[Answers] Procedure

[josipradnik]

use create them in a procedure library and issue:
SET PROCEDURE TO yourlibraryname in the init or load event for the app.
You can subclass any of the lianja UI framework classes.
These classes can then be used in both custom sections and gadgets.

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Q:
If I use the p_valid.prg as a standalone I must one as part of the script files in the app?
It would be available for the whole app?
How would it be to create it as a function inside the function library?
And finally, sorry for the abuse, if it is part of the page or section where the event would be used to validate input when it loses focus?
A:
If it is a standalone prg, just click the + button at the bottom of the 'Files' in the Sidebar in the Apps Workspace and it will prompt you for the filename. The default file extension is '.prg'.
Yes, it will be available for the whole App. When you Deploy, it will be deployed as a .dbo (pseudo-compiled) file.
If you have lots of functions you want to use, you can put them in a function/procedure library (create this using the + button as before):


Then use set procedure to <lib> additive in a delegate called before the function is required, for example in the app.load() or the app.ready() (or a delegate for the relevant Page or Section).



Or, as in the screenshot above, you can add functions ('anotherfuncstill' here) in with the event delegates.
The custom libraries for event delegates (created when you create your first delegate) are opened for you automatically; there is no need to use set procedure in this case.

Pages and Sections can also have a 'Valid When' event delegate called after the field validation.

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[josipradnik]

Q:
Say I have a function that returns an array (or datetime, or whatever), if that function fails I want to return null and then check for that null (as you can/would in C#), something like the code below. What are the rules for this in lianja

function test(ok)
  if (ok)
    return array()
  else
    return null
  endif
endfunc

x = test(.F.)
if x=null
  //The function failed
endif

A:

function test(ok)
  if (ok)
    return array()
else
    return .null.
  endif
endfunc

x = test(.F.)
if isnull(x)
  //The function failed
endif

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Q:
it looks like 'tcPassedIn1' is local to 'Test1' and not private:

proc page1_section2_field2_click()       
local lcTest
lcTest = "Original String"
        Test1(lcTest)
MessageBox(lcTest, 0)
endproc

proc Test1(tcPassedIn1)
tcPassedIn1 = "Var not overwritten"
Test2(tcPassedIn1)
MessageBox(tcPassedIn1, 0)
endproc

proc Test2(tcPassedIn2)
tcPassedIn2 = "Var overwritten"
endproc

A:
Parameters in the proc declaration are local as you point out.
This is not standard VFP, it's another useful extension that reduces typing.
No need for lparameters... statement

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[josipradnik]

Q:
I've a form, with a new container, with a button.
On the "cick" event, I call a procedure "sp_close_handler"

oContBottom.addObject("sp_close", "commandbutton")
sp_close.move(1, 1, 60, 20)
sp_close.text = "Close"
sp_close.click = sp_close_handler

proc sp_close_handler()
    p_myform.close()
endproc

can I send a parameter on the call?
for example:

oContBottom.addObject("sp_close", "commandbutton")
sp_close.move(1, 1, 60, 20)
sp_close.text = "Close"
sp_close.click = sp_close_handler with "aaa"

proc sp_close_handler(m_text)
    lianja.showmessage(m_text)
    p_myform.close()
endproc

naturally, this code not work.. :-)

A:
Lianja objects are dynamically extensible so you can define your own properties on the command button,

sp_close.myvar = "something"

then in the sp_close_handler() just reference this.myvar.
Note that in Lianja 3.4 you can associate objects with UI components too.

mydataobj = object()
mydataobj.hello = "world"
sp_close.mydata = mydataobj

or

sp_close.mydata = object()
sp_close.mydata.hello = "world"

Notice how objects are dynamically extensible.
then later you can reference the members of objects like this.

sp_close.mydata.hello

etc.
and as it turns out you can attach arrays to UI objects also, and arrays can contain objects or other arrays...

declare myarray[10,10]
myarray[1,1] = "hello"
btn.myarray = myarray
? btn.myarray[1,1]
? btn.myarray

So this allows you to attach business objects to UI controls as all objects and arrays in Lianja are reference counted so going out of scope does not affect them.
So with some creative thinking you can save and restore business objects and attach them to the UI controls of your apps in the "ready" delegate.
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