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    Default Read stdout to a widget

    Hi,

    I started to prog my own FM/DAB Radio app for a specifix dongle.

    Right now I start a process to scan for frequencies. The results should be listed vertically in a widget, but everything I tried failed.

    Output from terminal when command has finished:

    Qt Code:
    1. 5A 174928000
    2. 5B 176640000
    3. 5C 178352000
    4. [LOCKED]
    5. 5D 180064000
    6. 6A 181936000
    7. 6B 183648000
    8. 6C 185360000
    9. 6D 187072000
    10. 7A 188928000
    11. 7B 190640000
    12. 7C 192352000
    13. 7D 194064000
    14. 8A 195936000
    15. 8B 197648000
    16. [LOCKED]
    17. 8C 199360000
    18. 8D 201072000
    19. 9A 202928000
    20. 9B 204640000
    21. 9C 206352000
    22. 9D 208064000
    23. 10A 209936000
    24. 10B 211648000
    25. 10C 213360000
    26. 10D 215072000
    27. 11A 216928000
    28. 11B 218640000
    29. 11C 220352000
    30. 11D 222064000
    31. 12A 223936000
    32. 12B 225648000
    33. 12C 227360000
    34. 12D 229072000
    35. 13A 230748000
    36. 13B 232496000
    37. 13C 234208000
    38. 13D 235776000
    39. 13E 237448000
    40. 13F 239200000
    41.  
    42. Scan completed
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    The way i start the command when scan button is pushed:

    Qt Code:
    1. QProcess::execute("/opt/bin/mediaclient --scandabfrequencies /dev/dab0");
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    I'd like to have these results except the empty line and "Scan completed" in an editable list.

    Regards

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    Default Re: Read stdout to a widget

    Please take a look at the documentation: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#details

    There you will find how to read from stdout

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    Default Re: Read stdout to a widget

    Thx, i'll check that.

    Which widget would be the best to show the results and make each line clickable for the user?

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    Default Re: Read stdout to a widget

    make each line clickable for the user?
    And what is supposed to happen when the user clicks on a line?

    I would probably start by looking at QListWidget or QTableWidget depending on whether you want one or two columns in your display.
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    Default Re: Read stdout to a widget

    Quote Originally Posted by d_stranz View Post
    And what is supposed to happen when the user clicks on a line?

    I would probably start by looking at QListWidget or QTableWidget depending on whether you want one or two columns in your display.
    The aim is to click on the found frequency in the list and then to tune to the station.

    Trying to build the example for QProcess but getting an error:

    Qt Code:
    1. void DAB_FM::on_btnScan_clicked()
    2. {
    3. //DAB
    4. if (ui->dabButton->isChecked()){
    5.  
    6. QObject *parent;
    7.  
    8. QString program = "/opt/bin/mediaclient";
    9. QStringList arguments;
    10. arguments << "--scandabfrequencies" << "/dev/dab0";
    11.  
    12. QProcess *myProcess = new QProcess(parent);
    13. myProcess->start(program, arguments);
    14.  
    15. }
    16. }
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    Warning says: /home/ubuntu/DAB_FM/dab_fm.cpp:98: Warnung: variable 'parent' is uninitialized when used here

    When clicking on scan, the app crashes.

    Edit:

    From some tutorials i decided to use the ListWidget. The question for me is, how can I read the stdout from QProcess::execute and pass the returned stdout to the ListWidget.
    Last edited by vitalic; 19th April 2020 at 11:11.

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    Default Re: Read stdout to a widget

    Ok, so far I'm able to read the output now, but the result is shown as one item in the widget. I'd like to have each line of the output as one item.

    Qt Code:
    1. void DAB_FM::on_btnScan_clicked()
    2. {
    3. //DAB
    4.  
    5. if (ui->dabButton->isChecked()){
    6.  
    7. QProcess process;
    8. process.start("/opt/bin/mediaclient --scandabfrequencies /dev/dab0");
    9. process.waitForFinished();
    10. QByteArray output(process.readAllStandardOutput());
    11. ui->listScan->addItem(output);
    12.  
    13. }
    14.  
    15. //FM
    16.  
    17. if (ui->fmButton->isChecked()){
    18.  
    19. QProcess process;
    20. process.start("/opt/bin/mediaclient --scanfmfrequencies /dev/radio0");
    21. process.waitForFinished();
    22. QByteArray output(process.readAllStandardOutput());
    23. ui->listScan->addItem(output);
    24.  
    25. }
    26.  
    27. }
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    Result for FM Scan:

    Auswahl_013.png

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    Default Re: Read stdout to a widget

    QByteArray output(process.readAllStandardOutput());
    ui->listScan->addItem(output);
    Well if you are reading it all into a single QByteArray, and passing that entire array to addItem(), the list widget is doing exactly what you told it to - add a single item.

    Most of this basic stuff is covered in the Qt documentation and the Qt examples and tutorials.

    Look at QString and its constructor that takes a QByteArray as input, QString::split(), QStringList, and QListWidget::addItems(), QListWidget::itemClicked() (or itemDoubleClicked() depending on the behavior you want).
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