FileChooserButton write file name to char

Morningstar · **Joined:** Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:20 pm **Posts:** 5

Hellow!

I want to get file name user select by FileChooserButton. I tried to do it this way:

Code:

//declaration of global widget and array for file name
GtkWidget *fc_button_o;
char file_name_i;
 
//callback function for file name writing in array
void set_file_name ()
{
 printf ("Setting input file name\n");
 file_name_i = (char) gtk_file_chooser_get_filename(GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (fc_button_o));
 printf ("Input file name is: %s\n", file_name_i);
}
 
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) // of course only important code part here
{
 fc_button_o = gtk_file_chooser_button_new ("Browse", GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN);
 g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (fc_button_o), "file-set", G_CALLBACK (set_file_name), NULL);
}
 

Then I try to compile this in Code::Blocks IDE and push the file chooser button which gives me:

Code:

Setting input file name
Segmentation fault

which means that something wrong with string containing gtk_file_chooser_get_filename function. Please help me to find out what is wrong.

Paul Childs · **Posted:** Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:33 am

Ah this is an easy one. You're trying to store a filename in a single digit character (char). The segfault you are getting then isn't the function but casting it into something that really isn't going to fit (either that or its that your printf expects a null terminated character string but doesn't get this, this might be more likely). The data type you need is a null terminated string (char*) The star makes it a pointer to chars, so you can index more than one. Even better is to call it gchar*; using glibs data types and to use the g_sprintf etc functions for string manipulation as they are more platform independent.

Morningstar · **Joined:** Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:20 pm **Posts:** 5

Choosing *char helped. Thank you!

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