Currently when you call a method in Xojo the parameters are matched up starting from the first to the last from left to right. They are matched up based on their position in the argument list.
One thing some other languages support is “named parameters”.
What this allows is a certain degree of flexibility that doesn’t exist with positional parameters like Xojo uses.… Read the rest
For anyone not using version control perhaps the easiest way to share code between various projects is to use external items. However, not everything cam be made external. Modules that contain classes & other modules cant be shared via external items.
So how can you share these ?
On macOS the answer is … ALIASES !!!!!… Read the rest
Back when I wrote Code for Safety I gave one example of something that I’m sure we’ve all done from time to time. Saving the state of some flag and then returning and having possibly multiple places to reset the flag we saved.
There’s another thats is more common with the advent of HiDPI support for Windows; drawing in a listbox event like CellBackGroundPaint Saving the graphics state, disabling antialiasing, and then needing to restore that state.… Read the rest
When you create a custom control from a canvas, container control or some other base class its not unusual to use raise event to create new events like “BeforeButtonPressed”, “AfterButtonPressed” or to just make it so you;r control can implement normal events like Open, Close, etc and pass then along.
You’ll see code using raiseevent to cause these events to be raised on any instances.… Read the rest