[Gambas-user] Using an existing component to create a new version

[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

Am 22.01.2010 15:05, schrieb Charlie Reinl:
> Am Freitag, den 22.01.2010, 09:54 +0100 schrieb Rolf-Werner Eilert:
>> Am 21.01.2010 23:01, schrieb Charlie Reinl:
>>> Am Donnerstag, den 21.01.2010, 18:19 +0100 schrieb Rolf-Werner Eilert:
>>>> The balloon component was easy to change and make install. But when I
>>>> update to another version of Gambas, I will have to make the changes again.
>>>>
>>>> So I thought it might be wiser to extract the balloon component into an
>>>> own project for myself to be there for every new version.
>>>>
>>>> After reading the documentation, I did this:
>>>>
>>>> - Creating a new project within the IDE for component use named NewBalloon
>>>>
>>>> - Importing Balloon.class, FBalloon.class and FBalloon.form as well as
>>>> the one picture needed from gb.form in the source dir.
>>>>
>>>> Within the IDE, Balloon runs well. Now I let it make an executable,
>>>> checking "Install in the user component directory". However, I don't
>>>> know where that is. Just pressed the button...
>>>>
>>>> No wonder when I opened another project, I couldn't find my NewBalloon
>>>> in the components list :-)
>>>>
>>>> The documentation says: You can install the component in your home
>>>> directory by checking the corresponding option in the "Make executable"
>>>> dialog. Once installed there, the component will be visible in the
>>>> "Components" tab of the project property dialog as any other globally
>>>> installed components.
>>>>
>>>> But nothing is in my home directory.
>>>>
>>>> A bit confusion here, just let me know where to store and how. Thanks a lot!
>>>>
>>>> Rolf
>>>>
>>> Salut Rolf,
>>>
>>> Some words about gambas2 user-components :
>>>
>>> * user-components are only in the list, if they exists when starting the
>>> IDE
>>>
>>> * user-components should be stored in the 'user component directory' ,
>>> there (see below) you find links to the files
>>>
>>> * If your project moves, you have to delete the 4 links concerned there
>>> (see below), because and bad MakeLink procedure in the IDE.
>>>
>>> The user component directory is :
>>>
>>> $~/.local/lib/gambas2 (for every component)
>>>
>>> /<component_Name>.component =>   $/path/to/project/.component
>>>
>>> /<component_Name>.gambas =>   $/path/to/executable/<component_Name>.gambas
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> $~/.local/share/gambas2/info (for every component)
>>>
>>> /<component_Name>.list =>   $/path/to/project/.list
>>>
>>> /<component_Name>.info =>   $/path/to/project/.info
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks a lot, Charlie, that helped!
>>
>> Looking up the ./local/lib I found that the IDE had made a link to the
>> component in the project directory but instead of a NewBalloon.component
>> it had made a NewBalloon.gambas binary although I definitely had checked
>> "make component" yesterday. At least this explains why the component
>> wasn't found.
>>
>> After explicitly pointing the file dialog of the IDE to ~/.local/lib, it
>> wrote a NewBalloon.component, and now the component list has two
>> sections with components, including my own. Oh how proud I am :-)
>>
>> What came into my mind only now is, I'll have to rename "Balloon" into
>> somewhat different to not confuse the two versions, right? I guess
>> Gambas doesn't know overloading, does it.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Rolf
>
> Salut Rolf,
>
> did you extract the balloon class out of gb.form and changed it, or copy
> the whole gb.form and made the balloon changes there ?

I extracted it.

>
> If you cloned the balloon class, what I see as the better way, it's
> wiser to rename it, because you guess right! Gambas (at least gambas2)
> can't overloading.

Yes, that's what I'll do - next week. Now's weekend! :-)

Regards

Rolf