Re: [Newbies] Sending messages

2012-06-15 Thread Chris Cunnington
Well you know that temporary variables in a Workspace have to start lower case. And upper case words are expected to be classes. x := Date new. Glad to hear you figured it out. Chris On 2012-06-15, at 1:43 PM, James O'Brien wrote: > I had moved the first box out of the way. I should hav

Re: [Newbies] Sending messages

2012-06-15 Thread James O'Brien
I think I figured out the problem. I named the box SecondBox instead of secondBox. Using secondBox works. On Jun 15, 2012, at 10:43 AM, James O'Brien wrote: > I had moved the first box out of the way. I should have mentioned that when I > try to change the second box's color I get an error mess

Re: [Newbies] Sending messages

2012-06-15 Thread James O'Brien
I had moved the first box out of the way. I should have mentioned that when I try to change the second box's color I get an error message: MessageNotUnderstood: SecondBox class >> #color: On Jun 15, 2012, at 9:20 AM, Chris Cunnington wrote: > Your boxes are piling up. Drag one off the other and

Re: [Newbies] Sending messages

2012-06-15 Thread Chris Cunnington
Your boxes are piling up. Drag one off the other and you'll see that you did. Chris On 2012-06-15, at 11:12 AM, James O'Brien wrote: > I typed the following in a workspace and created a rectangle: > FirstBox := RectangleMorph new openInWorld. > > I then changed its color: > FirstBox color: Co

[Newbies] Sending messages

2012-06-15 Thread James O'Brien
I typed the following in a workspace and created a rectangle: FirstBox := RectangleMorph new openInWorld. I then changed its color: FirstBox color: Color green. I next created a system category with a RectangleMorph subclass: RectangleMorph subclass: #TestBox instanceVariableNames: ''

Re: [Newbies] Re: Is it me, or a problem with FileDirectory?

2012-06-15 Thread David Lomas
Great - thanks. On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > > On 2012-06-15, at 14:23, David Lomas wrote: > > > First, apologies if the threading is lost - I was unsubscribed from the > list on email, therefore I didn't get my original post or replies, so I'm > not sure if this wil

Re: [Newbies] Re: Is it me, or a problem with FileDirectory?

2012-06-15 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 2012-06-15, at 14:23, David Lomas wrote: > First, apologies if the threading is lost - I was unsubscribed from the list > on email, therefore I didn't get my original post or replies, so I'm not sure > if this will join up! > > Thanks Bert - 4.3 works well, so I'll backport it. I tried Phar

[Newbies] Re: Is it me, or a problem with FileDirectory?

2012-06-15 Thread David Lomas
First, apologies if the threading is lost - I was unsubscribed from the list on email, therefore I didn't get my original post or replies, so I'm not sure if this will join up! Thanks Bert - 4.3 works well, so I'll backport it. I tried Pharo 1.4 which I happened to have lying around, and that stil

Re: [Newbies] Is it me, or a problem with FileDirectory?

2012-06-15 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 2012-06-15, at 12:17, David Lomas wrote: > I've been trying to debug an application running on Squeak 4.1 randomly > crashing on certain setups. It turns out it's where people have their 'My > Documents' folder on Windows platforms set to a network share. > > As a trivial test case, I can t

[Newbies] Is it me, or a problem with FileDirectory?

2012-06-15 Thread David Lomas
I've been trying to debug an application running on Squeak 4.1 randomly crashing on certain setups. It turns out it's where people have their 'My Documents' folder on Windows platforms set to a network share. As a trivial test case, I can trigger the error like this: 1. Set up a share (can be on