dwarf issue

[hollowhead]

No it crashes out and complains about that line. The name of the string is irrelevant I changed it all to "front".

[JD2000]

So it crashed this time, how about a back trace?

[hollowhead]

I tried this it basically tells me what I already knew....

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x08069da9 in Spreadsheet::tests (this=0x0) at src/spreadsheet.cpp:1272
 
1272		QString front = MyTestDialog->lineEdit->text();//.toUpper(); // put what is in linedit in string
(gdb)

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x08069da9 in Spreadsheet::tests (this=0x0) at src/spreadsheet.cpp:1272

1272		QString front = MyTestDialog->lineEdit->text();//.toUpper(); // put what is in linedit in string
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[wysota]

That's not a backtrace, that's the current stack frame. I would guess you are accessing a null pointer. You can see "this" equals 0x0 (which is null).

[hollowhead]

wysota you are right. I know very little about using gdb from the command line which is what I did, I've just tried KDbg out of desperation really since I have found in the past it has given me very little info. This time it has been much more helpful. But why when my linedit is not empty does this happen?

ASSERT failure in QList<T>::operator[]: "index out of range", file /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qlist.h, line 403

ASSERT failure in QList<T>::operator[]: "index out of range", file /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qlist.h, line 403

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and

Cannot access memory at address 0x0

Cannot access memory at address 0x0

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[wysota]

Please post a backtrace. You can print a backtrace by running the "bt" command from gdb after the application crashes. Be sure to build the application in debug mode.

[hollowhead]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x08069da9 in Spreadsheet::tests (this=0x0) at src/spreadsheet.cpp:1272
 
1272		QString front = myTestDialog->lineEdit->text();//.toUpper(); // put what is in linedit in string
(gdb) bt
#0  0x08069da9 in Spreadsheet::tests (this=0x0) at src/spreadsheet.cpp:1272
#1  0x0806bc3d in mytTestDialog::onCalc1 (this=0x83322f8)
    at src/myTestDialog.cpp:38
#2  0x0806d7b3 in myTestDialog::qt_metacall (this=0x83322f8, 
    _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=0, _a=0xbfffd398)
    at moc_myTestDialog.cpp:70
#3  0x00c21263 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, int, int, void**) ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#4  0x00c216d8 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, QMetaObject const*, int, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#5  0x008dbcc1 in QAbstractButton::clicked(bool) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#6  0x00604549 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#7  0x006061a4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#8  0x00606431 in QAbstractButton::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent*) ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#9  0x002a4012 in QWidget::event(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#10 0x006043ee in QAbstractButton::event(QEvent*) ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#11 0x006ae66d in QPushButton::event(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#12 0x0024ef54 in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#13 0x00257033 in QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
14 0x00c0b6cb in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal(QObject*, QEvent*) ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#15 0x00255f6e in QApplicationPrivate::sendMouseEvent(QWidget*, QMouseEvent*, QWidget*, QWidget*, QWidget**, QPointer<QWidget>&) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#16 0x002c47c0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#17 0x002c3c4b in QApplication::x11ProcessEvent(_XEvent*) ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#18 0x002f0502 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#19 0x01101e88 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#20 0x01105730 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#21 0x01105863 in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#22 0x00c3602c in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#23 0x002efbe5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#24 0x00c09c79 in QEventLoop::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#25 0x00c0a0ca in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#26 0x00c0c53f in QCoreApplication::exec() () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#27 0x0024edd7 in QApplication::exec() () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#28 0x08055b2a in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffff514) at src/main.cpp:10

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x08069da9 in Spreadsheet::tests (this=0x0) at src/spreadsheet.cpp:1272

