Re: Problem passing data to g_idle_add

[Mariano Suárez-Alvarez <msuarezalvarez arnet com ar>]

On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 12:23 -0500, Melvin Newman wrote:
> I am having a problem passing data into the g_idle_add() function. The
> exact line of code i am using is as follows:
> 
>     g_idle_add(update_server_version,(gpointer)data.data);
> 
> data is a structure, and data.data is a string of characters (char *).
> The data that I am passing into the g_idle_add() function is correct,
> however once the update_server_version() callback is called the data
> that is passed in is corrupted. Is there something wrong with what I
> am doing here? How would I pass a string of characters into my
> update_server_version() callback function? 
> 
> Thank you for any help you can provide, the code below is my
> update_server_version() callback. 
> 
> Sincerely
> Melvin Newman
> 
> gboolean update_server_version(GtkButton *button, gpointer data)
> {
>     /* Variables 
>     ******************************************/
>     GtkWidget *server_version;
>     gchar *string_buffer;
>     /*****************************************/
>     
>     string_buffer = g_strdup_printf("V%s", (char *)data); 
>     server_version=glade_xml_get_widget(xml,"label2");
>     gtk_label_set_text(server_version,string_buffer);
>     g_idle_remove_by_data(data);
> }

The problem most likely resides around where you connect the
idle-handler.

-- m


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