Android Question how to Backwards reference?

[Robert Valentino]

Not sure if my title is correct.

I have a Designer Screen that is LoadLayout into a panel and I set the fields in it with no problems.
I save the panel in a Grid array and later I want to do something with this panel but there seems to be no way to get references to the fields without doing another LoadLayout

    Dim  ScorePanel   As Panel
	
       Dim  Column       As TGridSystemInfo = mGrid.GetColumnInformation(RowID, ColID)
	

	   ScorePanel.Initialize("ScorePanel")

	   mGrid.SetColumnPanel(RowID, ColID, ScorePanel)
	
          ScorePanel.LoadLayout("sShowScore")

	   sShowScore_Screen.Color    = Column.ColumnInfo.Format.ColumnColors.BGColor
	   sShowScore_Score.TextColor = Column.ColumnInfo.Format.ColumnColors.FGColor	
	   sShowScore_Putts.TextColor = Column.ColumnInfo.Format.ColumnColors.FGColor
	   sShowScore_Total.TextColor = Column.ColumnInfo.Format.ColumnColors.FGColor
	   sShowScore_SandShots.Color     = Colors.Transparent

If I try the following somewhere else in the program.

      Dim  ScorePanel   As Panel
	
      ScorePanel =  mGrid.GetColumnPanel(RowID, ColID, ScorePanel)
	
     '  The following fields which are part of   sShowScore.bal  are not available unless I do a LoadLayout

	   sShowScore_Screen.Color    = Column.ColumnInfo.Format.ColumnColors.BGColor
	   sShowScore_Score.TextColor = Column.ColumnInfo.Format.ColumnColors.FGColor	
	   sShowScore_Putts.TextColor = Column.ColumnInfo.Format.ColumnColors.FGColor
	   sShowScore_Total.TextColor = Column.ColumnInfo.Format.ColumnColors.FGColor
	   sShowScore_SandShots.Color     = Colors.Transparent

So every time I want to do something with this Grid panel I need to load it again.

Is there something I am missing or some way to get references to the fields without doing a LoadLayout.

Otherwise I guess there is no reason for me to save the Panel for later.

BobVal

 

[Erel]

Are you using the same layout file for multiple panels?

 

[Robert Valentino]

Yes. It is a grid cell display that changes

Would be nice if I could re-establish the links using the panel

 

[Robert Valentino]

OK, I figured out how to do what I wanted:

But saving what screen name it is in the Tag I can do the following:

	ScorePanel = mGrid.GetColumnPanel(RowID, ColID)
	
	If ScorePanel <> Null Then
	   HaveScore_Panel = True
	   
	   For Each V As View In ScorePanel.GetAllViewsRecursive	   
	       Log("View:" &V.Tag)

           Select V.Tag
             Case "sShowScore_Screen"    : sShowScore_Screen     = V  :  HaveScore_Screen    = True				   
             Case "sShowScore_Score"     : sShowScore_Score      = V  :  HaveScore_Score     = True
             Case "sShowScore_Putts"     : sShowScore_Putts      = V  :  HaveScore_Putts     = True
             Case "sShowScore_Total"     : sShowScore_Total      = V  :  HaveScore_Total     = True
             Case "sShowScore_Hcp"       : sShowScore_Hcp        = V  :  HaveScore_Hcp       = True
             Case "sShowScore_SandShots" : sShowScore_SandShots  = V  :  HaveScore_SandShots = True
  	    Case "sShowScore_Penalties" : sShowScore_Penalties  = V  :  HaveScore_Penalties = True
           End Select		   
	   Next
    End If

So instead of recreating the screen fields every time I can check which ones I have already created and reuse them.

NOW is this a waste of time? What I am trying to do is speed things up and make sure I am not wasting any resources.

Anyway this idea seems to work just great.