Hi folks - about 6 months ago I got a lot of help from several of you, and was able to keep limping forward, yay! Thanks you, mentors! So now I have a new Factory Pattern challenge. My "Create My Class.vi" read a motor class file and creates a specific motor class. Then I read an ini config file that tells me about a motor. Then I load those parameters into the motor class' data. Everything compiles & runs with no errors. Oh Joy! (I shamelessly stole the "Create My Class" idea from Daklu over at That Other Place).
but wait! the output Motor Class object does NOT, in fact, hold the data I just put in. If I go inside & probe at the output of the (Dyno-Dispatching) "Read & Load Motor Parameters From ini File.vi", yes, my new data is there in the probe. But at the top level, probing where it "comes out" (the returned object), no data.
I have a vague & guilty feeling that I broke the DynoDispatch magic because there is a slight difference between my motor types. So I guess maybe the compiler doesn't know how to jam my (just a tinch different) motor type into the parent class.
Is my conscience telling me the truth here? I've had the "front panel objects must be the same..." thing drilled into my very soul, but all the bruises on my forehead have healed up. Yes, my terminals & types are the same - so the compiler is happy, but I was still able to break it!
Does this sound reasonable? Much thanks for looking, paul
