[Gambas-user] Gambas custom controls : renaming the exported class

[adamnt42 at ...626...]

On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 02:43:17 +0200
Benoît Minisini <gambas at ...1...> wrote:

> Le 23/06/2016 09:12, Benoît Minisini a écrit :
> > Le 23/06/2016 05:04, adamnt42 at ...626... a écrit :
> >> Well this is a bit obscure but for me it's a big pain.
> >>
> >> When developing a custom gambas control I quite often include a test
> >> form inside that project. That form is used extensively during
> >> development of the custom control (i.e. even before I package and
> >> deploy the control in client projects, and sometimes even later when
> >> issues arise...)  Now, here's the problem. If I have given the
> >> control a "development" name and I later want to give it a more
> >> meaningful name, the entire custom control project collapses because
> >> the renamed class does not exist in the test form.
> >>
> >> An example might illuminate.  I am working on a "lightweight" version
> >> of the native DirChooser control - in essence, I want to get rid of
> >> much of the extended functionality of the native control and just be
> >> able to display a directory tree, no file view, no added vitamins
> >> etc. So, I copied the native source and have expunged much of the
> >> features I do not need. The goal is to just display a directory tree
> >> in a side bar, so I need to get rid of the extra features and just
> >> show the tree. It's a bit like the IDE project tree sidebar but even
> >> simpler.
> >>
> >> So developmentally, I (like the fool I am) renamed the "target"
> >> control class as XDirChooser.  Now I want to rename that class
> >> "LWDirChooser" (for Light Weight) so it will appear in the IDE quite
> >> visibly. But having done that, the test form is now invalid and the
> >> component wont compile.... grrr.  To work around this I need to edit
> >> the test.form file and change the XDirChooser to a LWDirChooser, then
> >> it all works.
> >>
> >> But it is a right royal PITA!
> >>
> >> This bug is raised in the spirit of your comment at the end of the
> >> "How to develop Program Components in Gambas" page: Conclusion
> >>
> >> I try to find the easiest way of making components with the IDE. It
> >> is not perfect yet, but if you have any comment, question or problem,
> >> please use the mailing-list!
> >>
> > 
> > I didn't think about that. It's because I usually directly use the final
> > name of the control, and so my test forms are always valid.
> > 
> > The problem is more general anyway, as if you rename any class in your
> > project, other classes will continue to use the old name, and will fail
> > at compilation or execution time.
> > 
> > You have to rename the class by hand everywhere, and in the forms you
> > cannot do that if it was not already opened before you renamed the class.
> > 
> > I will try to implement an automatic renaming of form classes. It may
> > slow down the renaming process, but I think I have no choice...
> > 
> 
> The bug should be fixed in revision #7831.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Benoît Minisini
> 
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