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Tip: how to mix object gui with command line [message #18360]

Mon, 20 December 1999 00:00

Karri Kaksonen
Messages: 27
Registered: October 1999

Junior Member

Hi,

I just thought of dropping a line about a discovery I made.
This may be old news for all old timers but as it was new for
me I thought of sharing this idea.

When you build an application as an object like:
o=obj_new('MyApplication')

and you start up the graphical user interface with buttons etc.
o->draw

then I suddenly notice that there is something weird going on
and want to have a look at my data from the command line.

In a widget-program I would have to quit the program and start
debugging. But in an object program I can leave the program
running and just fetch the data.

The key is in coding in methods for accessing private stuff like:

function MyApplication::getdata
return *self->data
end

then I can just click on the IDL> command line and write:
a=o->getdata()
and continue to work on it on the command line.

--
Merry X-mas,

Karri Kaksonen
Picker Nordstar

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		Tip: how to mix object gui with command line By: Karri Kaksonen on Mon, 20 December 1999 00:00
		Re: Tip: how to mix object gui with command line By: Terry Smith on Thu, 23 December 1999 00:00
		Re: Tip: how to mix object gui with command line By: Mirko Vukovic on Thu, 23 December 1999 00:00

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