#CONSTANT_NAME Not Working In Xojo 2013R3

General
21

Hmm - no, my prior suggestion doesn’t seem to work. I’m baffled : sometimes, the Label subclass has both a “Caption” and “Text” properties in the VCP-format file, and sometimes it doesn’t. I can remove the “Caption” line, but it sometimes comes back when I save the file again. I’m not sure what’s going on or how to fix it.

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Ok, this is really bizarre. I have 2 projects (my old one, and a brand new one).

In the new one, the Label subclass works fine.

In the old one, the Label subclass misbehaves in two ways:

  • each time I save the file, this line is added:
Caption = ""
  • In the IDE properties window, the order of display is different:
* ID
* Appearance
* Control Set
* Locking
* Focus Control
etc.

In the version that works fine, the display is in this order:

[code]* ID

  • Control Set
  • Appearance
  • Locking
  • Focus Control
    etc…
    [/code]

So, clearly the IDE thinks these 2 label sublcasses are different. What’s weird is that I can look at the source code and they seem pretty much the same.

Here’s the Old label that misbehaves:

      Begin cLabel stCustom1
         AutoDeactivate  =   True
         Bold            =   False
         Caption         =   ""
         DataField       =   ""
         DataSource      =   ""
         Enabled         =   True
         Height          =   20
         HelpTag         =   ""
         Index           =   -2147483648
         InitialParent   =   "rPlay"
         Italic          =   False
         Left            =   21
         LockBottom      =   False
         LockedInPosition=   False
         LockLeft        =   True
         LockRight       =   False
         LockTop         =   True
         Multiline       =   False
         Scope           =   0
         Selectable      =   False
         TabIndex        =   0
         TabPanelIndex   =   0
         Text            =   "Play"
         TextAlign       =   0
         TextColor       =   &c00000000
         TextFont        =   "SmallSystem"
         TextSize        =   0.0
         TextUnit        =   0
         Top             =   2
         Transparent     =   True
         Underline       =   False
         Visible         =   True
         Width           =   32
      End

The new one that works fine:

      Begin cLabel Label11
         AutoDeactivate  =   True
         Bold            =   False
         DataField       =   ""
         DataSource      =   ""
         Enabled         =   True
         Height          =   20
         HelpTag         =   ""
         Index           =   -2147483648
         InitialParent   =   "Rectangle1"
         Italic          =   False
         Left            =   62
         LockBottom      =   False
         LockedInPosition=   False
         LockLeft        =   True
         LockRight       =   False
         LockTop         =   True
         Multiline       =   False
         Scope           =   0
         Selectable      =   False
         TabIndex        =   0
         TabPanelIndex   =   0
         Text            =   "foobar on a rectangle"
         TextAlign       =   0
         TextColor       =   &c00000000
         TextFont        =   "System"
         TextSize        =   0.0
         TextUnit        =   0
         Top             =   133
         Transparent     =   False
         Underline       =   False
         Visible         =   True
         Width           =   144
      End

Norman, you there? Any idea why it’s working like this?

23

D’Oh! I think I figured it out, I’ll create a new thread as it’s probably not related to Kimball’s issue.

https://forum.xojo.com/4930-adding-caption-property-to-label-subclass-does-bad

24

Caption :stuck_out_tongue:
Property shadowing
Amazed it ever worked right