[Laszlo-user] extending <dataset>

[P T Withington]

This is not just the usual "dataset body is data" issue?  That the  
<data> tag is meant to solve?

On 2007-09-13, at 08:08 EDT, Henry Minsky wrote:

> That's some sort of bug in the compiler, you can workaround it for now
> if you say
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> <canvas validate="false">
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> or else retrieve the app with validate=false in the query args
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> although this has the unfortunate side effect of disabling some  
> useful warnings.
> There's already a bug filed for this I think, I will try to find it
> and annotate it with your test case.
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> On 9/13/07, Vincent de Phily <vdephily at bluemetrix.com> wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I want to extend the dataset class, here's a simplified example :
>>
>>
>> <canvas>
>>    <class name="mydataset" extends="dataset" type="http"
>>           onerror="Debug.error('While fetching', this.src, ':',
>> this.getErrorString());"
>>           ontimeout="Debug.error('While fetching', this.src, ':  
>> timeout');"
>>           ondata="Debug.write('Sucessfully fetched', this.src);"/>
>>
>>    <mydataset name="ds1" src="data.xml" request="true">
>>      <method name="doStuff">
>>          Debug.write('stuff done');
>>       </method>
>>    </mydataset>
>>
>>    <script>
>>       new mydataset(canvas, {name:'ds2', src:'data2.xml',  
>> request:true});
>>    </script>
>> </canvas>
>>
>>
>> It works fine, except that I get a compiler warning when using the  
>> 'mydataset'
>> tag (as opposed to creating it via script) :
>>> extenddataset.lzx:7:57: element "mydataset" not allowed in this  
>>> context.
>>> Check whether it is spelled correctly, and whether a class with  
>>> this name
>>> exists.
>>
>> Using recent builds of legals/waflecone, swf7 target.
>>
>>
>> Any idea to shut the warning up ?
>> --
>> Vincent de Phily
>>
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> -- 
> Henry Minsky
> Software Architect
> hminsky at laszlosystems.com