I created each demo into a file and explain how to do this in the thread gids
http://groups.google.com/group/j-programming/browse_thread/thread/5ace8791b6af4fc7 2010/6/11 Stefan Scott Alexander <[email protected]>: > Hi - > > I wanted to try to re-create the various forms in the grid demo from > scratch. > > I'm a little confused about where to put the code, and what code might > already have been loaded "behind the scenes" before the code displayed in > 'View Definition'. > > I do the following: > > 1 - Open J. > > 2 - Open menu 'Studio' > 'Demos'. > > 3 - Select the 'grid' demo and click 'OK'. > > - The grid form displays, showing the 'Report' format (the first option > in the 'Gallery' menu). > > 4 - Open the menu 'Options' > 'View Definition'. > > 5 - Select all the code and do Copy. > > 6 - Go to the main J window and open the menu 'File' > 'New ijs'. > > 7 - Past the code in this new window. > > 8 - Save this window as '~user/temp/gridex/grid.ijs'. > > 9 - Open the menu 'Run' > 'Window'. > > This produces the following error message: > > load 'c:\documents and settings\aaa\j602-user\temp\gridex\grid.ijs' > |value error: sumdata > | CELLDATA=: sumdata?.10 12$1500 > |[-26] c:\documents and settings\aaa\j602-user\temp\gridex\grid.ijs > > Does this mean that the function sumdata isn't defined yet? > > I don't see a definition for it in the window. > > Is there some code which has been loaded earlier in this demo? > > How do I get at all the code which has been loaded in this demo, so that I > can re-create it myself from scratch? > > Is there a function I can call to return an environment showing what locale > I'm in and what functions have been defined so far? > > Is there a general way to find out what code has been loaded as part of a > lab prior to what's shown in 'View Definition'? > > Later I try viewing a different style of grid by selecting the menu > 'Gallery' > 'Controls'. > > Again if I copy and paste this text into a New ijs file and try to do Run > Window, I get an error saying the variable MONTHS isn't defined. > > It's clear that the code for this style of grid is being loaded after the > code for the other style of grid - and probably some other code has also > been loaded even earlier (defining sumdata). > > So I'd like to know how to view all the code for this example, and for any > other demos as well. > > Thanks for any help to get me started here! > > - Scott > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fornustekkum II 781 Hornafirði, t-póst: [email protected] gsm: +3546985532 sími: +3544781286 http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
