Re: USE Command only for Gambas Scripting?

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 04/09/2024 à 14:49, Claus Dietrich a écrit :
> In order to simplify the implementation of my pdf-help-viewer in other 
> apps I added following lines at the top of the form class declarations:
>
> ' Gambas class file
>
> Use "gb.poppler"
> Class PdfDocument
> Class PdfIndex
>
> ...
>
> and unmarked the gb.poppler component in the project properties. So far 
> this works fine, but the Gambas Wiki says, that the USE command is for 
> Gambas scripting with gbs3 only: https://gambaswiki.org/wiki/lang/use
>
> Is there a mistake in the Wiki?
>
> Best regards
>
> Claus

Yes.

`Use "gb.poppler"` at the top of your class is equivalent to have 
`Component.Load("gb.poppler")` in the class static initializer.

In other words, it loads the 'gb.poppler' component the first time your 
class is used.

Note that in the development version, you can now check a component so 
that it is not loaded at program startup, but you can use its classes 
without having to declare them with the 'Class' keyword.

Regards,

--
Benoît Minisini.