[Gambas-user] Creating a new form instance in code + and Case

[richard terry]

Hi benoit.

In the code tree one of my forms, for arguments sake, my work cover form is 
called  FWorkCover (note the capitalisation)


I've a subroutine, pivotal to my clinical program where I add new instances of 
forms onto my main workspace workspace, using this sort of logic:


Public sub Add_Page(pagename as string)


	Dim Form_Workcover as FWorkcover (note the C not capitalised as I'd typed it 
wrongly)

	Select case pagename

	case "workcover"
		  Form_Workcover = new FWorkcover (some_container)

	End select

end 

ie when i did the original Dim Form_Workcover I'd typed Fworkcover (no caps 
for the C in workcover,  instead of FWorkCover which is the name in the code 
tree. This didn't seem to affect anything at all.


In another part of my program I had occasion to test which form was active  on 
the workspace tab, and, according to its name, activate or inactivate buttons 
for new, print,preview etc like as follows. I'd assumed, that as in the code 
tree the form was FWorkCover, that was the name I'd be testing for (not 
realising that I'd not capped the 'C' of FWorkcover in the other routine.

For Each page In WorkspaceEditor.Windows
      If page = WorkspaceEditor.ActiveWindow Then
              For Each hctrl In page.VBoxEditor.Children     
                 If hctrl Is Form Then
        
               Select Case hctrl.Name
			Case "FWorkCover"
				'activate appropriate buttons etc
              End Select	

I kept on getting inconsistant results and when I checked it out, I noticed 
that hctrl.name here was "FWorkcover"

when i went back and corrected the original name, it was then FWorkCover and 
worked.

So the question is how come it is possible to create a new instance of a form, 
when not using the exactly capitalised name fo the original form?

Hope that makes sense

Regards

Richard