Re: display values

[John Cupitt ng-london org uk]

Lucius Gamarc wrote:
> i have coded a program that retrieves values from a port and i want to 
> display the values in a non-editable entry box.
> i have successful built a gui but am unable to display the inputted 
> value as it is returned as the pointer, &data and when i try to add this 
> to the gtk_entry_set_text(GTK_ENTRY(entry),&data);
> it is not displayed?

Hi Lucius, you need to convert you data to a string and display that. 
Something like:

   char buf[ 256 ];

   snprintf( buf, 256, "value is %d", data );
   gtk_entry_set_text( GTK_ENTRY( widget ), buf );

if your data is an integer.

John



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