }
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    Thanks for any assistance.

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    Default Re: Status Bar

    What is the error you get?

    Line #37 of the code above is surely incorrect. It should probably say:
    Qt Code:
    1. updateStats(QString());
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