C++ Qt signal and slot not firing

Question

I am having difficulty in my Qt program with connecting button signals to my slots. My code is:

Main.cpp

#include <QtGui/QApplication>
#include "MainWidget.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication app(argc, argv);

    MainWidget mainWidget;
    mainWidget.show();

    return app.exec();
}

MainWidget.h

#ifndef MAINWIDGET_H
#define MAINWIDGET_H

#include <QWidget>

class MainWidget : public QWidget
{
public:
    MainWidget();

public slots:
    void bAdvice_clicked();
    void bWeather_clicked();
    void bNextMeeting_clicked();
    void bQuit_clicked();
};

#endif // MAINWIDGET_H

MainWidget.cpp

#include "MainWidget.h"
#include <QMessageBox>
#include <QPushButton>
#include <QTextEdit>
#include <QVBoxLayout>

MainWidget::MainWidget()
{
    QLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout();
    this->setLayout(layout);

    QTextEdit *message = new QTextEdit();
    layout->addWidget(message);

    QPushButton *bAdvice = new QPushButton("Advice");
    connect(bAdvice, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(bAdvice_clicked()));
    layout->addWidget(bAdvice);

    QPushButton *bWeather = new QPushButton("Weather");
    connect(bWeather, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(bWeather_clicked()));
    layout->addWidget(bWeather);

    QPushButton *bNextMeeting = new QPushButton("Next Meeting");
    connect(bNextMeeting, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(bNextMeeting_clicked()));
    layout->addWidget(bNextMeeting);

    QPushButton *bQuit = new QPushButton("Quit");
    connect(bQuit, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(bQuit_clicked()));
    layout->addWidget(bQuit);
}

void MainWidget::bAdvice_clicked()
{
}

void MainWidget::bWeather_clicked()
{
}

void MainWidget::bNextMeeting_clicked()
{
    QMessageBox::information(this, "Next Meeting", "Today", QMessageBox::Ok);
}

void MainWidget::bQuit_clicked()
{
    this->close();
}

The program outputs the following:

Starting C:\Users\Sameer\Documents\PartAQuestion2\debug\PartAQuestion2.exe...
Object::connect: No such slot QWidget::bAdvice_clicked() in MainWidget.cpp:16
Object::connect: No such slot QWidget::bWeather_clicked() in MainWidget.cpp:20
Object::connect: No such slot QWidget::bNextMeeting_clicked() in MainWidget.cpp:24
Object::connect: No such slot QWidget::bQuit_clicked() in MainWidget.cpp:28

C:\Users\Sameer\Documents\PartAQuestion2\debug\PartAQuestion2.exe exited with code 0

The code seems right, no compiler warnings. Just this output at runtime. But it looks like I hooked the signals and slots up correctly.

Answer 1

Add Q_OBJECT to your class, like this:

class MainWidget : public QWidget
{
    Q_OBJECT

You also have to run moc to generate some helper code. qmake does that automatically for your, but if you compile this yourself, you need to run moc.