Re: Reparent command problem

2014-04-04 Thread Kjell Ahlstedt
Hi Mike, There's no formal way of closing down problems or threads on this mailing list. You just do as you've done: Tell that the problem is solved, and preferably how it was solved. When I sent my reply, I hadn't seen your post where you said you'd solved your problem. It was sent while I

Re: Reparent command problem

2014-04-04 Thread mike lear
To Kjell Thank you, I realised that after posting.  It is now fixed. As a newcomer to this group, I 'm  not sure how to close down this problem. Mike On Thursday, 3 April 2014, 14:43, Kjell Ahlstedt wrote: Don't reparent anything. You shall not replace the message area with your own box, y

Re: Reparent command problem

2014-04-03 Thread Kjell Ahlstedt
Don't reparent anything. You shall not replace the message area with your own box, you shall add your grid to the existing box. Gtk::Label *label1 = Gtk::manage(new Gtk::Label("some text")); Gtk::Label *label2 = Gtk::manage(new Gtk::Label("some more text")); Gtk::Grid *grid = Gtk::m

Re: Reparent command problem

2014-04-03 Thread mike lear
Hello all, Since posting this request I had time to go back over my code. I discovered that I don't need to add the vbox. So removing that line of code and the reparent line. The code then compiles with no errors. I am not sure yet how to close down this posting. But  I do not now require any ass