Gtk closeing windows

hey i am new to gtk programming, i am working on some simple practice code, so far i have a window with a table that has a label and then 2 buttons. one button quits the app completely. the other button makes an about like window that has a label and a close button. the close button is linked to delete_event but return false doesnt close that window, cant do gtk_main_quit because that will close the whole app not just the about window. i also tried another one earlier which i think was gtk_destroy(window) or something of the sort but in the delete_event function window would be undefined so that didnt work.

anyone can help me?

should i post what i have so far?

We'll need to see some code.

I can't quite follow what you're saying. your code should explain.

#include <gtk/gtk.h>


static gboolean delete_event( GtkWidget *widget,
GdkEvent *event,
gpointer data )
{

/*HERE I NEED SOMETHING TO CLOSE THE ABOUT WINDOW WHEN THE BUTTON IS PUSHED, I CANT USE GTK_DESTROY(WINDOW) BECAUSE WINDOW IS NOT DEFINED IN THIS FUNCTION*/

return FALSE;
}

static void destroy( GtkWidget *widget,
gpointer data )
{
gtk_main_quit ();
}


static gboolean about( GtkWidget *widget,
GdkEvent *event,
gpointer data )
{
GtkWidget *window;
GtkWidget *button;
GtkWidget *table;
GtkWidget *frame;
GtkWidget *label;

window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (window), "About");

g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window), "delete_event",
G_CALLBACK (delete_event), NULL);

frame = gtk_frame_new ("About");
label = gtk_label_new ("This is a label without autowrap text");

button = gtk_button_new_with_label ("close");

/* THIS IS THE BUTTON THAT WHEN PRESSED I WANT IT TO CLOSE THIS "ABOUT" WINDOW WITHOUT CLOSING THE ENTIRE PROGRAM, THIS BUTTON ACTIVATES delete_event BUT THAT DOESNT CLOSE THE ABOUT WINDOW */

g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (button), "clicked",
G_CALLBACK (delete_event), NULL);

table = gtk_table_new (2, 3, TRUE);
gtk_table_attach_defaults (GTK_TABLE (table), button, 1, 2, 1, 2);
gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (frame), label);
gtk_table_attach_defaults (GTK_TABLE (table), frame, 0, 3, 0, 1);
gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), table);

gtk_widget_show (label);
gtk_widget_show (frame);
gtk_widget_show (button);
gtk_widget_show (table);
gtk_widget_show (window);

}

int main( int argc,
char *argv[] )
{
GtkWidget *window;
GtkWidget *button;
GtkWidget *table;
GtkWidget *frame;
GtkWidget *label;

gtk_init (&argc, &argv);

frame = gtk_frame_new ("DATA");
label = gtk_label_new ("This is a label without autowrap text");


window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);


gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (window), "Application Name");


g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window), "delete_event",
G_CALLBACK (delete_event), NULL);


gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (window), 10);


table = gtk_table_new (2, 2, TRUE);


gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), table);


button = gtk_button_new_with_label ("About");


g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (button), "clicked",
G_CALLBACK (about), (gpointer) "About");

gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (frame), label);
gtk_table_attach_defaults (GTK_TABLE (table), frame, 0, 2, 0, 1);


gtk_table_attach_defaults (GTK_TABLE (table), button, 0, 1, 1, 2);

gtk_widget_show (button);


button = gtk_button_new_with_label ("Quit");


g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (button), "clicked",
G_CALLBACK (destroy), NULL);


gtk_table_attach_defaults (GTK_TABLE (table), button, 1, 2, 1, 2);

gtk_widget_show (button);
gtk_widget_show (label);
gtk_widget_show (frame);
gtk_widget_show (table);
gtk_widget_show (window);

gtk_main ();

return 0;
}

Can you please point out the lines of code you're having trouble with and why you think that is?

(line numbers have changed a bit because of the new commenting)


i need line 11 to close the window made by the about function (line 21) without closeing the entire application (dont want to use gtk_main_quit)

maybe on line 34 something needs to be changed in the signal for the button that when pressed will call the delete_event function (line 4)

i also did a bit of commenting there too to explain the problem.

thanks for the help.

Right, I see what you're on with.

The only way out of this one that I can see is a global variable, which I use for all my windows anyway.

So declare window globally at the top of the file.