AGK includes...

[therevills]

So I'm playing with AGK and trying to have a nice clean approach with files using includes... but I cant get my "colours" working when defined in another file. The code compiles, but the box doesnt have a colour assigned, if I define them in main.agc it works 

Any ideas?

Files:

• main.agc
• includes.agc
• functions.agc
• constants.agc
• colors.agc

main.agc:

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#include "includes.agc"

Init("Testing AGK", 1024, 768)

type BoxType
x as integer
y as integer
w as integer
h as integer
color as integer
endtype

box as BoxType
box.x = Random(0, 1000)
box.y = Random(0, 700)
box.w = Random(10, 100)
box.h = Random(10, 100)
box.color = red

do
DrawBox(box.x, box.y, box.x + box.w, box.y + box.h, box.color, box.color, box.color, box.color, TRUE)
Sync()
loop


includes.agc

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#include "common/constants.agc"
#include "common/functions.agc"
#include "colors.agc"

functions.agc

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function Init(name as string, width as integer, height as integer)
// show all errors
SetErrorMode(2)

// set window properties
SetWindowTitle(name)
SetWindowSize(width, height, FALSE)
SetWindowAllowResize(TRUE) // allow the user to resize the window

// set display properties
SetVirtualResolution(1024, 768) // doesn't have to match the window
SetOrientationAllowed(TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE) // allow both portrait and landscape on mobile devices
SetSyncRate(30, 0) // 30fps instead of 60 to save battery
SetScissor(0, 0, 0, 0) // use the maximum available screen space, no black borders
UseNewDefaultFonts(TRUE)
endfunction

constants.agc

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#constant FALSE 0
#constant TRUE 1


colors.agc

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red = MakeColor( 255, 0, 0 )
green = MakeColor( 0, 255, 0 )
blue = MakeColor( 0, 0, 255 )

[Steve Elliott]

Use a constant and it works.

#Constant red = MakeColor( 255, 0, 0 )

[Qube]

Don't use #Include, it's evil as it can add the code anywhere

Use #Insert which places the code exactly at that spot. <<<--- top tip of the day

[Steve Elliott]

https://www.appgamekit.com/documentation/language/36_insert.htm

[Amon]

Dude, this better be the beginning of a diddy framework for agk......
A scene manager would be the bizniz.

[therevills]

Thanks Steve - I thought I tried the constant.

Thanks Qube - I was going thru the doco and missed "#Insert".

So I guess the above code "fails" is because "red" is initialized somewhere after I use it...

@Amon - baby steps...

[blinkok]

yeah. The file is added at the end of main.agc so it never gets executed.
I think #insert would fix it

one other thing. if you use

#insert "../common/constants.agc"

Then it will use a folder at the same depth as your project folder and you won't have to copy the folder into each project you create

[MikeHart]

If anyone wants to have a fantomengine like framework for sprites, look here


http://www.github.com/mikehart66

[therevills]

Thanks Mike, I'll have a look

So an "included" file can include other files... but an "inserted" file can not insert other files 

And an "inserted" file must have a new line first 

[Steve Elliott]

Yeah AGK certainly has it's quirks. 

I've only worked on small programs so that sort of stuff hasn't been an issue for me.

[Derron]

Without checking the documentation: so what is the benefit of having two of these commands?
Shouldn't include just mean "replace this line with the included file content" ? There is no reason to "somewhere in the code" write that you want something "added at the end" (just add the include at the end then ...).

I love "import" in BlitzMax as it avoids such mess: code is independend from the other and done. Of course in AGK this is a "scripted language problem" ... hope "Tier2" offers a different approach (imports are way better for reusability than includes as it avoids the need to know if something included includes something else which was included somewhere ... else ;-)).


bye
Ron

[MikeHart]

Tier2 is C++ on desktop. You link to agks header files and import its libs. On mobile it is similar.

[therevills]

Looks like "include" is good for functions and constants, "insert" is good for other code - basically it replaces the line where the insert with the other files contents:

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if RectsOverlap(x, y, w, h, x1, y2, w2, h2)
  #insert "dostuff.agc"
endif


https://www.appgamekit.com/documentation/language/0_include.htm

https://www.appgamekit.com/documentation/language/36_insert.htm

[Derron]

It all sounds as if you could use "insert" for both things - add the "insert" at the end and you have the "include" behaviour.

Both commands act as kind of "placeholder" with the difference of "include" not replacing that line but "removing that line + append at the end".

Maybe they differ when it comes to compilation.


bye
Ron

[Pfaber11]

This is all interesting stuff . I haven't used include or insert yet but I may do in my next app. Might be better than just creating one big app. Kind of like replacing gosub and return if I understand it right.