How to Add Multiple Properties When You Add Objects

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SUMMARY

This article shows by example how to:

• Add objects to a container within a Class definition by using the ADD OBJECT command, and specify multiple properties of the added object by using the WITH keyword.
• During the creation of a container, use the AddObject (one word) method to add an object, and specify multiple properties of the object by using WITH...ENDWITH.

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Example One

You can specify multiple properties of an added object within the Class definition by using the WITH clause. WITH...ENDWITH, however, is not valid within a Class definition and will result in an error.

   ** Start of Example One

   MyNewForm=CREATE("frmForm")
   MyNewForm.Show

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   DEFINE CLASS frmForm AS Form
      Visible = .T.
      Left    = 50
      Top     = 30
      ADD OBJECT MyQuitButton AS cmdQuitButton WITH ;
         Left    = 30, ;
         Top     = 30, ;
         Height  = 60, ;
         Width   = 100, ;
         Caption = "Quit"
   ENDDEFINE

   DEFINE CLASS cmdQuitButton AS CommandButton
      PROCEDURE Click
         RELEASE ThisForm
         CLEAR EVENTS
      ENDPROC
   ENDDEFINE

   ** Note: Without the semicolons and commas in the ADD OBJECT ... WITH
   ** clause, error messages will occur such as "Unrecognized command
   ** verb" and "Command contains unrecognized phrase/keyword."

Example Two

This example shows how to use AddObject method with the WITH...ENDWITH clause to specify multiple properties for the object.

   ** Start of Example Two

   frmForm = CREATEOBJECT("Form")

   WITH frmForm
      .Visible   = .T.
      .ScaleMode = 3
      .AddObject("pgfPageFrame", "PageFrame")
      WITH .pgfPageFrame
         .Visible   = .T.
         .PageCount = 2
         .Left      = 50
         .Top       = 20
         .Height    = 200
         .Width     = 250
      ENDWITH
   ENDWITH

   ** The WITH...ENDWITH may be used to specify properties of the object
   ** by pointing to the parent, which is the container in this case.

   WITH frmForm.pgfPageFrame
      .PageCount = 3
   ENDWITH

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