> In function 1, I have created a a dialog widget which has 5 check buttons > and I am check marking first 2 check buttons. > The dialog widget is being passed as an argument for this function 2. How > will I see which check buttons are checked and which are not. > The declaration for check buttons and dialog widget are global. > > I use in function 2 > int r = gtk_toggle_button_get_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(chkbutton2)); > > It is always getting 0 for variable r and the following message. > > Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtktogglebutton.c: line 326 > (gtk_toggle_button_get_active): assertion `GTK_IS_TOGGLE_BUTTON > (toggle_button)' failed You are probably accessing the button *after* the dialog is destroyed and the button happens to be referred by that dialog only (thus child widgets get destroyed with the dialog). If you want to keep the button you have to g_object_ref it or make function-2 a signal handler of the dialog to set some variable. marc _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list