self does not mean anything in a modual method

General
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i am getting an error message within a shared method when i try to access any control within the Main window
Ex: MainWin.Browser.Text
produces this ERROR Message.
“self” does not mean anything in a modual method"

prior writing multiple apps, i never had an issue accessing controls from methods and / or other windows.
In this current app i am working with, many of the controls were cut and pasted from other apps.

2

SELF and ME are only valid within the scope of an 'object" such as a WIndow, Class or control

Otherwise you must reference the object by its explict “name”, and even then the object needs to be in scope

3

The name of the main window is “MainWin”
I am explicitly calling out the Main Windows name when i access it’s controls.
ex: MainWin.Control.text = “”
Before it has worked with no issues

further I can access other control in another window in the same app with no issue
EX: OtherWindowName.Control.text = “”

4

Then I don’t understand your issue…

5

ok,
I duplicated my app.
then i deleted the MainWin … and recreated the MainWin from scratch with no copy and pasting of controls.
and now it works… So it must be that my MainWin was somehow corrupted …

6

[quote=348753:@David Cullins]i am getting an error message within a shared method when i try to access any control within the Main window
Ex: MainWin.Browser.Text
produces this ERROR Message.
“self” does not mean anything in a modual method"

prior writing multiple apps, i never had an issue accessing controls from methods and / or other windows.
In this current app i am working with, many of the controls were cut and pasted from other apps.[/quote]
That’s because of you’re using self inside shared method. Change Self with MainWin will fix the issue.

7

ohhhh wait folks,
In the MainWin i just discovered that i had the “Implicit Instance” Set to OFF
once i set it to ON, the problem goes away.

But now i have another issue. When i run my App the window is Invisible. even though i specified Visible=ON…

“”" i was never using “self” i was always calling out the name of the window as “MainWin”

8

Check your default window in App.DefaultWindow

That’s weird.

9

the main window is the default window…

10

Probably somewhere in your startup code, you add MainWindow.Hide(), MainWindow.Minimize(), Me.Hide(), Me.Minimize(), Self.Hide(), or Self.Minimize().