Re: Your opinion about "how to get data from dialog box"

[Olexiy Avramchenko <olexiy irtech cn ua>]

Harobed wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would like know your opinion about one choice whose for me is
> without response.
>
> For you, what is the best code design to use when you make a dialog
> box. More specify about how get the data ?
>
> For me, I see 3 solutions :
>
> 1 - The dialog box handle directly the data when the validation is done.
>
> Drawback : many global variable. And dialog box less reusable.
>
> 2 - The dialog box emit signal whose send data to callback. Avantage :
> the data is handle out of dialog box.
>
> 3-
> Call a function whose launch the dialog box. When she closed then the
> function return data.
>  
As for me I'd prefer this way - its simple to realize Cancel/Apply/Ok 
behaviuor.

> Drawback : application is blocked while the dialog box isn't
> destroy. And, obligation to use thread.
>  
Application is not almost blocked (expose, for example, runs just fine) 
but widgets can't handle user's
input. In case you want to interact with a widgets in parent's window 
why not to use another window
instead of dialog (which is supposed to be non-resizeable,modal and 
transient) ?

   Olexiy