gtk_drawing_area_size first parameter

hemoali · **Joined:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:18 pm **Posts:** 1

Hello guys I'm using c++ and gtk+ 2 I want to make a simple paint program like MS program but by these two tools only okay I just started and I want your hands to reach the end :) look to my code here

Code:

#include <gtk/gtk.h>
int main( int argc,char *argv[] )
{
GtkWidget* window;
GtkWidget* drawingArea;
gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window), "delete_event",G_CALLBACK (gtk_main_quit), G_OBJECT(window));
g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window), "destroy",G_CALLBACK (gtk_main_quit), G_OBJECT(window));
gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (window), 10);

drawingArea = gtk_drawing_area_new();
/*The problem is in the next line*/
gtk_drawing_area_size(G_OBJECT(drawingArea),200,200);


gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), drawingArea);
gtk_widget_show (drawingArea);



gtk_widget_show (window);
gtk_main ();
return 0;
}

my problem is in the commented line

Code:

gtk_drawing_area_size(G_OBJECT(drawingArea),200,200);

the error when compiling

Code:

 ibrahim@ibrahim-PC:~/Desktop$ gcc main.cpp -o base `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-2.0`
main.cpp: In function ‘int main(int, char**)’:
main.cpp:14:52: error: cannot convert ‘GObject* {aka _GObject*}’ to ‘GtkDrawingArea* {aka _GtkDrawingArea*}’ for argument ‘1’ to ‘void gtk_drawing_area_size(GtkDrawingArea*, gint, gint)’

So Please help me

kepica · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:38 pm

hi and welcome.

is there any particular reason to work with GTK+ 2 ?
GTK+ 3 is not NEW any more, it is stable and much better.
please, think of it.

gtk_drawing_area_size is deprecated, but if you insist - do not use G_OBJECT modifier.

I use fedora linux and got DEVHELP application with complete GTK documentation. If you cant find such application, you can allways go to web page with documentation for API function prototype.

Cheers !

errol · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:31 pm

Hi,

There could be several reasons to still be using GTK+ v2. Some Linux distributions do not have GTK+ v3 yet in their stable release. Also there is not a bundled version of GTK+ v3 for Windows as of yet. It is still advisable to avoid the use of deprecated API calls so that when the need to convert to GTK+ v3 happens it can then be done with ease.

As already noted gtk_drawing_area_size() is deprecated and you should be using gtk_widget_set_size_request () instead.

The reason the code failed to compile is that the first argument of gtk_drawing_area_size() is of type GtkDrawingArea* and you are passing it a GObject* which are not the same.

Also the final argument to g_signal_connect() is a pointless bit of extra code and you could pass NULL instead.

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