[Qt-interest] Accessing a non model dialog

[Phil]

On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:15:00 pm Robert Wood wrote:
> Phil wrote:
> > Thank you for reading this.
> >
> > I'm trying to access the widgets on a non model dialog from outside of
> > the non modal class itself. This may sound a little confusing and I hope
> > the following code may help explain what I'm trying to achieve.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > The question is, how do I access the label from the parent class? I tried
> > creating the display pointer in the parent's constructor and then passing
> > it to ClassB but that doesn't work.
> 
> I *think* this is what someone advised me on recently (I was finding
> the same problems) and, with his advise, I did it like this:
> 
> rw_widget_dialogue dialogue(this);
> if (dialogue.exec() == QDialog::Accepted)
> 	{
> 	this->setText(dialogue.getNewName());
> 	this->setGeometry(dialogue.sendGeometry());
> 	}
> 
> Now, my dialogue has accept and reject buttons, so I am not sure whether
> this would work if you don't want them.
> 
> So, a new dialogue is created and if the OK button is pressed, when the
> dialogue closes, if the OK button was pressed, the values I want a
> returned by two routines I wrote in the rw_widget_dialogue.
> 
> For example:
> 
> QString rw_widget_dialogue::getNewName(void)
> {
> 
> 	return ui->buttonNameLineEdit->text();
> 
> }
> 
> Where I return what's in my line edit box on the dialogue box.
> 

Thank you Rob for taking the time to answer my question. I didn't explain 
the problem very well and so your answer didn't relate to my question; my 
fault entirely. Nevertheless I have filled your reply away for future 
reference.

I have now solved the problem but as often happens I don't know if my 
method is technically correct.

-- 
Regards,
Phil