Re: GtkEntry problem

[Harring Figueiredo <harringf yahoo com>]

  char* my_str = g_strdup(gtk_entry_get_text(_entry));

  // Make SURE you free my_str after you are done

Harring

--- Amandip <asangh-1 broadpark no> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm writing an application which needs some text-input from a little 
> GtkEntry (about 10 chars). After I retrieve this string of characters 
> (with gtk_entry_get_text placed in a callback-function), I pass thiss 
> string on to another function, which I have written, for further 
> processing etc...
> The problem is obviously that gtk_entry_get_text returns
>
> " a pointer to the contents of the widget as a string. This string 
> points to internally allocated storage in the widget and must not be 
> freed, modified or stored."
>
> so this causes my application to crash, because I try to modify this 
> string.
>
> How can I retrieve the contents from a GtkEntry-field, and store and 
> modify the contents as I see fit?
>
> Appreciate any help,
> thanks,
> Amandip
>
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