[Laszlo-user] "Call By Name"-Problem of <text>-Component being in <gridcolumn>

[P T Withington]

For some time now, class names have not been global, but are instead  
defined in the 'lz' module.  Try:

   new lz.myClass ...


On 2008-04-28, at 08:45 EDT, Marc Bachstein wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I want to call a <text>-Component by name, which is in a
> <gridcolumn>-Component. The compiler gives here an error:
>
> "Debug.evalCarefully("ChangingAttributesInText.lzx" , 7, function ()  
> {return
> myText;}, this) has no properties"
>
> If the <text>-Component is in a <view>-Component there is no  
> compiler error
> and it works fine.
>
> Can anybody tell me, how I can call the <text>-Component here by name?
>
> Here are the source codes:
>
> This works:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> <canvas debug="true" >
> 	<class name="myClass" extends="view">
>
> 		<text name="myText" multiline="false" width="0"/>
>
> 		<handler name="oninit">
> 			myText.setText("Hello!");
> 		</handler>			
> 	</class>
>
> 	<view name="View">
> 		<handler name="oninit">
> 			var A = new myClass(this,{});
> 		</handler>
> 	</view>
> </canvas>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Here the compiler gives an error:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> <canvas debug="true" >
> 	<class name="myClass" extends="gridcolumn">
>
> 		<text name="myText" multiline="false" width="0"/>
>
> 		<handler name="oninit">
> 			myText.setText("Hello!");
> 		</handler>			
> 	</class>
>
> 	<view name="View">
> 		<grid>
> 			<handler name="oninit">
> 				var A = new myClass(this,{});
> 			</handler>
> 		</grid>			
> 	</view>
> </canvas>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Kind Regards,
> Marc
>
>