At 3:24 PM -0400 6/1/2005, Jon wrote:
Unlike programming languages like Delphi, C, or Java, methods are not explicitly associated with objects in Revolution. This means that it is very difficult to use the Rev documentation to find all of the methods (commands) for images, or for string manipulation.
I don't think that's a documentation issue (to the extent that it's an "issue", rather than a difference of approach) so much as a language issue; some commands do operate on specific objects, but most don't.
Properties and messages, on the other hand, do apply to specific object types. You can find these lists in the documentation: click the Objects icon, then click Objects in the list, then the object type you're interested in. (For example, to list the messages that can be sent to a field, click the Objects icon, then click Objects, then Field, then Message.)
Am I the only one who finds this to be awkward, time consuming, and frustrating? Are there any discussions about how to manipulate strings, with functions similar to (or better than!) traditional Pascal routines like Extract, SubString, Copy, Insert, Delete, Pos, etc?
You might find "About chunk expressions" enlightening - it's a whole different approach but it becomes very natural very quickly, even for people who are more used to traditional string manipulation. Click the Topics icon in the documentation, then click "Text and Data Processing", then click "Chunk expressions", to read it.
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