[ANN] V4MD_WIN 2.0 beta 15 uploaded

[Igor Gomon]

>>Yes, Igor have found my mistake why it did not show.
>>Actually we can build and upload 1.10 with this fix.
>
> That would be fabulous - I know there are other Director developers who 
> rely on this menu as a memory prompt for specific commands and for 
> syntax/parameter hints.
We already upload V4MD_Client a65 which already contains the fix.
But V4MD local not yet updated.

> Yes. I've spent most of the day working through the example files seeing 
> what's there to be learned from. I'm *very* impressed by what you've been 
> able to achieve! Congratulations.
We are glad to hear it!

> While most of them work really well, there are some problems with a few of 
> the examples - perhaps you could ask Igor to revisit them:
> 1). SQL_way | Records_AddDeleteUpdate fails when you delete a record and 
> then try the last, first or iterate record commands. I think this is 
> because the example uses the API way of deleting a record ( 
> gDb.table["person"].deleteRecord() ) instead of what perhaps should have 
> been gCursor.deleteRecord() - it works if I make this change to the 
> source, implying that mixing SQL and API approaches shouldn't be done.
Yes - this is the error. Should be:
    gCursor.deleteRecord()

> It would seem the cursor instance has a "record" of its records and if one 
> is deleted via the API the cursor isn't "auto-updated" leading to errors 
> when iterating. Probably a known no-no, but worth over-emphasizing in the 
> docs.


> 2). Both of the Method_create examples (API and SQL ways) fail as they 
> seem incomplete and appear to use an older syntax (perhaps from the 
> previous beta).
Oops! It's may be. I'll check.

> 3). SQL_way | Binding example doesn't appear to update the bound bitmap 
> cast member's picture when iterating records (the example could be 
> improved by adding this cast member to the stage so that - when this 
> command works - the user will see it change).
Actually - it should be on the stage - then this is my error.

> Also, it would be good *not* to add the dross from your CVS system into 
> the zip file :-) It might have been interesting poking around your 
> repositories but ultimately it's a waste of space.
Of course, they should not appear in the .zip file :-)
So we will remove them from the next build.

> Finally, why not think about pre-pending example names with the order they 
> should be worked through, from basic concepts to more advanced. For 
> example:
> SQL_way
>         01 Table_CreateDrop
>         ...
>         05 Binding | 05 Pictures
>         ...
> Although I'm not sure what order these should be in, it seems to me it 
> would help ease in new users if the first example folder isn't - 
> accidentally - the most complicated concept!
I think this makes sence, do you Ruslan?

> I'm still working through the API_way | Link_ examples and won't be able 
> to get back to them now for a couple of days, unfortunately, but I've done 
> some tidying/rationalization on the files I've touched and would be happy 
> to pass them back if it would be useful?
Yes, you can send them back to me or to Ruslan.

> Also, is there a reason a reference is stored to an un-instantiated xtra 
> (Valentina) instead of invoking its .new() method and then calling methods 
> on the instance? Or a reason these commands aren't "global" any longer? It 
> looks more like it's being treated as a static class and I've never seen 
> an xtra referred to like this.
Yes, Valentina is a Xtra with all methods made static because it can be
only one per process ("singletone" in OO terms).
Idea was to group similar functions into one Xtra - to get the same
syntax that we already used in V4RB, VCOM and so on.
Drawback of this - you need to reference it in any function that
is used it. I mean:

    on myFunction
        global Valentina

        //Now you can use it.
    end myFunction

I don't know any way to use global variables in lingo function
without referencing them with 'global' keyword. So this is
inconvenience.

As alternative you can always call its methods as
    Xtra("Valentina").Init(..).

-- 
Best regards,
Igor Gomon
-------------------------------------------------------------
e-mail: giv at tlc.kherson.ua
web: http://www.paradigmasoft.com

To subscribe to the Valentina mail list go to:
http://listserv.macserve.net/mailman/listinfo/valentina