[Qt-interest] newbie: error with building project

[john doe]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:32 AM, John McClurkin <jwm at nei.nih.gov> wrote:

> john doe wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >             I am a newbie with Qt. I have tried to find my answer on the
> > net but could not figure out the exact solution. I have started on a
> > small project a basic form with a few text inputs, buttons and combo
> boxes.
> >
> > I get the following error when I build using QDevelop and QT 4.4.3
> >
> > Build (make)...
> >
> > /usr/bin/uic-qt4 ui/dialog.ui -o build/ui_dialog.h
> >
> > g++ -c -pipe -O2 -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_GUI_LIB
> > -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_SHARED -I/usr/share/qt4/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I.
> > -I/usr/include/qt4/QtCore -I/usr/include/qt4/QtCore
> > -I/usr/include/qt4/QtGui -I/usr/include/qt4/QtGui -I/usr/include/qt4
> > -Ibuild -Ibuild -o build/dialogimpl.o src/dialogimpl.cpp
> >
> > src/dialogimpl.cpp: In member function ‘void DialogImpl::startjob()’:
> >
> > src/dialogimpl.cpp:97: error: request for member ‘text’ in
> >
> ‘((DialogImpl*)this)->DialogImpl::<anonymous>.Ui::mygui::<anonymous>.Ui_mygui::operatoridcomboBox’,
> > which is of non-class type ‘QComboBox*’
> >
> > make: *** [build/dialogimpl.o] Error 1
> >
> > ---------------------- Build finished with 1 error(s)
> ----------------------
> >
> >
> > When I added the combo box on the main form in QT designer, it does say
> > its of type QComboBox!
> >
> > I'm basically trying to read the current text in the combo box using
> >
> > void DialogImpl::startjob()
> >
> > {
> >
> > //declare vars
> >
> > QString str;
> >
> > //pick up the operator ID
> >
> > str=operatoridcomboBox.text(1);
>
> The error message from the compiler says it all. operatoridcombox is a
> pointer, not a QComboBox object. The line above should be
> str=operatoridcomboBox->text(1);
>

Thanks for your help :-)..makes me feel stupid to not spot this !

>
> >
> > testlineEdit->setText( str );
> >
> > //start the job
> >
> > }
> >
> >
> > I have tried currentText etc.. but all spit out the same error. It'll be
> > great if someone can please help point out the issue, I'm also new to
> > C++ which kind of compounds the problem.
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
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