Re: closing a spawned window

[Tristan Van Berkom <vantr touchtunes com>]

Ronald Roth wrote:

Use:
 g_obgect_set_data(G_OBJECT(widget), (gpointer *)other_widget)
when you get your handle 

and in your callback:
 other_widget = (GtkWidget *)g_object_get_data(widget);

actualy go see "g_obgect_set_data_full" to avoid memory leeks

        -Tristan

> Hello,
>
> I have an application which spawns another toplevel window.  I would
> like the user to be able to close this window by clicking on
> File->Close.  I currently have the callback for that menuitem call
> another function which does some cleanup (Saving date, etc), and then I
> wish to close the window.  However, I don't know what to pass to
> gtk_widget_destroy().  The only data that's available in my callback is
> the GtkMenuItem that was clicked.  How do I get the widget that I need
> to delete the toplevel window?
>
> I often have problems like these.  I have a button whose callback needs
> data about some other widget elsewhere in my program.  In general, how
> do I pass this data to my callback or retrieve the data from within the
> callback?
>
> Thanks!  I hope my question was clear.  Please forgive me if the answer
> is obvious.
>
> Ron
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