Re: g_object_get, newbie

[Tristan Van Berkom <vantr touchtunes com>]

Stéphane Konstantaropoulos wrote:
> Le lun 17/02/2003 à 14:44, Michal Adamczak a écrit :
> > hi,
> >
> > i'am new to gtk
> >
> > i want to populate treeview
> > when the code is inside create_app1 (created by glade) everything is fine
> >
> > i tried to put the code outside but i guess i cannot get the pointer
> > correctly
> >
> > doeas g_object_get_data find recursively?
>
> g_object_get_data retrieves data by name. Data that has been put into
> the object before.
>
> Better use of glade is without all the Gtk GUI code, just use the xml
> file. Much easier.
>
> do something like this:
>
> main(){
>         GladeXML *xml;
>         GtkWidget *widget;
>
>         xml = glade_xml_new ("yourfile.glade", //need absolute path
>                                 "window", "your app");
>                 //name of the widget where to start in the xml
>                 //then name of your app
>                 //this creates your window with everything in it.
>         g_assert(xml != NULL);
>
>         //get widget
>         widget = glade_xml_get_widget (xml,"treeview1");
>
>         //do something with your widget...
> }
>
> much clearer according to me.

I'll second that motion. It also allows
you to adjust your interface without
recompiling your code.

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