C++/wxWidgets Help accessing item

[Adam01]

Hi, Im basicly stuck trying to access a member, which controls a text box.

What I want to do is set a value for it, outside its class.


This code works in fine.
void ClientFrame::OnAbout(...){
wxTextCtrlBase *Status = ClientFrame::Status;
Status->SetValue(text);
}
What I want to do is access ClientFrame::Status, from int main().
I have tried this:

void ClientFrame::ChangeStatus(wxString text){
        wxTextCtrlBase *Status = Status;
        Status->SetValue(text);
}
int main(){
    ClientFrame.ChangeStatus(_("Attempting to connect to server "));
.
.
.
}

This may seem simple in some casses, but I cant get my head round it!
error: expected unqualified-id before '.' token.


Sorry if my explanation is poor.

[weaknessforcats]

Is ClientFrame::Status a public member of ClientFrame?

If not, the access is restricted to ClientFrame members.

[Adam01]

Sorry for the late responce, but it seems I declared the prototype not in ClientFrame, but here instead:

class ClientFrame: public wxFrame
{
    public:
 
        void ChangeStatus(wxString text);
.
.
.

And I cant find the declaration of ClientFrame, so is there another way to access a function like this:

        wxTextCtrlBase *Status = Status;
        Status->SetValue(text);

Status is private in ClientFrame, and I need to access SetValue somehow.


This function would work because it is in Clientframe class, which I cant seem to find, at all.

void ClientFrame::OnAbout(wxCommandEvent& event)
{
wxTextCtrlBase *Status = Status;
        Status->SetValue(text);
}

Any suggestions?

[Adam01]

Ok, nevermind that, what I want to do in wxWidgets is to create a main() function, to run for loops.

Im trying to convert a console program into a GUI, and failing.

[Adam01]

Can something tell me a way to have a main-like loop in wxWidgets?