Identifying application created forms

ColacX

If I create a new form using the code
[code]Form2 = new TForm2(Application);[/code]
Infact lets say I create 4 forms.

How do I change for example the captions of all the forms to form 1 , form 2 , form3, form4 ?

zibadian

: If I create a new form using the code
: [code]: Form2 = new TForm2(Application);[/code]:
: Infact lets say I create 4 forms.
:
: How do I change for example the captions of all the forms to form 1
: , form 2 , form3, form4 ?
:
Here's how it could be done:
[code]
Form2.Caption = 'Form2';
[/code]
or you might do something like this:
[code]
Form.Caption = Form.Name;
[/code]
If you want to create the forms using a for-loop, this is an option:
[code]
for (int i = 1; i < 5; i++) {
Form = new TForm2(Application);
Form.Caption = 'Form'+IntToStr(i);
}
[/code]
Note: I'm not very familiar with C++ so the code examples may contain syntax errors.

ColacX

Okay but how do change the caption of the first copy of form2?
The one with the caption Form1 according to your code.

If I activate your code and then write.
Form2->Caption = "Yalla"; Only the last created form changes Caption.

zibadian

: Okay but how do change the caption of the first copy of form2?
: The one with the caption Form1 according to your code.
:
: If I activate your code and then write.
: Form2->Caption = "Yalla"; Only the last created form changes Caption.
:
Check the TApplication class. There should be a property which holds references to all the forms. Notice in the last code how I included the setting of the caption in the for-loop. This should change the caption of each copy of form2.

ColacX

It feels so stupid to ask but how do I check it?

zibadian

: It feels so stupid to ask but how do I check it?
:
In the help files. In the Delphi language you can do something like this:
[code]
for i := 0 to Application.FormCount-1 do
ListBox1.Items.Add(Application.Forms[i].Caption);
[/code]
to get the captions of the created forms in the application.

ColacX

: [code]:
: for i := 0 to Application.FormCount-1 do
: ListBox1.Items.Add(Application.Forms[i].Caption);
: [/code]:
: to get the captions of the created forms in the application.
It seems that in C++ builder hmm .net?
Forms is not a member of Application.

InOut.NET

: : [code]: :
: : for i := 0 to Application.FormCount-1 do
: : ListBox1.Items.Add(Application.Forms[i].Caption);
: : [/code]: :
: : to get the captions of the created forms in the application.
: It seems that in C++ builder hmm .net?
: Forms is not a member of Application.
:

You can always create your own 'form controller' by passing the new form instances to a function that keeps the reference in a container:

[code]
TList* lstOpenForms;
[/code]

[code]
..
lstOpenForms = new TList();
..
OpenForm(new Form1(this))->Caption = "Form One";
..
[/code]

[code]
TForm* OpenForm(TForm* frm){
frm->Show();
lstOpenForms->Add(frm);
return frm;
}
[/code]

then when yo need to change the form captions during runtime:

[code]
for (int i = 0; i < lstOpenForms->Count; i++)
{
//this line will crash if the reference of a closed from was not removed from lstOpenForms
((TForm*)lstOpenForms->Item[i])->Caption += "Runtime Change x";

}
[/code]