O$: Instance name from Subwindow

[Fred Brinkman]

Hm... $cinst().$container gives 1...
the notation-helper does not give $container as a possible item for  
$cinst...




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Op 14 apr 2009, om 01:44 heeft Steve Finger het volgende geschreven:

> Hi Fred,
>
> Doesn't $cinst().$container tell you what the sub-window resides in?
>
> Steve Finger
>
> Fred Brinkman wrote:
>> Bas,
>> No, I need the name of the class where the subwindow resides in...
>> $class().$name and $cinst().$classname give me the classname of the  
>> subwindow itself
>> $cinst.$class.$name and $cinst.$wind.$class().$name give me the  
>> classname of the window the subwindow resides in (the one I was  
>> looking for)
>> As always it turns out there's more than one way to skin the cat...
>> Thanks for your insights,
>> Fred
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>> Op 14 apr 2009, om 01:11 heeft Bastiaan Olij het volgende geschreven:
>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fred Brinkman
>>>>>> http://www.euromnis.org
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
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>>>>>
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