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is not a pointer-to-object type

I'm trying to compila some code with XLib call and getting the following error: void* is not a pointer-to-object type.
the lines with this erro is:

   Window win;
   unsigned long valuemask = 0;
   XGCValues values;
   unsigned int line_width = 6;
   int line_style = LineOnOffDash;
   int cap_style = CapRound;
   int join_style = JoinRound;
   int dash_offset = 0;
   static char dash_list[] = {12, 24};
   int list_length = 2;
etc..

//    Display* ToolKit::getDisplay();


      *gc = XCreateGC(toolkit->getDisplay(), win, valuemask, &values);
      XSetFont(toolkit->getDisplay(), *gc, font_info->fid);
      XSetForeground(toolkit->getDisplay(), *gc, BlackPixel(toolkit->getDisplay(),toolkit->getScreenNum()));
      XSetLineAttributes(toolkit->getDisplay(), *gc, line_width, line_style, cap_style, join_style);
      XSetDashes(toolkit->getDisplay(), *gc, dash_offset, dash_list, list_length);


Someone can help? I relay not understanting what's happen once all types appear to be corrects.
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And where exactly are you getting that error?
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all this lines:

*gc = XCreateGC(toolkit->getDisplay(), win, valuemask, &values);
     XSetFont(toolkit->getDisplay(), *gc, font_info->fid);
     XSetForeground(toolkit->getDisplay(), *gc, BlackPixel(toolkit->getDisplay(),toolkit->getScreenNum()));
     XSetLineAttributes(toolkit->getDisplay(), *gc, line_width, line_style, cap_style, join_style);
     XSetDashes(toolkit->getDisplay(), *gc, dash_offset, dash_list, list_length);

../widgets/Frame.cpp:83: error: `void*' is not a pointer-to-object type
../widgets/Frame.cpp:85: error: `void*' is not a pointer-to-object type
../widgets/Frame.cpp:88: error: `void*' is not a pointer-to-object type
../widgets/Frame.cpp:88: error: `void*' is not a pointer-to-object type
../widgets/Frame.cpp:88: error: `void*' is not a pointer-to-object type
../widgets/Frame.cpp:90: error: `void*' is not a pointer-to-object type
../widgets/Frame.cpp:92: error: `void*' is not a pointer-to-object type
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What type is 'toolkit'? That seems to be the cuplrit here.
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yes, is what i had discovered when I replace toolkit->getDisplay() by NULL

static void* toolkit = NULL;

my doubt is that the return type for getDisplay is the type XLib function is expecting
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>>my doubt is that the return type for getDisplay is the type XLib function is expecting

Well, it should be, depending on your "toolkit". But, you could always

Display* pDisp = XOpenDisplay ();

GC gc = XCreateGC(pDisp, win, valuemask, &values);
     XSetFont(pDisp, gc, font_info->fid);
     XSetForeground(pDisp, gc, BlackPixel(pDisp,CorrectScreenNumHere));
     XSetLineAttributes(pDisp, gc, line_width, line_style, cap_style, join_style);
     XSetDashes(pDisp, gc, dash_offset, dash_list, list_length);
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There's other calls on the same class that do it with no problem. But in this part of code neither I cast toolkit to the ToolKit class I avoid the error

getDisplay returns justa a Display*
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Well, what about posting your toolkit class' declaration?
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I was haging problems definig ToolKit* toolkit in the ToolKit class, then I placed it as a global in the END OF ToolKit header and it works.
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