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marine · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 1

Hi everyone. My name is Ray, from Utica, NY. I will be visiting Poland soon, and I am hoping to meet my Polish relatives. I also hope some people from here may help me in contacting my relatives before my visit. Thanks and looking forward to meeting some great people on here!

gedward · Last edited by gedward on Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:52 pm; edited 1 time in total

I tried it, but I got

error: syntax error before "everyone"

so I commented out the offending line (after several failed attempts to correct it), but then I got

undefined reference to `main'

After poring over it for several more hours, I believe I identified the problem. It's a little too complex to properly describe in a single post, however; I took the liberty of putting together the following patch which I hope you'll consider:

1c1,49
< Hi everyone. My name is Ray, from Utica, NY. I will be visiting Poland soon, and I am hoping to meet my Polish relatives. I also hope some people from here may help me in contacting my relatives before my visit. Thanks and looking forward to meeting some great people on here!
---
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <gtk/gtk.h>
>
> static void helloWorld (GtkWidget *wid, GtkWidget *win)
> {
> GtkWidget *dialog = NULL;
>
> dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new (GTK_WINDOW (win), GTK_DIALOG_MODAL, GTK_MESSAGE_INFO, GTK_BUTTONS_CLOSE, "Hi everyone. My name is Ray, from Utica, NY. I will be visiting Poland soon, and I am hoping to meet my Polish relatives. I also hope some people from here may help me in contacting my relatives before my visit. Thanks and looking forward to meeting some great people on here!");
> gtk_window_set_position (GTK_WINDOW (dialog), GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER);
> gtk_dialog_run (GTK_DIALOG (dialog));
> gtk_widget_destroy (dialog);
> }
>
> int main (int argc, char *argv[])
> {
> GtkWidget *button = NULL;
> GtkWidget *win = NULL;
> GtkWidget *vbox = NULL;
>
> /* Initialize GTK+ */
> g_log_set_handler ("Gtk", G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, (GLogFunc) gtk_false, NULL);
> gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
> g_log_set_handler ("Gtk", G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, g_log_default_handler, NULL);
>
> /* Create the main window */
> win = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
> gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (win), 8);
> gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (win), "Hello World");
> gtk_window_set_position (GTK_WINDOW (win), GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER);
> gtk_widget_realize (win);
> g_signal_connect (win, "destroy", gtk_main_quit, NULL);
>
> /* Create a vertical box with buttons */
> vbox = gtk_vbox_new (TRUE, 6);
> gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (win), vbox);
>
> button = gtk_button_new_from_stock (GTK_STOCK_DIALOG_INFO);
> g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (button), "clicked", G_CALLBACK (helloWorld), (gpointer) win);
> gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), button, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
>
> button = gtk_button_new_from_stock (GTK_STOCK_CLOSE);
> g_signal_connect (button, "clicked", gtk_main_quit, NULL);
> gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), button, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
>
> /* Enter the main loop */
> gtk_widget_show_all (win);
> gtk_main ();
> return 0;
> }

It runs on my system fine, so I'm pretty sure it's okay. But please let me know if I introduced any glaring errors or took your original version in the wrong direction, etc.

Vadi · GTK+ Geek Joined: 28 May 2008 Posts: 68

:) good chuckle there. We should keep this spam post.

gedward · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject:

Spam? Nonsense, spambots can't code. What about that was s... Boy, is my face red right now. :lol: