[Gambas-user] Custom controls - 1 more question

[Ron_1st]

On Tuesday 19 January 2010, Kadaitcha Man wrote:
> 2010/1/19 Aaron Peachey <alpeachey at ...626...>:
> > Yes, this is the code in my form's class file:
> >
> > PUBLIC SUB Form_Open()
> >  DIM lblName AS Label
> >  lblName = NEW Label(ME)
> >  lblName.Show()
> > END
> 
> Erm... have you tried putting text in the label's Caption property,
> set its width and X, Y location so that it is within the visible area
> of the form, yes?
> 
> No, you haven't?
> 
> There's your problem then, hey. The field has no text so it can't be
> seen, even if it is hiding behind the window title-bar.
> 
> Also, lose lblName.Show().
> 
> Regards,
> 
> <aside to Benoit>
> It looks like X and Y are taken from the top left boundary of the
> form's physical coordinates and not the the top left boundary of the
> visible area within the form.
> 
> Perhaps that needs to be fixed, squire.
> 


if he want the control always on the form the dim must be done global 
in the head else it lives only for the time the subroutine lives (??)

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private lblName AS Label

PUBLIC SUB Form_Open()
 lblName = NEW Label(ME)
 lblName.Show()
END
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Best regards,

Ron_1st

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