[Gambas-user] How can I copy an object

[rolf]

Hello Timothy

> > I need a combobox with 5 or 6 entries more then once and have to setup an
> > array to manage them. Collect and access the comboboxes in the
> > array is no problem, but can I create a "sample combobox" with all the
> > wanted  entries and copy this box, of course with a different name and a
> > different  position into the array as offen as needed?

> Why swap over complete objects. The ComboBox (like the ListBox) has a List
> property that can easily be used to get or update the ComboBox content.
>
> In older versions of Gambas this was a string with each item separated by a
> new line. In the latest version of Gambas it is a string array. (There is
> no explanation for the change.)
>
> So a better answer is to use the list property. For example:
>
> 	Place 3 buttons on a form.
> 	Give the buttons the tags of  0, 1 and 2 and the group name of
> ButtonContent.
> 	Add a ComboBox and call it ComboBoxContent
>
> Try this code. The first bit just creates the string arrays for the items.
> Then swapping over the content is one line.
>
> PRIVATE comboContent AS Object[]
>
> PUBLIC SUB Form_Open()
>   DIM i AS Integer
>   DIM content AS String[]
>   comboContent = NEW Object[3]
>   ' Create 3 string arrays for the combo box content
>   ' This is for button 1
>   content = NEW String[10]
>   FOR i = 0 TO content.Count - 1
>     content[i] = "Button 1 content " & i
>   NEXT
>   comboContent[0] = content
>   ' This is for button 2
>   content = NEW String[24]
>   FOR i = 0 TO content.Count - 1
>     content[i] = "Button 2 item number " & i
>   NEXT
>   comboContent[1] = content
>   ' This is for button 3
>   content = NEW String[4]
>   FOR i = 0 TO content.Count - 1
>     content[i] = "No much in button 3 # " & i
>   NEXT
>   comboContent[2] = content
>   ' Set the conbo box to button 1 items
>   ComboBoxContent.List = comboContent[0]
> END
>
> PUBLIC SUB ButtonContent_Click()
>   ComboBoxContent.List = comboContent[LAST.Tag]
> END

I will test the code - if I know, why I get in a listbox_click event allways 
the previous (if exists) and the current item under GAMBAS 1.9.39

Fine regards
Rolf