Re: Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from `(unknown)' to `GtkEditable'

[Ian Frawley <ifrawley opaltelecom co uk>]

On Thursday 04 April 2002 12:58 pm, Ian Frawley wrote:

Cricky sussed it myself. I was calling the procedure that initialises the 
widgets twice hooray.

Thanks Me :oP

> Hi yall
>
> I keep getting the following errors:
>
> Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from `(unknown)' to `GtkEditable'
>
> Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkeditable.c: line 489 (gtk_editable_get_chars):
> assertion `GTK_IS_EDITABLE (editable)' failed.
>
> ***********************************************************
> Here's my code 'l' is a structure that holds all my widgets BTW:
>
>
> ****** Creating Widget bit *********
> GtkWidget * tmptable = gtk_table_new(20,20,TRUE);
> GtkWidget * RecordTable = gtk_table_new(1,2,FALSE);
>
> l->ServiceRecord = gtk_text_new(NULL, NULL);
> gtk_text_set_editable (GTK_TEXT (l->ServiceRecord), TRUE);
> gtk_table_attach_defaults(GTK_TABLE(RecordTable) , l->ServiceRecord , 0 , 1
> , 0 , 1 );
> GtkWidget * Vertical = gtk_vscrollbar_new ( GTK_TEXT ( l->ServiceRecord
> )->vadj);
> gtk_table_attach_defaults(GTK_TABLE(RecordTable) , Vertical , 1 , 2 , 0 , 1
> );
>
> gtk_table_attach_defaults(GTK_TABLE(tmptable) , RecordTable , 0 , 20 , 0 ,
> 20 );
>
> GtkWidget * RecordFrame = gtk_frame_new("Record");
> gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(RecordFrame), tmptable);
>
> blah blah blah
>
> GtkWidget * AddObjectButton = gtk_button_new_with_label("Add Translation
> List");
>
> blah blah
>
> gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT (AddObjectButton), "clicked",
>   		      GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC ( AddServiceRecord ),
> 		      l);
>
> *****Code in callback*****
> void AddServiceRecord(GtkWidget * button, Lists * data)
> {
> gchar * Record = gtk_editable_get_chars (GTK_EDITABLE(data->ServiceRecord),
> 0 , -1);
>
> if(Record != NULL){
>   cout << Record << endl;
>   g_free(Record);
> }
> else
>   cout << "Empty\n";
> }
>
> I can't see any problems with it so any help would be well apreciated.
>
> Many Thanks
>
>
> Ian (Freebasing on boredom.........)