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travholt
"Cannot find a class or type named" …
Aug 20th, 2009, 2:16pm  
I've just downloaded Processing on my Mac, have looked through a lot of the examples, and started writing something of my own. Right away, I created some classes, but then I decided to follow some of the examples' suit and separate them into individual files for each class.

But when I do that and try to run my program, I get a red bar with the text in the subject: "Cannot find a class or type named [ClassName]".

Below an example that makes Processing deliver this error.

Test.pde:

Code:
class Test {
  int n;
  Test(int num) {
    n = num;
  }
  int value() {
    return n;  
  }
}


ClassTest.pde:

Code:
Test a;

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antiplastik
Re: "Cannot find a class or type named" …
Reply #1 - Aug 20th, 2009, 2:33pm  
It works,

either if you embed the class code before you instantiate a new object, all in the same tab:
Code:
class Test {
  int n;
  Test(int num) {
    n = num;
  }
  int value() {
    return n;  
  }
} 

Test a;


or if you have at least a call to setup() or draw() in your main tab:

Code:
Test a;

void setup() {}
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travholt
Re: "Cannot find a class or type named" …
Reply #2 - Aug 21st, 2009, 12:29pm  
Yay, that worked! Thanks so much.
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