Set of ContainerControls

[Jean-Luc Arnaud]

Hi all,

It seems like it's not possible to create a set of containercontrols.

Am I wrong?

Xojo2017r1 Mac

TIA for your replies

[Lars Jensen]

When I try to create a set of container controls, the IDE says
"ContainerControl arrays are not supported", so I guess you are not wrong.

(Unless it has changed since 2015r3.1.)

lj

Post by Jean-Luc Arnaud
Hi all,
It seems like it's not possible to create a set of containercontrols.
Am I wrong?
Xojo2017r1 Mac
TIA for your replies
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Jean-Luc Arnaud
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[Jean-Luc Arnaud]

Thanks, Lars.

Yes, indeed, I'm afraid I'm not wrong. Xojo2017r1 doesn't say "not
supported", this functionality (array of containers) simply does not exist.

I'm curious to know why ...

Jean-Luc Arnaud

Post by Lars Jensen
When I try to create a set of container controls, the IDE says
"ContainerControl arrays are not supported", so I guess you are not wrong.
(Unless it has changed since 2015r3.1.)
lj

Post by Jean-Luc Arnaud
Hi all,
It seems like it's not possible to create a set of containercontrols.
Am I wrong?
Xojo2017r1 Mac
TIA for your replies
--
Jean-Luc Arnaud
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[Marnaud]

Yes, indeed, I'm afraid I'm not wrong. Xojo2017r1 doesn’t say "not supported", this functionality (array of containers) simply does not exist.

For what it’s worth, there’s a feature request on feedback:
<feedback://showreport?report_id=4169>

And, also, a bug report where Norman says you were not wrong:
<feedback://showreport?report_id=41730>
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[Jean-Luc Arnaud]

Great!

Thanks, Arnaud.

Jean-Luc Arnaud


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[Jon Ogden]

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[Jean-Luc Arnaud]

Ok, Jon, many thanks for the trick.


Jean-Luc Arnaud

Post by Jon Ogden
1.) create the container control you want
2.) on the page where the containers will exist, create a property that is an array of that type of container.
3.) Set up a loop for the number of containers you want to create.
4.) Create a new instance of the container, append it to the array and use EmbedWithin to add the container to the window.
5.) Continue the loop until you have created all desired containers.
This will effectively do what you want. You can now reference each instance of each container in your array.
Containers are not really controls but are more like Windows. You can't create a control array of windows either.
And this way is actually better than a control array because you can use array functions on the array like Ubound. You can't do that with a control array.
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Post by Marnaud

Yes, indeed, I'm afraid I'm not wrong. Xojo2017r1 doesn’t say "not supported", this functionality (array of containers) simply does not exist.

<feedback://showreport?report_id=4169>
<feedback://showreport?report_id=41730>
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