Thanks Madhusudan... Your pointers were great for me to start off. I was looking for the corresponding method in gtkmm.
For those new like me out there... this is what I did: Called: Glib::signal_timeout().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this,&className::periodicTask),1000); bool className :: periodicTask(){ time_t rawtime; struct tm * timeinfo; string date; time ( &rawtime ); timeinfo = localtime ( &rawtime ); date = asctime(timeinfo); m_date.set_text("date:"+date); return true; } returning true alone will get the clock ticking. With false, it just displays once and m_date is not updated. Hope this helps somebody someday. Thanks Sirisha On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 10:39 +0530, Madhusudan E wrote: > Hi, > You may use > > For ex: > > g_timeout_add_full(G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT,1000, periodicTask, NULL, > (GDestroyNotify)go_to_timeout); > > Where in , the 'periodicTask' callback will be called every 1 sec (1000 > msec), > Within this callback you can use, time_t to get the time current time. > Update your window and display. > > I hope this helps. > > Rgds, > Madhusudan. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SIRISHA > MUPPAVARAPU > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 2:03 AM > To: gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > Subject: Display date and time using gtkmm2.4 > > Hi All > > In my project, I need to display the date time on the window as long as > the application is running. Kind of real time display of date,time on > the window. I can use time_t from time.h and obtain the date and time. > But, how do I make is real time? I am using libgtk2.8 and libgtkmm 2.4. > > I searched all over the net and couldn't find any solution. All your > suggestions are highly appreciated. I am pretty new to GTK programming > and I come from Java/C# background. Hope someone there can help me with > a seemingly simple problem. > > Thanks in advance > Sirisha > _______________________________________________ > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list > > _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list