[Gambas-user] Re; Developing components ...

[Gareth Bult]

Hi, 

I just spent the best part of the afternoon trying to track down random; 

Cannot open file. 
Component missing 
FForm . CreateControl .1055 

When trying to write and install a new component. 

I don't really understand how the module loader works, but there's something really confusing going on somewhere. 

I'm working on gb.db.form and I have a copy in a local folder. 
After recompiling my component and making an exec, I do; 

cp gb.db.form.gambas /usr/lib/gambas2/ 
cp .component /usr/lib/gambas2/gb.db.form.component 
gbi2 gb.db.form 

Then reload Gambas and test. 
This does *not* reload my new component code! (or at least it doesn't *most* of the time!) 

What I've now done is to remove gb.db.form.* from /usr/lib/gambas2 and I've told gambas to install the component in my user's component folder. 
Which installs two symlinks into .local/lib/gambas2. 

If I do this; 
a. Change code 
b. Compile 
c. Make exec 
d. Project -> Properties 
e. Unselect gb.db.form 
f. Ok 
g. Project -> Properties 
h. Select gb.db.form 
i. OK 
.. I do NOT get the new component loaded. (100%) 

If I do this; 
a. Change code 
b. Compile 
c. Make exec 
d. Project -> Properties 
e. Unselect gb.db.form 
f. Ok 
g. ** Compile All ** 
h. Project -> Properties 
i. Select gb.db.form 
j. OK 
.. I DO get the new component loaded. (100%) 

This is fairly painful (!) 

Is there any chance we can have the IDE automatically reload user-components on recompilation ??? 

Gareth. 

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