Can't access private member of Dialog from Main Window.

[jgoody]

Hello all,

I'm trying to get a test app working where a Main Window Menu is used to call a Dialog. Text is entered into the Dialog and then transferred to the Main Window. Sounds easy






My problem is I don't know how to access the Dialog's lineEdit. I've tried the following, but the compiler gives the error that lineEdit is private.

// from mainwindow.cpp
void MainWindow::on_actionDialog_1_triggered() // if the menu item triggered.
{
    Dialog *mydialog = new Dialog(this);
 
    if (mydialog->exec())
    {
        QString textIn = mydialog->ui->lineEdit->text();
 
        ui->textEdit->append(textIn);
    }
 
}

// from mainwindow.cpp
void MainWindow::on_actionDialog_1_triggered() // if the menu item triggered.
{
    Dialog *mydialog = new Dialog(this);

    if (mydialog->exec())
    {
        QString textIn = mydialog->ui->lineEdit->text();

        ui->textEdit->append(textIn);
    }

}

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Here are the files generated by Creator from my Dialog.ui:

ui_dialog.h
dialog.h
dialog.cpp

Thanks.