Array of windows

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I couldn’t find any reference to this subject so I’m sorry if it’s been covered before.
I have and I’d like to be able to use it for a couple of things and apparently I can’t do exactly what I want.
The property is called ObjSpawn type window and isn’t currently an array. I set ObjSpawn = MainList which is a window.
Apparently, I can’t test this:

ObjSpawn.name = MainList.name

since it doesn’t show in autocomplete. I also cannot test this:

If ObjSpawn = MainList Then

since it doesn’t go into the code that follows.
If I can find out to test this I could make an array of open windows.
How do I do this?
Maybe I should have used byref since I might be making a copy?

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why not use what Xojo already gives you?

For i As Integer = 0 To WindowCount - 1
  Dim w As Window = Window(i)
  If w <> Nil Then
  /// do somethng with this window or its properties
  End If
Next
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Does this work for you?

if ObjSpawn isa MainList then ...
4

It works. Thanks. Grammar.

This might not work. I want to be able to open some windows without any order as it usually doesn’t matter.
What I am also after is cutting back on things like menuitems. Alot of them are specific to various windows and can’t be copied.
Referring to specific window objects would be helpful.

5

They both work. Thank you. I finally found the window() under the function window.

Actually, for this instance, I need the NOT version of ISA. Does it exist?

6

Not in a nice readable format, but this is what I use:

if not (Object isa DifferentObject) then
7

Thanks.
How does one find in the debugger the array of windows?
I can find Windows and it shows 2 or is that it?

8

[quote=333554:@Arthur Gabhart]It works. Thanks. Grammar.

This might not work. I want to be able to open some windows without any order as it usually doesn’t matter.
What I am also after is cutting back on things like menuitems. Alot of them are specific to various windows and can’t be copied.
Referring to specific window objects would be helpful.[/quote]

create a different menubar for each window…
and what do you mean “cannot be copied”… do not put the “code” in the menu handler… put a call to a global method, and let the various windows share that instead.

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Thanks Dave. That’s what I meant.