Hi,
Just add a int value to the treemodel you use.
Don't know if you use treestore or liststore, but something like this:
model = new TreeStore (typeof (string), typeof (int));
where the string is the name, and the int is the contact_id.
Then in the callback you get the id like this:
int contact_id = (int)model.GetValue (iter, 1);
Hope this helps!
/Fredrik
fre 2005-11-11 klockan 09:10 -0700 skrev Clark Endrizzi:
> Hi guys,
> I've tried to go everywhere for an answer on this (except here!). I
> am starting gnome development with mono, so I have no previous gtk
> experience and I'm trying to figure out how I can do what I need with
> treeview.
>
> I'm writing a simple address book app ala Mac OS X's address book and
> am pretty far along. Basically it has two paines, the left side with
> a list of names (using treeview) and the right side displaying the
> selected name's contact information. On the left side I only show the
> names of each contact. When it's selected I'm using this chunk of
> code (copied from monodoc's documentation):
>
> this.Selection.Changed += OnSelectionChanged;
> // code in between
> protected void OnSelectionChanged (object o, EventArgs args)
> {
> TreeIter iter;
> TreeModel model;
>
> if (((TreeSelection)o).GetSelected(out model, out iter))
> {
> this.currentSelection = (string)model.GetValue
> (iter, 0);
> Console.WriteLine ("{0} was selected",
> this.currentSelection);
> }
>
> this.mainWindowAccessor.ChangeContactByName(this.currentSelection);
> }
>
> This tells me when one is selected, giving me that contracts name as
> shown in the treeview.
>
> It works nice for getting the selected name but as in just about any
> database app, it would be much more useful to have a way of retrieving
> the contact_id when I select a name (since the possibility exists of
> having a duplicate name, etc). I do web development so I'm used to
> having a select widget that I can define each option like so: <option
> value="22">Name</option>. This allows me to dispaly "Name" but it
> returns the id "22" when selected. I know treeview is much more
> advanced than the simple HTML select widget but can I achieve this
> same thing using treeview.
>
> I would really appreciate any help on this since it's basically
> preventing me from going any further with this app (and my mono
> learning in general).
>
> Thanks much in advance!
> --
> -Clark Endrizzi
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