inheritance

[steiner]

Why can't I do this?

class myTextEdit : public QTextEdit {
   //blah
};
 
class MainWindow : QMainWindow {
 
private slots:
void getText() {
QString = inputText->text();  //inputText is defined as myTextEdit
}
};

class myTextEdit : public QTextEdit {
   //blah
};

class MainWindow : QMainWindow {
   
private slots:
void getText() {
QString = inputText->text();  //inputText is defined as myTextEdit
}
};

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This example is highly contrived, but since QTextEdit has a public function called text(), why does the compiler say it isn't a member of myTextEdit...

Thanks

[marcel]

I am afraid there's no such member in QTextEdit.
You can use QTextEdit::toPlainText to retrieve the contained text.

[jpn]

Perhaps you're reading docs of Qt 3 but actually using Qt 4?

[steiner]

yes, 3.3 specifically it clearly states it has a text() method

[jpn]

And what does "qmake -v" output? You should read docs of Qt 4 if that's what you use. Qt 3 and Qt 4 are pretty much different.