program tabs

strinda

Hi, Could someone please point me in the right direction. 1) How can I possibly devide my programm into several parts and make one part launch the second (or at least a function from the second part) from a different tab. 2) Is there a way to store images for my program NOT in the folder with the initital program (I want to create separate sub folders for different pictures)

Thank you all, Alex

GoToLoop

1. It doesn't matter which tab a function resides. If it's not in a class, it can be called from any tab!
2. Use dataPath("/pics/pic43.jpg"), dataPath("/sound/fx54.mp3").

strinda

It has been a year, but still thank you)

PhiLho

One year? So this forum shows "June 5" without indicating it was in 2013?!

Flu

Wait, I knew this forum opened in November 2013... before that was another forum. I wasn't there when the change has been made, but...

PhiLho

Mmm, no, my sticky was created in the early days of the forum (before it was public...) and displays correctly "October 2013".

strinda

While we are on the same topic, does it mean I can't create a class in one tab, and then use it to initialize objets in another?

GoToLoop

All ".pde" tabs are merged together! So they all behave as 1 "top-class"! :-B

strinda

Sorry, I don't understand what is a "top class".

GoToLoop

A top class is a non-nested class! In Java all code is inside some class.
A nested class is a class inside another class.

What Processing does is wrap up all ".pde" tabs as 1 top-class.
Even our own classes, which then become nested 1s!

PhiLho

"does it mean I can't create a class in one tab, and then use it to initialize objets in another?"
Not at all. You can do that alright.
As said, tabs are only a way to organize things, but behind the scene, the sketch behaves as if all the code was in a single run in the same file.
That's what GoToLoop said, just stated differently to emphasize the point... :-)

strinda

Much clearer now, thanks for all the trouble :) Couldn't understand it at first.