RE: VAJAVA vs CODE/400

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This may be your problem... you "add(ed) a few methods to this class"?  How
did you do this?  I get the feeling you just entered several methods into
the primary class definition and tried to save it.  You should never edit
the class directly (that's that part with the big "C") to add a method.
Instead, you should right-click on the class and a pop-up menu will come up.
Select Add, then Method.  A wizard will come up that will help walk you
through the addition of a method.

This is where many people get confused - I did at first.  Each method is a
separate entity in VAJ, and should be added separately.  You CAN enter a
bunch of code into the class definition and it will attempt to parse it into
methods, but that is definitely not the preferred method, for the reasons
you see.

Joe


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-java400-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-java400-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of
> MWalter@hanoverwire.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 12:37 PM
> To: JAVA400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: VAJAVA vs CODE/400
>
>
>
> OK, here we go again. I must be a masochist. I'm trying VAJAVA again. I've
> just spent 2 hours editing code in a class. This class I copied from
> another class with the Reorganize --> Copy option. The source
> class worked.
> I compiled and ran it within VAJAVA. BTW My learning classes are just
> mutations of the previous class adding new techniques. So back to my
> quandary. I add a few methods to this class and tried to save it. I get an
> error dialog that says: "An error occurred while saving ScreenTest07: An
> error occurred while parsing source code due to expecting )." The only
> response is OK. I, for the life of me cannot find an unbalanced
> parenthesis
> anywhere in this class. There are no visible problems in the problem pane.
> Shouldn't I at least get a clue where the problem is? This is a relatively
> small class. What happens if there is a big one.
>
> This is why I'm getting so frustrated with VAJAVA.

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