[Gambas-user] How do I pass a user parameter from a dialog form?

[Fabien Bodard]

you can use collection too I use collections to manage hundreds images
in gb.map cache for example. I don't see other simple way in your case

2014-12-17 11:29 GMT+01:00 Rolf-Werner Eilert <eilert-sprachen at ...221...>:
> Hi Tobias,
>
> After some time, I had the chance to look at this thing again:
>
> Am 19.11.2014 16:37, schrieb Tobias Boege:
>> On Wed, 19 Nov 2014, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote:
>>>> This is a standard task and therefore a "template solution" evolved in the
>>>> Gambas sources. Attached is a project which shows how to do it cleanly, no
>>>> public variables and no auxiliary classes needed.
>>>>
>>>> If you have a problem with the project and comments being German, I will
>>>> translate it for you...
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Tobi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for that example. Never realised there would be this way to do
>>> it. It does indeed save a lot of trouble with values from dialogs. On
>>> the other hand, it means changing the form calls I'm used to from a
>>> simple "formxyz.ShowModal" to "DIM hForm As New formxyz" "aCollection =
>>> hForm(...)".
>>>
>>> Let me ask two things I stumbled over when studying the code:
>>>
>>> Where would I find this "call" thing in the documentation? F2 doesn't
>>> react to event calls, and I cannot find it under the event descriptions
>>> (like Event Management etc.).
>>>
>>
>> _call is a special method that allows you to use an object like a function.
>> It is documented in the "Special methods" section[0].
>>
>> However, it is not mandatory here. In Gambas sources you mostly see a
>> function named Run() instead. I just like the _call() syntax better.
>>
>>> Why is a SUB used with a Return value? Wouldn't it be more up to
>>> standards to use a FUNCTION instead? (As far as I understand, a SUB is a
>>> function without a return value, one that would be of type "void" under C.)
>>>
>>
>> Definitely! Usually I do that, but sometimes signatures change when I
>> develop the code further. I must have overseen that spot. Anyway, in
>> Gambas Sub, Procedure and Function are mutually interchangeable.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tobi
>>
>> [0] http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/cat/special
>>
>
>
> My question is, when I have more than a few parameters to state, how can
> I achieve that?
>
> Now it is
>
> Return ["name": txtName.Text, "password": txtPassword.Text]
>
> but when I have 200 or more things to pass? Or is the collection thing
> too slowly for such a number of items?
>
> Rolf
>
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Fabien Bodard