On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 01:18:22PM -0300, Wilton wrote: > > entry_host = gtk_entry_new (); > gtk_entry_set_max_length(GTK_ENTRY (entry_host),50); > gtk_entry_set_text(GTK_ENTRY (entry_host),"localhost"); > gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX (vbox), entry_host, TRUE, TRUE, 0); > gtk_widget_show(entry_host); > > Now I want to use the value entered in this field in another global > variable like this: > > char host[256]; > > But the types are incompatible. How can I solve this problem? You have to connect to "changed" signal of the entry and update host whenever the entry changes. I do not see any incompatibility between the const gchar* return value of gtk_entry_get_text() and a char[256] variable -- you can normally use g_strlcpy() (for example). Yeti -- That's enough. _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list