[Gambas-user] Get the object of a component by name.

[Jussi Lahtinen]

I think there is error in the documentation. I don't see Class having
instance method.

Try:
hFirmata = Object.New("Firmata")

Name of the object can be passed as argument.


Jussi

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 10:54 PM, Matias De lellis <mati86_dl at ...1877...>
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
>
> I'm starting a new project. In a few words is a set of controls to
> interact with Arduino using the Firmata protocol[1].
> To understand better, in general the idea is inspired by Ctrlr[2] that
> allows
> interact with MIDI controllers adding simple components in a form..
>
>
> I started implementing it like that
>  * A global "Firmata" component with:
>
>    - A virtual "Firmata" control that Inherits SerialPort that is
> responsible for the communication through the serial port. It is completely
> configured graphically, and provides new functions (To send commands to
> Arduino) and events (To notify arduino event to others Controls) to
> interact with Arduino.
>
>    - Others controls Inherits UserControls. Eg: A FirmataSwitchButton to
> show the status of a digital input, or FirmataProgressBar to show a Analog
> Input.. Always responding to events of Firmata Control
>
>
> My idea is that it should be completely graphic, and the procedure would
> be like this:
>
>  1. Add a Firmata control.
>  2. Configure the control: ¡NAME!(Eg: "Firmata1"), port, baud, etc..
>  3. Add FirmataSwitchButton.
>  4. Configure the FirmataSwitchButton: Digital Pin to represent, but
> fundamentally the Firmata control used represented by the string property
> as "Firmata1"..
>
>
> Now, through the name I need to get the object Firmata configured to make
> controls interact with it.
> Why not make the controls inherit from Firmata? Because it would configure
> all controls individually.. The idea is to set up once, to use many.. ;)
>
> Anyone know how to do this?
> I found this[3], but it seems not work
>
> > Dim hFirmata As Firmata
>
> > hFirmata = Class["Firmata1"].Instance
>
>
> When running Gambas respond: "Is not a object".
>
>
> Regards,
> Matias.
>
> p.s: If this works could be extrapolated to MIDI fairly easy.. =)
>
>
> LINKS:
>
>  [1] http://firmata.org/wiki/Main_Page
>  [2] http://ctrlr.org/getting-started/
>  [3] http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb/class/instance
>
>
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