[Gambas-user] Gambas ?which words are reserved

[Benoît Minisini]

> Tracked down one of my problems (not the breakpoint issue!!! damnn..)
> 
> However:
> 
> I've  buttons on my main toolbar. My workspace (class) has various tabs
> loaded onto it as needed during program use, eg progress notes editor,
> prescription writer, html pages to display results etc, and I did have on
> each of these a subroutine called this:
> 
> Public sub Print()
> 	'do whatever printing is needed.
> end
> 
> 
> 
> When the button is clicked on the toolbar, it looks at whatever is the
> activepage in the workspace and does this
> 
> Public Sub MainToolbar_Click()
>       Dim i as object
>       ..... etc
> 
> Select case Last.tag         'the tags on the toolbutton
> 
> .... (code finds the active form which is then set to i
> 
>         case "print"
>         'find the form on the active window  with some code
>        ' when found do this:
>         i = the_active_form
>       Try Object.Call(i, Last.tag)
> End select
> 
> 
> So this then would read when the Last.tag is translated.
> 
> Try Object.Call(i, "Print")
> 
> 
> Now, this used to work ok, but now it doesnt, however if I change all the
> print routines on my forms to something else eg "Print_Content" then
> 
> it does work
> 
> ie  Object.Call(i, "Print_Content")  calls the appropriate routine and
> prints out whatever needs printing on the  particular form eg a script,
> some html results, a letter etc.
> 
> IE seems like  Public Sub Print()
>                          end
> is not allowable in Gambas when calling it via the above method, whearas if
> you use that syntax and call it from within a form like this
> 
> Public Sub btnPrint
> 'click the print button on an actual form
> 	Print()
> end
> 
> Then it does work.
> 
> Confused? well I am.
> 
> Anway, at least I'll be able to print at work tomorrow, but would be
> interested in Benoit;s comments, plus any help on the breakpoint issue.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Richard
> 

It should work. Can you make a small project that reproduces that strange 
behaviour?

-- 
Benoît Minisini