O$: Instance name from Subwindow

[Bastiaan Olij]

Hi Fred.

You need the classname for the subwindow? Well thats even easier. A
subwindow lives within a subwindowfield and the subwindow field contains
the information about the class of the window living within it. So
anywhere within your subwindow code simply do $cinst().$classname
($classname is a property of your subwindow field). From outside access
$classname on the subwindow field as you would with any other property,
so $iwindows.mywindow.$objs.mysubwindowfield.$classname.

If you need the class of a window you can also do $cinst.$class().$name.
For some reason I remember that not working all to well on subwindows, i
think because it defaults to trying to resolve this on the subwindow
field. $cclass().$name can also work but that has some problems if you
are running code in a super class.

Code I often use if I have a class that can be both subwindow or window
or for code in my baseclass window that is used by both windows and
subwindows is:
calculate lvClassName as
pick(len($cinst().$classname),$cinst().$class().$name,$cinst().classname)
Works 99% of the time for me.

Greetz,

Bas

Fred Brinkman wrote:
> Thanks Christine, Bas,
>
> Turns out I put my question the wrong way around... It should be a bit
> to early in the evening to make mistakes like this, but still...
>
> I had the instance ($cinst.$wind().$name) but I needed the class and
> not the other way around... must be age.
> I have 2 ways to get the name of the class from my subwindow in an
> instance of that class, both giving the same result
>
> 1)  $cinst.$wind.$class().$name
> 2)  $cwind.$class().$name
>
> is there a 'correct' or a 'preferred' one and if yes, why?
>
> Fred
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> Op 14 apr 2009, om 00:36 heeft Bastiaan Olij het volgende geschreven:
>
>> Hey Fred,
>>
>> $cwind() as was mentioned before is the reference to the current window,
>> so the window itself that is open on which the subwindow resides. $cinst
>> points to the current instance which when you are running code within,
>> which would be your subwindow.
>> There is no direct path to the subwindow instance, its not in
>> '$iwindows' as it is contained within a window. $cinst().$name within
>> the subwindow therefor gives you the name of the subwindow field on the
>> window which is correct.
>>
>> But prosuming your subwindow is directly on your parent window, you can
>> access the subwindow through notation through
>> $iwindows.mywindowinstance.$objs.mysubwindowfield
>>
>> The funny thing is that notation wise, your subwindow instance is
>> superimposed ontop of the subwindow field so if the notation can be
>> resolved on the subwindow field, that is what you get, but if it can
>> not, Omnis then evaluates the notation towards the subwindow instance.
>> So $iwindows.mywindowinstance.$objs.mysubwindowfield.$top return the
>> $top value of the subwindow field relative to its container but
>> $iwindows.mywindowinstance.$objs.mysubwindowfield.$objs.$first().$top
>> returns the $top value of the first object within your subwindow
>> instance.
>>
>> You have to be careful where you place such code as you may end up using
>> your subwindow in other places as well and you do not want to be
>> dependent on a fixed notational path that may no longer be valid.
>>
>> Alternatively you can simply use $cinst().$ref to get an item reference
>> to your subwindow instance.
>>
>> Or on your subwindow field on your parent window use the old:
>> ----
>> $construct
>> set reference ivSubWinRef as $cfield().$ref
>> ----
>> trick.
>>
>> Finally, you can always examine the outcome of $cinst().$fullname to get
>> the full notational path in text from within a method in your subwindow.
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>>
>> Bas
>>
>> Fred Brinkman wrote:
>>> Guys,
>>>
>>> How do I get the name from the window-itance from within a subwindow
>>> in that instance?
>>> I tried things like $cinst.$wind().$name and alike but I always get
>>> the name of the window class (wMyWIndow), not the instance
>>> (wMyWindow_155)
>>>
>>> I know it's something obvious, but...
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Fred
>>>
>>>
>>>
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