Although the windows are similar in concept, ie. they have questions
with answers to select from, the actual layout of each one is totally
different. They all have associated pictures and graphics and some
even have movies to view before answering the quesiton, so it's not
possible to make them "generic" and add the question in on the fly at
runtime, otherwise your suggestion would be a good one.
I'm throwing in another idea that occured to me just now, but I have
NO experience whatsoever as to whether this would work or not, but
could I create an RBScript and then just add a bit of text that would
contain "xxxxx.show" in it, which I could vary as I liked, to load
the Windows? I'm not sure if there are any overheads or reasons why
I would not use an RBScript?
In the meantime, despite me not wanting to do it, I think I'll just
go for the Select Case type option as I need to finish the job, even
though I was trying to avoid it, but it does seem as though the
option I really need just doesn't exist. Shame, I think it's
something that should be considered for a future release.
Richard
On 20 Aug 2006, at 06:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are the windows similar in any way? If the layout of the forms is
identical, then I would strongly suggest having one form with the
spots where you put your questions, and then you create one and
insert your text on the fly. This would significantly reduce the
amount of memory your program needs.
If the numbering scheme you're using for the windows is a simple
serial number starting at zero, you could easily use a string array
for each piece of text. For example sQuestions(120) As String
would contain your questions, sExplanations(120) would contain your
explanations, sYesButtons(120) As String would contain the captions
for the buttons that equal to "Yes", sNoButtons(120) As String
would contain the captions for the buttons that equal to "No", and
so on.
Then, for the order of your questions, you could use two arrays.
The first, sPrevQuestions(50) As String would contain a comma or
dash delimited list of the previous questions in order, and
iNextQuestion(50) As Integer would give the next question. The
rows in these two arrays would have to line up. For example,
suppose you asked questions 3, 2, 4 and 6 in that order. You could
figure out what row that's on in the first array...
sPrevQuestions.Lookup("3,2,4,6") .... and then pull that row
from iNextQuestion(). Suppose the value in that cell is 9, so the
next question to ask is number nine.
To load all these arrays, I would suggest writing all the text in
text files, one for each array, and dragging the text files into
your project. Then, when the project is compiled, the text files
will be available to you at runtime in the form of strings. Use
Split(sourcetext, chr(13)) to convert a return delimited text file
into an array. If you are using Windows, I believe a return is
actually chr(13) + chr(10).
Again, I don't know exactly what your idea is, so I'm just throwing
an idea out there.
Now, as for actually answering your question... :) RB uses
window objects to reference windows, unlike VB, where you can use a
string. To tell you the truth, I don't know if you can access a
window using a string variable in RB. The suggestion Peter
Truskier made about using a dictionary is a good one. Because a
dictionary uses variants, any cell can have any one object, whether
it's the same type as the cells around it or not. Store your index
into the key and the window object into the value.
HTH,
Andrew Keller
On Aug 19, 2006, at 7:45 PM, Richard Hillsdon wrote:
Hi,
Ok, I'm new to RB but have to develop a package that is going
really well thanks to the ease of use of RB. I need one technical
issue solving that is driving me mad! As someone who has used VB
it was an easy one and an everyday task. I've found one article
in the archives, which sort of might do it, but actually more work
and more complex code than I want.
Here it is. The problem is simple. I have about 120 Windows in
my app that form a survey. The questions will be answered in a
different order each time, depending on the answers to previous
questions. So Window1 may be followed by Window3 etc. I also
want one subroutine that controls the display of all the Windows.
In theory this is easy. My code can create the name of the next
required form easily, such as "Window105". But how on earth can I
now load Window105 using a String as my reference? It's such a
simple requirement, but I cannot find a simple way to do it. In
Visual Basic (and I know this isn't the same language but just to
show what I need), I would simply have said forms(myNextForm) or
forms("Window105"). How can I do this in RB?
It's really holding me back from completing this project which I
need to do quick, and everything else is working fine. I could
also use an integer to determine the next Window to display if
that would help.
As I said, I've looked at one solution that kind of gets close to
the problem, but the amount of code required and sub-classing and
method add-ons would make it unworkable.
Any ideas? I've been searching all day for the answer to this
little problem...
Richard
_______________________________________________
Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode:
<http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/>
Search the archives of this list here:
<http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
_______________________________________________
Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode:
<http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/>
Search the archives of this list here:
<http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
