Re: best way to use multiple windows

[John Taber <jtaber johntaber net>]

Well, it is heap vs stack - I am not sure which is really better for 
"normal" gui applications.  But I have always created my dialogs as 
pointers - it just seems more traditional c++.

MyPopupDialog *dlg = new MyPopupDialog(...) {
//set dialog to modal (but it can sometimes get hidden by other
// dialog which is annoying
// set up dialog display here
// let okay/cancel buttons set return variable flag and hide dialog
onokaybutton() {
returnFlag = 1;
dlg->hide();
}
// if flag true can have code engine or main dialog still read
// values from popup dlg here
delete dlg;

I find it is not too difficult to match the delete with the new.


Armin Burgmeier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my approach to this is to derive such windows from Gtk::Dialog and to
> add two buttons with Gtk::RESPONSE_OK and Gtk::RESPONSE_CANCEL. To show
> the dialog, simply do
>
> MyDialog dialog(*this, foo, bar);
> if(dialog.run() == Gtk::RESPONSE_OK)
> {
>   // Take settings into main app
> }
>
> Gtk::Dialog::run blocks in a main loop until the user closes the window
> by either pressing one of the buttons or closing the window (which fits
> perfectly if you want modal windows). After your function returns, the
> dialog will be destroyed automatically as it runs out of scope, so you
> do not have to worry about memory management.
>
>  - Armin
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