CSE024x30

10-30 Lecture 17 & 18

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Prerequisites

Recap

tl;dr

ListBox

Getting the position of the entry

In order to get the position of the text entry (each text in the listbox is an entry), you need to call the value function through the arrow operator (->)

void Application::someRandomFunction() {
	int positionFromList = listBox->value();
	
	cout << "Ran the function on entry  " << positionFromList; 
}

In this example, the selected entry is the first element of the list. However, the first index starts at 1.

Group Question

Homework Todoist System

Create a homework Todoist system where the user could create tasks and show them in the active list.

Objectives

  • Create a struct task_t with the identifying members: time_t timestamp, bool done, & std::string description
  • Create the main window (500 x 500)
    • Initialize two menu items: Create & Delete (only for the challenge)
    • Create a label called Tasks
    • Create a list box of tasks
    • Lastly, develop the Complete button
  • Inside the Create Task window
    • Identify the name and description
    • Once you get those two values, add that task to the vector of Task
  • With the events on the Main Window,
    • Bind the on click for create menu with a function
    • Bind the on click for complete button with a function
    • Every time the task is added or completed, the list refreshes only to show the tasks currently available to do
  • With the events on the Create Task window,
    • Bind the on click for the add button to add a task and update the list

Challenge:

You may need to reference the C++ vector documentation

  • For every time there’s a new task added, add a suffix to the label that shows the status of the number of tasks are available to do
  • For finishing the delete task window, create that window and have it linked to the menu button Delete on the main window
    • Don’t forget to link the delete button inside the delete task window with the event handler
    • And also retrieve the value of the task and search its index on the vector of Task
  • If you could figure out how to delete the task without marking complete, think of how to manipulate the vector of struct and it’s the opposite of push_back (Hint: vector.begin() defines the start index of vector)
  • You could also use the filesystem for saving the data

General Questions

To be added by 12am tonight

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