re: newbie question:about

[carlos pehoe civil ist utl pt (Carlos Pereira)]

> Hello, can anyone please help me? I am trying to get
> an user input via the text entry box by clicking on a
> button
> in the application. So once they enter into the text
> entry and press the button, I will then collect the
> data with some callback function. I really don't know
> how to connect the button to the entry so it would
> catch the text entry's "clicked" signal and then call
> the callback function.

1) Connect your button to some callback like this static_ok,
then in the callback retrieve the entry contents:

2) you can connect your entry to the "changed" signal,
which is activated always the entry contents changes.

3) You should study the excelent examples that come with GTK.
Carlos

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static void static_ok (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
{
gamgi_window *window = GAMGI_CAST_WINDOW data;
GtkWidget *dialog = window->dialog0;
GtkWidget *entry;
char *name;

entry = (GtkWidget *) gtk_object_get_data (GTK_OBJECT (dialog), "my_entry");
name = gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY (entry));

printf ("%s\n", name);
}
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gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT (entry), "changed",
GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (static_changed), window);
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