I have asked for - repeatedly - 4D to give us an automated means to "fix" this. http://forums.4d.fr/Post/EN/8282868/1/8282870#8282870 (15 votes from 2012)
Basically - a means to change unchanged object names (variable1, Field3 etc) to AT LEAST the variable name, but with an option to pre/post append a fixed string (Ex: "obj_" --> obj_My_Variable) to be able to distinguish between veritable references and object references. and from Bob Miller: http://forums.4d.fr/Post/EN/13792407/1/13792408#13792408 On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 07:49:11 -0500, John DeSoi via 4D_Tech wrote: > I recently embarked on an automated testing project and implemented > the advantages you mention by automatically generating *one* project > method per form that contains all of the object method and form > method code. The only other task was to create wrappers for Form > event and OBJECT Get pointer to allow them to be programmatically > manipulated. > > So no rewriting of the form is necessary, no need to call a project > method from every object method, and no need to maintain an enormous > case statement for a form with lots of object methods. The "form > controller" idea others have mentioned might be nice for newer > projects, but would be a huge amount of work for legacy projects > where object names did not exist. My generated code has lots of > "Field1", "Field2", "Button1" names because object names never > mattered when the forms were created. > > John DeSoi, Ph.D. > > >> On Apr 20, 2017, at 4:34 PM, David Adams via 4D_Tech >> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: >> >> Using a project method in place of a a form method/object scripts has a >> couple of other advantages. If you pass in the event code, then you can: >> >> * Create custom event codes ('redraw', 'close' or something more like a >> message) >> >> * Emulate form activity (useful for testing) >> >> * Leverage your existing code with CALL FORM. Your CALL FORM call invokes >> the form handler method and passes in whatever event or data is required. > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** --------------- Gas is for washing parts Alcohol is for drinkin' Nitromethane is for racing ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
