Re: Casting GtkWidgets

[Willem Robert van Hage <wrvh xs4all nl>]

Naheed Vora wrote:
> 
> void
> on_combo_entry1_activate               (GtkEditable     *editable,
>                                         gpointer         user_data)
> {
> 
> GtkWidget *text_entry = user_data;
> char *string = gtk_entry_get_text(GTK_ENTRY (text_entry));
> g_print(string);
> 
> }
> 

this should be:

void on_combo_entry1_activate(GtkEditable *editable,gpointer user_data)
{
  gchar *string = gtk_entry_get_text(GTK_ENTRY(user_data));
  g_print(string);
}

or:

void on_combo_entry1_activate(GtkEditable *editable,gpointer user_data)
{
  GtkWidget *entry = GTK_WIDGET(user_data);
  gchar *string = gtk_entry_get_text(GTK_ENTRY(entry));
  g_print(string);
}

or:

void on_combo_entry1_activate(GtkEditable *editable,gpointer user_data)
{
  GtkWidget *entry = (GtkWidget*)user_data;
  gchar *string = gtk_entry_get_text(GTK_ENTRY(entry));
  g_print(string);
}


that all does the same...

> Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkEntry'

that's true, because a gpointer is really a void*, and you can't
reference a pointer to something of type void.

> Please guide me how can I cast the gpointer into char* which is recieved
> from signal caused by Gtk_entry widget.

oh, but is the gpointer a string or a pointer to an entry widget?
because if it's a string then you should do:

void on_combo_entry1_activate(GtkEditable *editable,gpointer user_data)
{
  gchar *string = (gchar*)user_data;
  g_print(string);
}

but I guess that user_data is a pointer to a widget?
you could just use the editable...

void on_combo_entry1_activate(GtkEditable *editable,gpointer user_data)
{
  gchar *string = gtk_editable_get_chars(editable,0,-1);
  g_print(string);
}

have fun...

Willem

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