Re: closing thw window automatically

[Robert Caryl <bob fis-cal com>]

SaiKamesh Rathinasabapathy wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using gtkmm 2.4 to create UI in my c++ application.My operating
> system is linux(ubuntu).I have barcode scanner which is connected to
> the serial port(/dev/ttyS0).
> What I have to do in my application is, I should display a window at
> first, which contains a Label "Read the Barcode using the scanner" on
> it. Then I have to read the barcode using the scanner. After reading
> it, the window should automatically be closed then a new window have
> to be opened. I don't know how to close the first window automatically
> after reading the barcode. please help me!.
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Assuming that you are handling the I/O for the barcode scanner in a
separate thread from the GUI, I'd suggest using a Glib::Dispatcher to
deal with this situation.

Check out  
http://www.gtkmm.org/docs/glibmm-2.4/docs/reference/html/classGlib_1_1Dispatcher.html

Hope this helps.

Bob Caryl