The Parmameters of the Object Command

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BlueWolf

(Posted 2004) [#1]

Okay I have run into yet another problem. I have tried writing my code like this

Basically what I am wanting to do is to assign a variable that dosen't look like variable.variable to a type. Since You can't really convert one type to another I have tried using the object command

par1=Object.constraint(p1)

Blitz dosen't like that. So basically I am asking how can I acess a certain field of an entity with the object command because my above code does not work.

Just to help the constraint type looks like this

Type Constraint
Field p1.particle
Field other stuff

;and is created like this

Function CreateConstraint(...)
;stuff up here
constraint\p1=Object.particle(particle)
;stuff down here
End Function

that should give you some insight into my problem.

Once I get this Object and Handle stuff figured out I think I am going to post an indepth code example/tutorial in the code arcs. for future blitzers

Thanks

Beaker

(Posted 2004) [#2]

Think about the names of the commands, cos you have them mixed round. Handle returns the handle (a number) of the Type object. Object returns the Type object itself (from the handle number).

Type Constraint
Field p1
Field other stuff

;and is created like this
Function CreateConstraint(...)
;stuff up here
constraint\p1=Handle(particle) ; get the number of the particle
;stuff down here
End Function

skidracer

(Posted 2004) [#3]

Object and Handle are of no use to you until you learn the correct use of the documented Blitz language.

Basically what I am wanting to do is to assign a variable that dosen't look like variable.variable to a type.

Unless you define the purpose of the code you are trying to write I don't understand how you can expect an adequate solution for implementing an elegant solution in Blitz. Object and Handle IMHO are only of use where the target of a message transmission through a data graph has been abstracted for a definite purpose.

Beaker

(Posted 2004) [#4]

/me chucks skidracer off the beginners forum for talking gibberish. :)