[Gtk-sharp-list] widget inheritance

[Bryan Buchanan]

Hi,

Can someone please tell a dummy why the last line of code below
barfs with an error:

"Cannot cast from source type to destination type."

I obviously don't understand something fundamental !

Bryan

public class MyEntry : Gtk.Entry {
  public bool flag;
                                                                                                    
  public MyEntry() : base () {}
  public MyEntry(System.IntPtr ptr) : base(ptr) {}
  public MyEntry(string s) : base(s) {}
  protected MyEntry(GLib.GType type) : base(type) {}
}

Glade.XML gxml = new Glade.XML ("myfile.glade", "window1", null);
Gtk.Entry test = (Gtk.Entry) gxml.GetWidget("entry1");  // OK
MyEntry entry = (MyEntry) gxml.GetWidget("entry1");  // barfs