Re: [gtkmm] Problems saving and loading the text data in widgets

[Christof Petig <christof petig-baender de>]

Ken Miller schrieb:
> I am writing a an rpg utility and I want to save the character sheets and
> load them back.  I seem to have gotten the info saved to a file.( although I

There already exists an gtkmm/glademm based RPG character sheet program 
(also with a windows port) ;-) : midgard.berlios.de

[if you want to take a look I recommend the GTKMM1 branch (also 
available as rpms) since the gtkmm2 version is being reorganized (might 
not always compile/work)]

> would love pointers on doing this efficiently).  What is giving me problems
> currently is loading strings from a file.  I am using:
> Ifstream in("file");
> string str;
> in >> str;
> entry1->set_text(str.c_str());//this is a pointer because glade generated my
>                                 gui code.
>
> The first line of the file is:
> This is an entry
>
> But this is the only thing that shows up in the widget.
>
> What am I doing wrong?

Expecting too much? Whitespace separates strings in streans (IIRC). But 
without actual code I can't help you more.

I second the (lib)XML proposition.

   Christof