Hide Constructur in Autocomplete

General
1

Is there a way to hide the Constructur method of a class in Autocomplete?

2

Add the Hidden attribute to the constructor.

3

Autocomplete is based on scope, so if you don’t want it to be accessible, make it private or protected.

4

But be aware that:

  • Protected: The subclass must override the constructor in order to be instantiated
  • Private: The base class cannot be instantiated; subclasses get a standard public constructor and can be instantiated

http://documentation.xojo.com/api/language/const.htmlructor

5

Thats a different concern and has no bearing on whether Autocomplete knows about it or not

6

Thank you. I thought that the error message:

[quote]Class needs to have a constructor with the signature Constructor() to be placed on a window[/quote] was telling me that the Constructor Method must be public.

7

For a control this is a requirement
Imagine that, in code, a Windows ie being created and all the controls are being placed on it
Basically this might look something like

     windowInstance.addControl new <whatever kind of control>
     // now set all the properties of this new control

and that is basically where the requirement for a control having a public constructor comes from

but that isnt what the original poster was asking about

8

I think i understand. Thank you for your explanation @Norman :slight_smile: