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    Question Slots and Connection of Forms...

    Hi,

    So I have a standalone application which has a QMainWindow. I created another application which is also a QMainWindow. I tried linking them using a button but it did not work. I then changed the second application to QDialog and then the button worked! But since I changed it from QMainWindow to QDialog, the slots stopped working on the new application (I guess the dialog cannot have many buttons..)

    Anyway, how do I get this working so that the first QMainWindow opens the second QMainWindow or QDialog AND the buttons in the second application still work..?

    Thanks.

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    Default Re: Slots and Connection of Forms...

    It does not matter if it is a QDialog or a QMainWindow. So can you show us your code which is not working for both solution.

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    Default Re: Slots and Connection of Forms...

    First app: MainWin

    Qt Code:
    1. MainWin::MainWin(QWidget*p, Qt::WindowFlags f):QMainWindow(p,f)
    2. {
    3. dSecond = NULL; // QDialog
    4. ui.setupUi(this);
    5. connect(ui.action_Two, SIGNAL(activated()), this, SLOT(two()));
    6. }
    7.  
    8. MainWin::~MainWin()
    9. {
    10. }
    11.  
    12. void MainWin::two()
    13. {
    14. if(!dSecond)
    15. {
    16. dSecond = new QDialog(this);
    17. uiSecond.setupUi(dSecond); //ui::Second uiSecond;
    18. }
    19. dSecond->exec();
    20. }
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    Second app: Second

    Qt Code:
    1. Second::Second(QWidget *parent) :
    2. QDialog(parent),
    3. ui(new Ui::Second)
    4. {
    5. connect(ui->action_button, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(func_clicked()));
    6. }
    7.  
    8. discovery::~discovery()
    9. {
    10. delete ui;
    11. }
    12.  
    13. void discovery::func_clicked()
    14. {
    15. QMessageBox::warning(0,"Test", "Test message. It works!");
    16. }
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    This way shows the new app when the menu bar item is clicked, but the new app does not show warning message when button is pressed.

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    Default Re: Slots and Connection of Forms...

    in second the SLOT is a
    Qt Code:
    1. void Second::func_clicked()
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    and you have a
    Qt Code:
    1. void discovery::func_clicked()
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    Maybe the discovery is a relic from the previous implemantation?
    (the same for the destructor. Does it compile???)

    Check this:
    http://www.qtcentre.org/faq.php?faq=qt_signalslot
    Last edited by Rhayader; 20th March 2011 at 01:58.

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    Default Re: Slots and Connection of Forms...

    If these two QWidgets are in separate applications, as both the first and third posts both state/imply, then there is no amount of trickery that is going to make a signal in one trigger a slot in the other.

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