start method in class

[paco]

Hi, I try to use a Gambas-Class (not a Form) as starting class. I added "Public Sub Main() ...", but Gambas says "No starting method". How to do this? Thanks!

[cogier]

Try using a Module, not a class. If you still can't get it to work, post the code, so we can have a look.

[paco]

Must be a class to use the Application_Error event

[BruceSteers]

Have you right clicked the class in the left column and set it as startup class?

[BruceSteers]

Don't use Main() for a class.
Use _init() or _new()

[paco]

neither _init() nor _new()

[vuott]

Must be a class to use the Application_Error event

A Module does not have and cannot raise its own Events, but it can raise Events of other Classes.

Exemplum:

' Gambas module file

Public Sub Main()

End

' By displaying the console and pressing the "Enter" key on the keyboard this Event of the "Application" Class will be raised:
Public Sub Application_Read()
  
  Quit
  
End

[paco]

yes vuott, but I think it's the interpreter that fires the Application_Error in the starting class

[paco]

Ok that works. But it's nothing else than an Event-Handler in a module - very confusing.
My simple starting question was, how to use a class as starting-class - Gambas offers this option in it's project-tree. Is there a way?

[vuott]

In my opinion Gambas, to start a "command line" application, looks for the main module "Main.module"; instead, to start an application in a graphical environment (GTK or QT), it looks for the main class "FMain.class".
Therefore, I believe it is not possible to start Gambas "directly" from a specific secondary Class, created by you.
I believe that the correct procedure is to create an instance of the specific secondary Class in the Main Class or in the Main Module of the application (in the startup Class or Module) and in those to invoke a routine of the specific secondary Class that you created.