I have some troubles in correct set of Signal and Slots between one class in which I do some calculations and the other one which contain GUI with my progress bar. I have very small experience with qt so I don't feel well how the signal/slots works. I tried few manuals and tutorials but I still don't know how to set it.
Let's call the progress bar class mainwindow
mainwindow.h
#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H
#include <QMainWindow>
namespace Ui {
class MainWindow;
}
class MainWindow: public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
~MainWindow();
private slots:
void on_pushButton_clicked();
private:
Ui::MainWindow*ui;
};
#endif // LOADING_H
mainwindow.cpp
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
#include "calc.h"
MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
QMainWindow(parent),
ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
ui->progressBar->setValue(0);
calc sender;
connect(&sender, SIGNAL( inprogress(int) ), ui->progressBar, SLOT( setValue(int) ) );
}
MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
delete ui;
}
void MainWindow::on_pushButton_clicked()
{
calc clc;
clc.doData();
}
Signal is emitted from calculation class, call it short calc
calc.h
#ifndef CALC_H
#define CALC_H
#include <QObject>
class calc : public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
calc(QObject *parent=0);
void doData();
void printResults(int t);
signals:
void inprogress(int progr);
};
#endif // CALC_H
calc.cpp
#include "calc.h"
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
#include <QDebug>
int t = 0;
int t_end = 100;
int progr = 0;
void calc::printResults(int t)
{
progr = t;
emit inprogress(progr);
QCoreApplication::processEvents(); //Prevent GUI freeze.
}
void calc::doData()
{
for ( int i = 1; i <= t_end; i++ )
{
t++;
printResults(t);
qDebug()<<t;
}
}
calc::calc(QObject *parent)
{
}
Archiev part (code above edited) The compilation ends with this error: no matching function for call to 'loading::connect(calc*, const char*, QProgressBar*&, const char*) Do I use signals in correct way, or I misunderstand this concept? What's the >correct way to update value of progress bar during this calculations?
EDIT: Code edited to be more clear, now it show current question - signal works but has no effect on qprogressbar.
EDIT2: Now works - function has to be call sender->doData()
. Additionally correct assignment is sender = new calc(this)
(with calc *sender
added to private section of mainwidnow.h). Thanks you, everyone, for help, especially @eyllanesc for point correct way!
Only the classes that inherit from QObject
can have signals, in addition they must have the Macro Q_OBJECT
, since this through the MOC creates all the necessary metaclass for the connection between signals and slots. In your case:
*.h
class calc: public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
calc(QObject *parent=0);
void signalProgress();
signals:
void inprogress();
};
*.cpp
[...]
calc::calc(QObject *parent): QObject(parent)
{
}
Also create a calc instance through a pointer as the garbage collector will delete that data after you use the constructor.
*.h
private:
Ui::loading *ui;
calc *sender;
*.cpp
loading::loading(QWidget *parent) :
QDialog(parent),
ui(new Ui::loading)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
ui->progressBar->setValue(0);
sender = new calc(this);
connect(sender, SIGNAL( inprogress(int) ), ui->progressBar, SLOT( setValue(int) ) );
}