Re: [ROOT] Help with TGTextEntry

From: Valeriy Onuchin (onuchin@sirius.ihep.su)
Date: Mon Aug 20 2001 - 17:06:42 MEST


 Hi Chris,
static TQObject::Connect methods are not available for interpreted code.
Use non-static methods. i.e.

 fTestButton->Connect("Clicked()","TestMainFrame",this,"DoButton()")

HTH.    Regards.    Valeriy

++
  check also RQ_OBJECT.h macro


Chris Milne wrote:

>
> Precedence: bulk
>
> Hi there,
>
> I have been looking through guitest.C to find a way of making a text entry box,
> which returns a value when a button is clicked. I have the following script, but
> don't know how to attach an action to the button. I notice in guitest.C
> ->Connect is used for what I assume is the same purpose, but when I try using it
> I get an error.
>
> My Script is:
>
> {
>    TGMainFrame        *fMain;
>    TGCompositeFrame   *fStatusFrame;
>    TGTextEntry        *fTestText;
>    TGButton           *fTestButton;
>   fMain   = new TGMainFrame(gClient->GetRoot(), 400, 220);
>   fStatusFrame = new TGCompositeFrame(fMain, 60, 20, kHorizontalFrame |
>                                                       kSunkenFrame);
>
>    fTestButton = new TGTextButton(fStatusFrame, "&Slice Energy at...", 8);
>    fStatusFrame->AddFrame(fTestButton, new TGLayoutHints(kLHintsTop |
>                           kLHintsLeft, 2, 0, 2, 2));
>    fTestText = new TGTextEntry(fStatusFrame, new TGTextBuffer(8));
>    fTestText->Resize(80, fTestText->GetDefaultHeight());
>    fStatusFrame->AddFrame(fTestText, new TGLayoutHints(kLHintsTop | kLHintsLeft,
>                                                        10, 2, 2, 2));
>    fMain->AddFrame(fStatusFrame, new TGLayoutHints(kLHintsBottom |
> kLHintsExpandX,
>                    0, 0, 1, 0));
>
>    fMain->SetWindowName("Enter Energy (eV)");
>
>    fMain->MapSubwindows();
>
>    // we need to use GetDefault...() to initialize the layout algorithm...
>    fMain->Resize(200,30);
>    //Resize(400, 200);
>
>    fMain->MapWindow();
> }
>
> The error when using Connect is:
>
> Error: Can't call
> TGTextButton::Connect("Clicked()","TestMainFrame",this,"DoButton()") in current
> scope FILE:func.C LINE:488



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