Object Plugin Container

[RizlaUK]

na, when i tried like that it just crashes the IDE upon object creation

iv tried every trick i know, just cant access the structure!

Do you need any help by the way?

im pretty good for now, been waiting for this for so long, im enjoying working with it, and it will be a real sense of achievement to get this going myself, don't worry tho, i'll make my framework public source :yes

[reteset]

like i said before i can flatten structs to individual arguments

ProcedureCDLL.l _DrawDesign(ClassID ,HDC, hMainWnd, [B][COLOR="red"]left,top,right,bottom[/COLOR][/B], bVisible, bEnabled)

i am also going to make _On** mouse events optional

and this irPlg_Object_TranslateMessage as well

i will try to build a MFCless version of proxy object
so dll size will be smaller than current version , i will also remove some unnecessary garbage from it

if you have requests or suggestions ,please write it here ,
because in future i will do same steps for Delphi object plugins like you are doing now

[RizlaUK]

Personally speaking, i would rather use the structure as i use them often in my code anyway and it keeps the whole thing a bit more native to my style of coding, but for other more novice users maybe flattening the struct's would be a good idea

BTW, using the struct pointer in _GetDefaultSize i have no problems, i am able to set the default size without problems

also, size of the dll does not bother me at all, considering the AMS runtime is a little over 5MB, 70+KB of dll makes no difference to me, but removing garbage is always a good idea, lol

as for suggestions, i can not progress any further until i get this struct problem sorted, and ideas will only come to me as i progress with my framework and find things i would need or want added/changed

[Imagine Programming]

I prefer structures as well, keeps the code a bit more clean.
Dean, what structure problem exactly? I couldn't quite understand
your problem before, the directly accepting a structure in the arguments?

[RizlaUK]

the directly accepting a structure in the arguments?

yes, the rect struct tells us the size of the host container, i can draw the object OK, but not at the right location as i can not access the struct, every time the object is moved or resized this function is called and we update our objects dimensions

iv got the gurus at PB Forums on the case, if theres a solution, they will find it, but im guessing there going to tell me i need a pointer to the struct!

[Imagine Programming]

But, you are receiving a pointer to it right? If not, try

*ptr.RECT = @*rcObRect

If that doesn't work, I'd like to see reteset's RECT structure.

[RizlaUK]

you know those moments when you could kick yourself......well im having one right now!

Bas, your a genius, that worked :yes

[Imagine Programming]

you know those moments when you could kick yourself......well im having one right now!

Bas, your a genius, that worked :yes

Haha I have those moments 24/7, like with SPLAX (new plug), I had this bug I couldn't find. Now after hours of debugging, I found that little simple nagging bugger

I wanna help more, if you need me, tell me

[RizlaUK]

sure, any problems i hit, i'll post here for your attention, also, any work i can pass on, its yours

iv got objects drawing, moving and resizing correctly, multiple instances, next (for tomorrow) is tackle the events system

man, you dont know how good it feels to create my object from the object>>plugin menu, in fact, im going to celebrate with a quick JD before i hit the sack

@reteset, this system rocks, it may take a little while for me to perfect my framework, but its got a huge head start thanks to your work, man, i owe you one, big time :yes

[RizlaUK]

@reteset, im not getting boolean (0 or 1) readings from bVisible and bEnabled in both _DrawDesign and _DrawRuntime, am i missing something ?

in fact im getting inconsistent results at each run

[Imagine Programming]

What results do you get? Do you ever get 0? Does a negative number represent false in this case?
Do you get a pointer to a number?

[reteset]

@reteset, im not getting boolean (0 or 1) readings from bVisible and bEnabled in both _DrawDesign and _DrawRuntime, am i missing something ?

in fact im getting inconsistent results at each run

BOOL is actually an int and should be TRUE or FALSE

TRUE is 1 and FALSE is 0

so you can assume that it is an int

[Imagine Programming]

That's how we handle booleans in PureBasic as well, however could it be
that we are receiving a pointer to an int instead of the int?

[RizlaUK]

strange, on further investigation on this, i seem to be getting the "top" and "right" coordinates of the object, beats me!

ui run a test by printing the variable results into the listicon, bVisible is equal to the top and bEnabled is equal to the right position

reteset, help me out here, im going crazy :(

[reteset]

there should be a problem with your variable types
like you can see it works well in sample MyButton project

can you show some code