[Gambas-user] Component Creation

[Leon Davis]

Got it... Excellent and thank you for the help.

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Tobias Boege <taboege at ...626...> wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Apr 2017, Leon Davis wrote:
> > Gambas v3.9.2 GTK+3
> >
> > I am trying to create a component using gambas. Is there a way to test
> the
> > component during development? or is it necessary to complete the
> component
> > and install it to test? You help is appreciated.
>
> You can run your component like a normal Gambas application to test it.
> Give your component project a startup class/module/form and write your
> test code in there. Instead of setting a startup class, you can also use
> the "Run this class" right-click menu item to execute any one of your
> test classes.
>
> Many of the official Gambas components do this. You can have a look at
> gb.form, for example, which has a whole subdirectory "Test" of various
> forms, which can be used to test the component during development.
>
> Actually, in this regard a component is no different from a Gambas
> application. Try *executing* the gb.form component:
>
>   $ /usr/lib/gambas3/gb.form.gambas
>
> Since a startup form is defined for it, the component is run like any
> other Gambas application, currently showing a SliderBox test.
>
> Regards,
> Tobi
>
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