Re: AW: [gtkmm] Dialog and MessageDialog?

[Murray Cumming <murrayc usa net>]

On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 18:45, Key88 SF wrote:
> Finally this works! Thank you for that suggestion. I needed to call 
> Gtk::Main::run(), which I thought was only called once for the entire 
> program.

This is not the only way to do this. It's just one way. You really
should look at the examples.

> Also, my Gtk+2.0.5 examples don't have the dialog example -- I had 
> to look at the gtkmm2x examples.

I assume that your first sentences are about using gtkmm 1.2. gtkmm2 is
much easier.

Why do you need to see GTK+2 examples?

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> >From: "Meier, Elke" <elke meier sysde eads net>
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> >Subject: AW: [gtkmm] Dialog and MessageDialog?
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> >I remember getting this to work with Gtk 1.2.
> >Have you looked at the dialog example ? They define a run() method in
> >the dialog class which returns with the answer after the user clicked
> >OK or Cancel.
> >  I believe it calls Gtk::Main::run() (better check on this again).
> >  The OK and Cancel signal handlers set a global variable in the dialog
> >  class and call Gtk::Main::quit(), so the control returns to the
> >dialogs run method, which returns the global variable.
> >
> >I didn't mess with delete_event_impl(), but instantiated a new
> >dialog every time I needed it.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >	Elke
> > >
> > > Sorry to go on with this, but I tried just using show(), and
> > > the dialog gets
> > > displayed for a millisecond, then immediately closes. I need
> > > it to stay open
> > > until the user clicks the "OK" button. It looks like there
> > > may be a problem
> > > with the "delete_event_impl" mechanism -- I ran the
> > > hello,world example code
> > > which is supposed to override the delete_event_impl() so the
> > > window never
> > > gets destroyed, and the override never gets called!
> > >
> > > From the GTK 1.2 tutorial hello world example, the function
> > > below NEVER gets
> > > called!
> > >
> > > int HelloWorld::delete_event_impl(GdkEventAny *event)
> > > {
> > >   cout << "delete event occured" << endl;
> > >
> > >   // if you return false in the "delete_event" signal handler,
> > >   // GTK will emit the "destroy" signal.  Returning true means
> > >   // you don't want the window to be destroyed.
> > >   // This is useful for popping up 'are you sure you want to quit ?'
> > >   // type dialogs.
> > >
> > >   // Change true to false and the main window will be destroyed with
> > >   // a "delete_event".
> > >   return true;
> > > }
> > >
> > > Also - none of the examples that are shipped with gtkmm 1.2
> > > make use of
> > > ADDITIONAL popup windows. I would think this is such a common
> > > thing that
> > > SOMEONE would have done it already, no?
> > >
> > > Thanks again,
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Murray Cumming <murrayc usa net>
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> > >On Sun, 2002-08-11 at 18:07, Key88 SF wrote:
> > > > Ok - how do I do something like that in gtkmm1.x ? I can build the GUI
> > > > window fine, but the "run_and_close()" equivalent I don't see how to 
> >do.
> >
> > >The
> > > > only "run" and "response" methods are in the underlying Gtk objects.
> > >
> > >I don't think that there is any gtk_dialog_run() function in GTK+ 1.2.
> > >
> > >I think you just need to show() the dialog, and there's probably a
> > >response signal. But it would be better to look at the examples in gtkmm
> > >1.2.
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >Murray Cumming
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