[Gambas-user] Getting an objects handler

[Fabien Bodard]

Do as if the handler and the name was the same.

In the ide it go in this way.

Le ven. 3 mars 2023 à 19:36, Bruce Steers <bsteers4 at gmail.com> a écrit :

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> On Fri, 3 Mar 2023, 15:05 Bruce Steers, <bsteers4 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Fri, 3 Mar 2023, 12:37 BB, <adamnt42 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On 3/3/23 9:57 pm, Bruce Steers wrote:
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>>> Is it possible to get the objects handler name?
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>>> Ie. if i use...
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>>> Dim m as Menu = New Menu(mParent) As "ThisMenu"
>>> m.Name = "This"
>>> m.Text = "This is a menu"
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>>> I can read m.Name , m.Text, etc but can i get the "ThisMenu" reference?
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>>> I've made a Menu.Save() Menu.Load() function to save/restore menus to
>>> disk
>>> It saves all the properties (except Tag yet) but i want to save the
>>> handler name too.
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>>> Many thanks.
>>> BruceS
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>>> For why?
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>> For Object.Attach() was my thinking
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> To elaborate....
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> I have a few programs that i have made custom menu creators for. like the
> new Desktop-ish launcher that is highly customizable. (i attached a snap of
> the custom menu editor)
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> I want to just Menu.Save(sFileName) and save the menu to file then just as
> easily restore it.
> Hmm, actually, thinking about it, I may not need to save the handler name
> as it will probably be handled inside the program the same.  :-\
> I got a Menu.Save(Path) method working pretty well. Had to make an
> addition to Picture.class though, A Picture.Path property that stores the
> file Path when an image is loaded.
>  i can save mostly all the menu data including pictures.  (just got to
> work on Tag variants)
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> For some reason I though having the handler name would be useful.  🤔
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> Respects
> BruceS
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