I want to add a methd to an instance of dwt.widgets.Text.

void setText(char[] name, char[] text){  name.setText(text);}

there is  ' setText(char[] text)  ' in the base class

each instance has a name. I cannot get this to work? the Tango book covers this very weakly

Reply to June,

> I want to add a methd to an instance of dwt.widgets.Text.
> 
> void setText(char[] name, char[] text){  name.setText(text);}
> 
> there is  ' setText(char[] text)  ' in the base class
> 
> each instance has a name. I cannot get this to work? the Tango book
> covers this very weakly
> 

I'm not following what you want to do.

Do you want to add methods to a class that inherits from dwt.widgets.Text? 

Do you want to add a method to a particular object at run time? (BTW this is not possible)

Do you want to add method to a the dwt.widgets.Text class? 

BCS Wrote:

> Reply to June,
> 
> > I want to add a methd to an instance of dwt.widgets.Text.
> > 
> > void setText(char[] name, char[] text){  name.setText(text);}
> > 
> > there is  ' setText(char[] text)  ' in the base class
> > 
> > each instance has a name. I cannot get this to work? the Tango book covers this very weakly
> > 
> 
> I'm not following what you want to do.
> 
> Do you want to add methods to a class that inherits from dwt.widgets.Text?

Yes

Reply to June,

> BCS Wrote:
> 
>> Reply to June,
>> 
>>> I want to add a methd to an instance of dwt.widgets.Text.
>>> 
>>> void setText(char[] name, char[] text){  name.setText(text);}
>>> 
>>> there is  ' setText(char[] text)  ' in the base class
>>> 
>>> each instance has a name. I cannot get this to work? the Tango book
>>> covers this very weakly
>>> 
>> I'm not following what you want to do.
>> 
>> Do you want to add methods to a class that inherits from
>> dwt.widgets.Text?
>> 
> Yes
> 

class MyClass : dwt.widgets.Text
{
void setText(char[] name, char[] text){  name.setText(text);}
}

does that work for what you want?

June Wrote:

> BCS Wrote:
> 
> > Reply to June,
> > 
> > > I want to add a methd to an instance of dwt.widgets.Text.
> > > 
> > > void setText(char[] name, char[] text){  name.setText(text);}
> > > 
> > > there is  ' setText(char[] text)  ' in the base class
> > > 
> > > each instance has a name. I cannot get this to work? the Tango book covers this very weakly
> > > 
> > 
> > I'm not following what you want to do.
> > 
> > Do you want to add methods to a class that inherits from dwt.widgets.Text?
> 
> Yes
> 
Do you want to add method to a the dwt.widgets.Text class?

It is also this -I am using numerous  text boxes  each with a name .
and I want to change the text on each as I create it
I need a method to make the normal 'setText(text) method into setText( name,text)

BCS Wrote:

> Reply to June,
> 
> > BCS Wrote:
> > 
> >> Reply to June,
> >> 
> >>> I want to add a methd to an instance of dwt.widgets.Text.
> >>> 
> >>> void setText(char[] name, char[] text){  name.setText(text);}
> >>> 
> >>> there is  ' setText(char[] text)  ' in the base class
> >>> 
> >>> each instance has a name. I cannot get this to work? the Tango book covers this very weakly
> >>> 
> >> I'm not following what you want to do.
> >> 
> >> Do you want to add methods to a class that inherits from dwt.widgets.Text?
> >> 
> > Yes
> > 
> 
> class MyClass : dwt.widgets.Text
> {
> void setText(char[] name, char[] text){  name.setText(text);}
> }
> 
> does that work for what you want?
> 
> 
Not really -This produces an interface with Text no? I just want an extra method to change multiple, named , instances , one at a time by name

setText(name,text)