Write on Xojo.Core.Dictionary

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1

hi all,

i’m trying write a value on a xojo.core.dictionary

example below doesn’t work, how create a Auto type with the sdk ?

void
write_dic(REALobject dic) // dic is xojo.core.dictionary
{
   REALobject (*fp)(REALobject,REALtext,REALtext) = NULL;

   fp = (REALobject (*)(REALobject,REALtext,REALtext))REALLoadObjectMethod(dic,"Value(key As Auto, Assigns newValue As Auto)");
   
   REALtext a,b;

   a = REALBuildText("mykey",5,"MacRoman");
   
   b = REALBuildText("myval",5,"MacRoman");

   if (fp != nil)
   {
       fp(dic,a,b);  
   }
}
2

Maybe this: the function pointer should not be defined to return a REALObject.

3

Well, I don’t think the Plugin SDK exposes auto functions.
So you can’t create an auto value.

4

He doesn’t.

5

As we have a function REALNewVariantText, I assume text is not an object.
If you call a function returning an auto object, you will notice that it is not a regular pointer as far as I remember.

7

I also made a request for auto data type.

8

Auto is not a data type. As far as I understand it you just use REALobject.

9

If you declare a plugin function with parameter “x as auto”, you get something, but you will notice it may not work with REALLockObject.

10

Just noticed that too while playing around with Auto in a test plugin.

11

Please add yourself to case 45158.

12

oh, there is one already: 37330

13

Auto is a data type and it’s definitely not a REALobject. Treating it as such might appear to work some of the time, but it’s not actually a REALobject and you will get crashes.