Jiwa

See attached.
I'm creating my own class, inheriting ProcessAction.UserInterface.

I need to use manager because it will be interacting with the database, but when I test it, the manager is null.
I can't work out why, or how to get a proper manager object.

Version 7.2.1

Hi Danny,

You're referencing the Manager in the constructor of the class:

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public ImportExceltest()
{
    System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch();
    JiwaFinancials.Jiwa.JiwaApplication.Manager manager = null;
...
}


This won't have it's Manager property set at that point.

You should override the Setup method and move your code there. Also make sure to call base.Setup(); as the first line of your overridden Setup method.

manager is still null.

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partial class ImportExceltest : JiwaFinancials.Jiwa.JiwaApplication.ProcessAction.UserInterface
{
   JiwaFinancials.Jiwa.JiwaApplication.Manager manager = null;
   
   public override void Setup()
   {
      base.Setup();
      manager = base.Manager;      
   }
   
   public ImportExceltest()
   {
      System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch();
      System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog fileOpenDialog = new System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog();      
       fileOpenDialog.Filter = "Excel Spreadsheets (*.xls;*.xlsx)|*.xls;*.xlsx";
      if (fileOpenDialog.ShowDialog(manager.MDIParentForm) == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK)
      {
         this.New(fileOpenDialog.FileName);
         
      }      
   }

   public void New(string filename)
   {
      MessageBox.Show(filename);
   }
   
   
}

Hi Danny,

Don't set the Manager - we'll do that in the factory that creates the class.

Also don't declare your own manager - the base class already has one!

This, I believe, is what you are looking for:

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partial class ImportExceltest : JiwaFinancials.Jiwa.JiwaApplication.ProcessAction.UserInterface
{
   public override void Setup()
   {
      base.Setup();
      System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch();      
      System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog fileOpenDialog = new System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog();      
       fileOpenDialog.Filter = "Excel Spreadsheets (*.xls;*.xlsx)|*.xls;*.xlsx";
      if (fileOpenDialog.ShowDialog(Manager.MDIParentForm) == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK)
      {
         this.New(fileOpenDialog.FileName);
         
      }      
   }

   public void New(string filename)
   {
      MessageBox.Show(filename);
   }   
}

YES!!!!!!!!

Thanks Mike. Phew, that's such a relief to get some working code!