But only at the time you make the assignment. (i.e. anyone using the global String variable will get a cached copy, with no way of knowing if the value changed since the assignment was made.) Better would be to make the global variable a <reference-to- RadioButton>, then - in the control's Open() event - set App.MyInterestingRadioButton = Me. Now anyone can query the radio button through this reference to get an up-to-date copy of its .Text value! Better still would be to make a controller class to mediate the interactions of interest in a more OO (read, Cocoa) way.
On May 2, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Jim Payne wrote: > Charles Yeomans wrote: >> On May 2, 2007, at 1:34 PM, Jim Payne wrote: >> >> >>> The original poster wrote: >>> >>>> At 12:30 PM 5/1/2007, you wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> How do you pass Control Arrays to a external function? >>>>>> >>>>>> I am dealing with the classic simple task of finding which Radio >>>>>> Button is selected, and wrapping that up in a function. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> There were several suggestions, but wouldn't it be easier to >>> subclass >>> radio button? First define a global variable to hold a string , say >>> App.RadButTxt as string, and in the action event of the subclassed >>> radio button say: App.RadButTxt = me.Text >>> >>> Now there is no need to search for which button is hit. >>> >> >> Instead you have to handle the problems that such a design >> introduces. For example, suppose you change the text of the button >> at some point in development. Then you have to remember to change >> the code that depends on this value. And you should wonder whether >> the value was accidentally changed by another object. >> >> Charles Yeomans > No, no Charles. me.text will return the current actual text of > the button. > > Jim Payne > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
