Class/End Class documentation error

[Paul Squires]

There appears to be an error in the "CLASS/END CLASS BLOCK" help file entry.

CLASS name  [$GUID]  [AS COM | AS EVENT]
  Class Method code blocks...
  INSTANCE ClassName AS STRING
  INTERFACE name $GUID  [AS EVENT]
    INHERIT IUNKNOWN
    Method and Property code blocks...
  END INTERFACE
  EVENT SOURCE interface-name
END CLASS

My tests indicate that putting Class Methods before the Instance variables throws a compile time error.

[Thomas Tierney]

Hey Paul

I can also reproduce this as well

[Edwin Knoppert]

What would be a problem of that?

[Thomas Tierney]

Not a problem per se, but when trying to code something based on the documentation wouldnt work. You would need to know before hand that the documentation was wrong to get a good compile

[Paul Squires]

What would be a problem of that?

It looks like a documentation error in the PB9 Help file. Probably needs to be corrected.

[Edwin Knoppert]

I already read about your choice of using dim (Jose's remark on his board today).
I wonder what the effect is using dim inside a class.

[Paul Squires]

You have to use DIM in a Class when initializing an array. My mistake was not using AS INSTANCE.

Class clsCompany
   Instance m_pCustomers()   As CustomerInterface
...
...
...
   Class Method Create()
      ' Initialize the customer array
      Dim m_pCustomers(0) As Instance CustomerInterface
   End Method
...
...
...

The point of this thread is that you can not put METHODS (CLASS or otherwise) before the INSTANCE variables are defined. The documentation would suggest otherwise.

[Bob Zale]

Place them at the beginning, and you'll find yourself at peace...

[Theo Gottwald]

True, I also already have already been falling over this chair.

 
CLASS MDC
  INSTANCE ApPath,ApName,IniFn,PC_Name AS STRING
  INSTANCE IP_Adr,Num_Folders,MD_Active AS LONG

This is the place for the INSTANCE Variables, any thing else will may work as expected.