ErosOlmi
20-03-2008, 01:08
For those developing modules with functions that expects variables passed BYREF ...
I've changed the two interface functions in place to parse numeric variable BYREF (thinBasic_VariableParse and thinBasic_ChangeVariableNumberDirect) in such a way they can handle now also elements inside UDT whatever is the complexity of the UDT.
For example, to use TBGL_EntityGetPos function to get back entity position:
TBGL_EntityGetPos( SceneID, EntityID, X, Y, Z [, GlobalCoordinates ] )
and your receiving variable x, y, z were inside an UDT, till now you had to define 3 additional numeric variables to pass to TBGL_EntityGetPos and than assign that values to the UDT elements. Now you can pass the UDT elements directly.
An example will clarify it.
Till now, to get back x, y, z position of an entity and assign them to UDT elements you had to do something like that:
...
TYPE tEntity
...
xPos as SINGLE
yPos as SINGLE
zPos as SINGLE
...
END TYPE
...
DIM MyEntity AS tEntity
...
'---Define temp variable to pass to TBGL_EntityGetPos
DIM X, Y, Z as SINGLE
...
'
TBGL_EntityGetPos( SceneID, EntityID, X, Y, Z )
'---Assign values to UDT elements
MyEntity.xPos = X
MyEntity.yPos = Y
MyEntity.zPos = Z
In next thinBasic version you will be able to use UDT elements directly:
TBGL_EntityGetPos( SceneID, EntityID, MyEntity.xPos, MyEntity.yPos, MyEntity.zPos )
Or, if MyEntity is an array (or whatever other UDT complex situation):
TBGL_EntityGetPos( SceneID, EntityID, MyEntity(EntityNo).xPos, MyEntity(EntityNo).yPos, MyEntity(EntityNo).zPos )
The same apply to whatever thinBasic function (Core or module developed) implementing variables passed BYREF like "DIALOG GET LOC ... TO X, Y"
We are making final tests but so far it seems working fine.
Regards
Eros
I've changed the two interface functions in place to parse numeric variable BYREF (thinBasic_VariableParse and thinBasic_ChangeVariableNumberDirect) in such a way they can handle now also elements inside UDT whatever is the complexity of the UDT.
For example, to use TBGL_EntityGetPos function to get back entity position:
TBGL_EntityGetPos( SceneID, EntityID, X, Y, Z [, GlobalCoordinates ] )
and your receiving variable x, y, z were inside an UDT, till now you had to define 3 additional numeric variables to pass to TBGL_EntityGetPos and than assign that values to the UDT elements. Now you can pass the UDT elements directly.
An example will clarify it.
Till now, to get back x, y, z position of an entity and assign them to UDT elements you had to do something like that:
...
TYPE tEntity
...
xPos as SINGLE
yPos as SINGLE
zPos as SINGLE
...
END TYPE
...
DIM MyEntity AS tEntity
...
'---Define temp variable to pass to TBGL_EntityGetPos
DIM X, Y, Z as SINGLE
...
'
TBGL_EntityGetPos( SceneID, EntityID, X, Y, Z )
'---Assign values to UDT elements
MyEntity.xPos = X
MyEntity.yPos = Y
MyEntity.zPos = Z
In next thinBasic version you will be able to use UDT elements directly:
TBGL_EntityGetPos( SceneID, EntityID, MyEntity.xPos, MyEntity.yPos, MyEntity.zPos )
Or, if MyEntity is an array (or whatever other UDT complex situation):
TBGL_EntityGetPos( SceneID, EntityID, MyEntity(EntityNo).xPos, MyEntity(EntityNo).yPos, MyEntity(EntityNo).zPos )
The same apply to whatever thinBasic function (Core or module developed) implementing variables passed BYREF like "DIALOG GET LOC ... TO X, Y"
We are making final tests but so far it seems working fine.
Regards
Eros