ctrl++ object transfer via dollar parameter

[philipp.wechsler]

Is it possible to transfer ctrl++ object via dollar parameter to an other panel?

There is a mwe:
Library

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class AlertItem
{
  protected string mName;
  protected bool mState;

  public AlertItem( string pName, bool pState )
  {
    mName = pName;
    mState = pState;
  }

  public string getName()
  {
    return mName;
  }

  public bool getState()
  {
    return mState;
  }
};

Initialize panel-code:

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main()
{
  AlertItem ai1 = new AlertItem( "MyAlert", true );
  addSymbol( myModuleName(), myPanelName(), "oo-test-object.xml", "MyRef", makeDynString( "$ai:" + ai1 ), 20, 20 );
}

Initialize oo-test-object.xml:

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main()
{
  AlertItem ai1 = $ai;
  lblText.text = ai1.getName();
  rect.backCol = ai1.getState() ? "blue" : "white";
}

How can I transfer an object to a next reference?

With kind regards

Philipp

[leoknipp]

The parameters which can be passed to a reference are of type dyn_string.
I think therefore you cannot pass "objects" to a reference.

Best Regards
Leopold Knipp
Senior Support Specialist

[mkoller]

You can not pass an object via $-parameter.
However you can call a public function in that Panel Reference, which has any datatype as argument.
So do it in 2 steps:
1) addSymbol()
2) call the public function in the newly added symbol

[philipp.wechsler]

Thanks a lot Martin!
Yes, that works with the public method. I can fix it by moving the statements from the init method to this public method. The construction happens now two steps. I want to investigate the building process.

With kind regards

Philipp