1272		QString front = myTestDialog->lineEdit->text();//.toUpper(); // put what is in linedit in string
(gdb) bt
#0  0x08069da9 in Spreadsheet::tests (this=0x0) at src/spreadsheet.cpp:1272
#1  0x0806bc3d in mytTestDialog::onCalc1 (this=0x83322f8)
    at src/myTestDialog.cpp:38
#2  0x0806d7b3 in myTestDialog::qt_metacall (this=0x83322f8, 
    _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=0, _a=0xbfffd398)
    at moc_myTestDialog.cpp:70
#3  0x00c21263 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, int, int, void**) ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#4  0x00c216d8 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, QMetaObject const*, int, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#5  0x008dbcc1 in QAbstractButton::clicked(bool) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#6  0x00604549 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#7  0x006061a4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#8  0x00606431 in QAbstractButton::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent*) ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#9  0x002a4012 in QWidget::event(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#10 0x006043ee in QAbstractButton::event(QEvent*) ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#11 0x006ae66d in QPushButton::event(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#12 0x0024ef54 in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#13 0x00257033 in QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
14 0x00c0b6cb in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal(QObject*, QEvent*) ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#15 0x00255f6e in QApplicationPrivate::sendMouseEvent(QWidget*, QMouseEvent*, QWidget*, QWidget*, QWidget**, QPointer<QWidget>&) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#16 0x002c47c0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#17 0x002c3c4b in QApplication::x11ProcessEvent(_XEvent*) ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#18 0x002f0502 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#19 0x01101e88 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#20 0x01105730 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#21 0x01105863 in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#22 0x00c3602c in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#23 0x002efbe5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#24 0x00c09c79 in QEventLoop::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#25 0x00c0a0ca in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) ()
   from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#26 0x00c0c53f in QCoreApplication::exec() () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#27 0x0024edd7 in QApplication::exec() () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#28 0x08055b2a in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffff514) at src/main.cpp:10

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Thanks for your interest wysota its not this is it?

// start of dialog's constructor
 
Spreadsheet *spreadsheet; // to access spreadsheet class

// start of dialog's constructor

Spreadsheet *spreadsheet; // to access spreadsheet class

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In the meanwhile I'm going uncomment the pass by reference code and see what backtrace I get from that.

[JD2000]

You do not appear to have a spreadsheet object, so as Wysota says, you are accessing a null pointer.

[hollowhead]

Yes but how do get round this, what code do I need to write? I need to pass data from the mytestdialog class to the spreadsheet class. Thanks.

[calhal]

mytestdialog must have a correct pointer to the spreadsheet, assuming this spreadsheet was created somewhere, for example in the mainwindow
You can make a pointer to the spreadsheet class a member of your dialog class and then initialize it by passing a pointer to the constructor of this dialog or via a setter method (which you have to define) just after creating mytestdialog and before executing it.

[hollowhead]

calhal,

I accept what you say and I've read your post very carefully, I've looked in my C++ books and online but I haven't a clue how to do this. I've tried several things including making my Spreadsheet class a friend of my dialog class (compiles but same error) and several other methods but these wouldn't compile. I would be very grateful if you could post some code or a link to a tutorial that shows this since I'm really stuck here.... Ta.

[wysota]

I need to pass data from the mytestdialog class to the spreadsheet class.

You don't pass data to classes, you pass it to objects.
You can have multiple objects of the same class. You need to reference the exact same Spreadsheet object you created earlier, you can't just declare a pointer to its class.

[calhal]

I've just noticed that you're creating and executing this dialog in spreadsheet so you have already passed the pointer to spreadsheet to the dialog here:

MyTestDialog = new MyTestDialog(this);

MyTestDialog = new MyTestDialog(this);

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you can access public members of spreadsheet through parent-> within your dialog

But to show you what I wrote before:

(...)
#include "spreadsheet.h"
class MyTestDialog : public QDialog, public Ui::MyTestDialog {
  Q_OBJECT
  public:
    MyTestDialog( QWidget * parent = 0, Qt::WFlags f = 0, Spreadsheet *spr = 0);
(...)
  private :
    Spreadsheet *spreadsheet;
(...)

(...)
#include "spreadsheet.h"
class MyTestDialog : public QDialog, public Ui::MyTestDialog {
  Q_OBJECT
  public:
    MyTestDialog( QWidget * parent = 0, Qt::WFlags f = 0, Spreadsheet *spr = 0);
(...)
  private :
    Spreadsheet *spreadsheet;
(...)

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and then

MyTestDialog::MyTestDialog( QWidget * parent, Qt::WFlags f, Spreadsheet *spr) {
(...)
  spreadsheet = spr;
}
 
(...)
 
void MyTestDialog::onCalc1() {
  if (spreadsheet) // Don't forget to check if spreadsheet is not null
     spreadsheet->tests();
}

MyTestDialog::MyTestDialog( QWidget * parent, Qt::WFlags f, Spreadsheet *spr) {
(...)
  spreadsheet = spr;
}

(...)

void MyTestDialog::onCalc1() {
  if (spreadsheet) // Don't forget to check if spreadsheet is not null
     spreadsheet->tests();
}

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and then in the code where you want to run this dialog

dialog = new MyTestDialog(this, 0, pointer_to_spreadsheet)

dialog = new MyTestDialog(this, 0, pointer_to_spreadsheet)

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[JD2000]

A Spreadsheet object needs to be created somewhere in the programme first

Spreadsheet *spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet *spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet

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although I would be inclined to call the object something else to prevent confusion with the class name.