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Re: win32Lib - newUIObj bug?

• Posted by Mike777 <anon4321 at gmai?.?om> May 08, 2008
• 767 views

An interim report here: I have found that using the trace window is
fundamentally inconsistent with the message_box function.  It, in itself, creates
an infinite loop.  I need to eliminate that loop before I can get back to the
main issue at hand.

Mike

Mike777 wrote:
> 
> CChris wrote:
> > 
> > getNameId() was changed in 70.4a. Please paste this to replace the current
> > body
> > of getNameId(), and tell me if it gets you going:
> > }}}
<eucode>
> > global function getNameId(sequence pName)
> >     integer p
> > 
> >     pName=makeStandardName(pName)
> >     p=find(pName, ctrl_Name)
> >     if p=0 then
> >         return 0
> >     end if
> >     while not validId(p) do
> >         p=find_from(pName, ctrl_Name,p+1)
> >         if p=0 then
> >             return 0
> >         end if
> >     end while
> >     return p
> > end function
> > </eucode>
{{{

> 
> I wanted to take the time to do this, although I sort of knew it wouldn't
> help.
>  At the point in CreateEx that the program attempts to assign the parent, it
> has the value for the parent per the token (MySpecialWindow) but when I
> interrogate
> the trace window for the values of all of my windows, they are not there. 
> Hence,
> getNameId("avariablethatdoesnotexist") will always return a zero.
> 
> Something appears to be wrong with my scoping (which is truly bizarre),
> because
> at this point, no matter how explicitly I set the Owner in the newUIObj
> instruction,
> the createEx routine won't be able to assign the parent if the ids are just
> not there.
> 
> I'm going to run this again and go through the procedure in detail for a
> control
> where the parent IS set properly.
> 
> I'll post after that.
> 
> Thanks for trying.
> 
> Mike