Greetings!

I have this program,

import dfl.all;
import myform2;
void main()
{
  Form d = new MyForm();
  d.text = "Hello...";
  //d.Name.text = "name";
  d.show();
}

that compiles fine.  Here is myform2 code:

/*
   Generated by Entice Designer
   Entice Designer written by Christopher E. Miller
   www.dprogramming.com/entice.php
*/

import dfl.all;


class MyForm: dfl.form.Form
{
  // Do not modify or move this block of variables.
  //~Entice Designer variables begin here.
  dfl.textbox.TextBox Name;
  //~Entice Designer variables end here.


  this()
  {
    initializeMyForm();

    //@  Other MyForm initialization code here.

  }


  private void initializeMyForm()
  {
    // Do not manually modify this function.
    //~Entice Designer 0.8.6pre4 code begins here.
    //~DFL Form
    text = "My Form";
    clientSize = dfl.all.Size(292, 273);
    //~DFL dfl.textbox.TextBox=Name
    Name = new dfl.textbox.TextBox();
    Name.name = "Name";
    Name.bounds = dfl.all.Rect(24, 8, 176, 24);
    Name.parent = this;
    //~Entice Designer 0.8.6pre4 code ends here.
  }
}

However, when I "uncomment" the this line, //d.Name.text = "name";,

import dfl.all;
import myform2;

void main()
{
  Form d = new MyForm();
  d.text = "Hello...";
  d.Name.text = "name";
  d.show();
}

the compiler complains with,

19:46:19.65>build -I..;c:\D\dmd\import -version=gui -version=Phobos testDFL.d
testDFL.d(8): Error: no property 'Name' for type 'dfl.form.Form'
testDFL.d(8): Error: no property 'text' for type 'int'
testDFL.d(8): Error: constant 1.text is not an lvalue
testDFL.d(8): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("name") of type char[4u] to int

I know this is not the DFL forum, but maybe this is a D trick that I am missing somewhere.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,

josé

On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:52:05 +0200, jicman <cabrera_@_wrc.xerox.com> wrote:

> However, when I "uncomment" the this line, //d.Name.text = "name";,
>
> import dfl.all;
> import myform2;
>
> void main()
> {
>   Form d = new MyForm();
>   d.text = "Hello...";
>   d.Name.text = "name";
>   d.show();
> }
>
> the compiler complains with,
>
> 19:46:19.65>build -I..;c:\D\dmd\import -version=gui -version=Phobos testDFL.d
> testDFL.d(8): Error: no property 'Name' for type 'dfl.form.Form'
> testDFL.d(8): Error: no property 'text' for type 'int'
> testDFL.d(8): Error: constant 1.text is not an lvalue
> testDFL.d(8): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("name") of type char[4u] to int

I dont have DFL installed, but try this:

import dfl.all;
import myform2;

void main()
{
  auto d = new MyForm();
  d.text = "Hello...";
  d.Name.text = "name";
  d.show();
}

jicman Wrote:

> 
> However, when I "uncomment" the this line, //d.Name.text = "name";,
> 
> import dfl.all;
> import myform2;
> 
> void main()
> {
>   Form d = new MyForm();
>   d.text = "Hello...";
>   d.Name.text = "name";
>   d.show();
> }
> 

I dont have DFL installed, but try this:

import dfl.all;
import myform2;

void main()
{
  //Form d = new MyForm();
  //MyForm d = new MyForm();
  auto d = new MyForm();
  d.text = "Hello...";
  d.Name.text = "name";
  d.show();
}

aalm Wrote:

> jicman Wrote:
> 
> > 
> > However, when I "uncomment" the this line, //d.Name.text = "name";,
> > 
> > import dfl.all;
> > import myform2;
> > 
> > void main()
> > {
> >   Form d = new MyForm();
> >   d.text = "Hello...";
> >   d.Name.text = "name";
> >   d.show();
> > }
> > 
> 
> I dont have DFL installed, but try this:
> 
> import dfl.all;
> import myform2;
> 
> void main()
> {
>   //Form d = new MyForm();
>   //MyForm d = new MyForm();
>   auto d = new MyForm();
>   d.text = "Hello...";
>   d.Name.text = "name";
>   d.show();
> }

thanks.  That worked.  Would you care to explain? :-)  I know what auto does, but I thought that a Form was a form and a Class was a class.  Does auto here would suffice for all other kinds of variables?

Thanks for the help.

josé

jicman wrote:
> aalm Wrote:
>> import dfl.all;
>> import myform2;
>> 
>> void main()
>> {
>>   //Form d = new MyForm();
>>   //MyForm d = new MyForm();
>>   auto d = new MyForm();
>>   d.text = "Hello...";
>>   d.Name.text = "name";
>>   d.show();
>> }
> 
> thanks.  That worked.  Would you care to explain? :-)  I know what auto does, but I thought that a Form was a form and a Class was a class.  Does auto here would suffice for all other kinds of variables?
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> jos�

Sometimes, I think all compiler errors should be replaced with "Something went wrong."  No one ever seems to *read* them.  :|

> testDFL.d(8): Error: no property 'Name' for type 'dfl.form.Form'

You were trying to access a 'Name' property for an object of type 'Form'.  But 'Form's do not have a 'Name' property.  Objects of type 'MyForm' do, but you've explicitly told the compiler that 'd' is of type 'Form' not 'MyForm'.

Daniel Keep Wrote:
> jicman wrote:
> > aalm Wrote:
> >> import dfl.all;
> >> import myform2;
> >> 
> >> void main()
> >> {
> >>   //Form d = new MyForm();
> >>   //MyForm d = new MyForm();
> >>   auto d = new MyForm();
> >>   d.text = "Hello...";
> >>   d.Name.text = "name";
> >>   d.show();
> >> }
> > 
> > thanks.  That worked.  Would you care to explain? :-)  I know what auto does, but I thought that a Form was a form and a Class was a class.  Does auto here would suffice for all other kinds of variables?
> > 
> > Thanks for the help.
> > 
> > jos�
> 
> Sometimes, I think all compiler errors should be replaced with "Something went wrong."  No one ever seems to *read* them.  :|

Or don't know how to read them :/... :-)  But, I just learned... Next time I get it.

> > testDFL.d(8): Error: no property 'Name' for type 'dfl.form.Form'
> 
> You were trying to access a 'Name' property for an object of type 'Form'.  But 'Form's do not have a 'Name' property.  Objects of type 'MyForm' do, but you've explicitly told the compiler that 'd' is of type 'Form' not 'MyForm'.

Thanks.  I got it and I just learned something new today. :-)

jic