Re: [fpc-pascal] constructor as procvar

2010-03-20 Thread Juha Manninen
Hi The essential part is to have virtual constructor like in Florian Klaempfl's example code: t_mammal = class public constructor create (color : byte); virtual; end; and then... t_pig = class(t_mammal) public constructor create (color : byte); override; end; t

Re: [fpc-pascal] constructor as procvar

2010-03-20 Thread Andrew Hall
Hi David, If I'm reading your need correctly... function CopyMyMammal(value: T_Mammal; extraParameters): T_Mammal; begin result := T_Mammal_Class(value.ClassType).Create(withExtraParameters); end; Only confusion is you say you cannot make the type conversion? But the above code is correct and

Re: [fpc-pascal] constructor as procvar

2010-03-20 Thread David Emerson
> Tobject.classtype returns TClass (class of TObject) which I first > assumed would work great. However I cannot seem to do a type > conversion from TClass to t_mammal_class (class of t_mammal)! So I am > stuck here. well, I got this working, not sure why I had so much trouble with a simple typ

Re: [fpc-pascal] constructor as procvar

2010-03-20 Thread Marc Weustink
David Emerson wrote: How can I obtain a class type variable from an instance? I want to create a second instance of the same descendant class (via the constructor, which will take some parameters and make the new instance unique) Tobject.classtype returns TClass (class of TObject) which I fir

Re: [fpc-pascal] constructor as procvar

2010-03-20 Thread David Emerson
How can I obtain a class type variable from an instance? I want to create a second instance of the same descendant class (via the constructor, which will take some parameters and make the new instance unique) Tobject.classtype returns TClass (class of TObject) which I first assumed would work

Re: [fpc-pascal] fpGUI Toolkit v0.7-rc1 for FPC 2.4

2010-03-20 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 20 March 2010 11:08, Jorge Aldo G. de F. Junior wrote: > > now i am going to join the fpgui mailgroup. The opensoft.homeip.net server is down until Tuesday morning 08:00 (GMT+2). We have builders working at our office over the weekend so for safety, had to shutdown all power. Sorry for the i

Re: [fpc-pascal] fpGUI Toolkit v0.7-rc1 for FPC 2.4

2010-03-20 Thread Jorge Aldo G. de F. Junior
thank you all, im working on understanding directfb first, so i have nothing to show about fbGUI (i was looking at fpg gdi and fpg x11 and it looked quite alien to me... i think i will need more help). now i am going to join the fpgui mailgroup. thank you all.