[Gtk-sharp-list] widget inheritance

[Peter Williams]

The object that's being returned by gxml.GetWidget is created by Glade
based on the definitions in myfile.glade. That file probably defines
entry1 to just be a Gtk.Entry, not a MyEntry. This would be what you'd
expect if you just created the XML file through the glade UI because it
doesn't even know what a MyEntry is. So the entry1 object in your Glade
tree is a Gtk.Entry, which can't be cast into its subclass MyEntry.

I think it's possible to edit the XML file manually and put in a
"custom" widget, telling the Glade code to create an object of a type
you specify (eg, MyEntry). Alternatively, you can create the MyEntry
yourself, extract its parent from the Glade.XML object, and then add it
as a child manually.

HTH,
	Peter
 
On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 23:48 +1000, Bryan Buchanan wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
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