Re: [gtkmm] Re: DrawingArea Dilema

[Mike Eller <gtkmike earthlink net>]

OK, so what does that mean?
Where can I get an example of how to do this? None of the examples I am 
finding seem to work. So what do I need to add to my line[s] of code to 
make is function?

Thanks,
Mike

Ney André de Mello Zunino wrote:

> Mike Eller wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > bool on_expose_event(GdkEventExpose*)
> > {
> >  Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Window> win = get_window();
>
>
> [...]
>
> > Compiling Error Message:
> > [mike mike playball]$ g++ main.cc -o main `pkg-config gtkmm-2.0 
> > libglademm-2.0 --cflags --libs`
> > main.cc: In function `bool on_expose_event(GdkEventExpose*)':
> > main.cc:14: error: `get_window' undeclared (first use this function)
>
>
> I am new to gtkmm, but I will give it a shot and try to help you 
> anyway. Apparently, you are trying to access a non-static member 
> function without an object and outside that member function's class' 
> context. Here is an excerpt I took from the document "The Drawing Area 
> Widget" [1]:
>
>   "The get_window() method is a part of the Gtk::Widget class, so if 
> you put this code into a derived widget's implementation then you can 
> call it just as it is, otherwise you'd use some_widget.get_window()."
>
> [1] http://www.gtkmm.org/tutorial/sec-drawingarea.html
>
> Regards,