Assignment 2

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basicgerm

Assignment 2
March 10, 2010 09:46AM

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And the plot thickens.

How are we all doing?

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basicgerm

Re: Assignment 2
March 10, 2010 09:47AM

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has anyone managed to defeat question 1.3.

Here's my code:

Language: Delphi
procedure TfrmWhatScore.btnResultClick(Sender: TObject);
var
  Score1, Score2 : Integer;
begin
  Score1 := sedScore1.Value;
  Score2 := sedScore2.Value;
  if Score1 > Score2 then
  begin
    Score1 := sedScore1.Value;
    Score2 := sedScore2.Value;
      lblResult.Caption := edtTeamName1.Text + '; beat '; + edtTeamName2.Text +
      ';.'; + ';The score was'; + IntToStr(Score1) + ';-'; + IntToStr(Score2);
      lblVenue.Caption := ';The match was played at'; + ';'; + [b]rgpStadium[/b];

The bolded syntax is giving an error. How do i get it to reference and display the selected radio button in the rgpStadium group box.

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cbrunsdonza

Re: Assignment 2
March 11, 2010 01:26PM

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I'm doing nothing, will only look at this in a weeks time ....

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Aragorn

Re: Assignment 2
March 11, 2010 02:47PM

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I got that question right by using many if statements that first check if a certain radio button is checked and then if the one score is bigger than the other.

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Crazy j

Re: Assignment 2
March 11, 2010 03:12PM

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lbl.caption := rgp.Items[2];.//example
this way you can tell whats on the index

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basicgerm

Re: Assignment 2
March 11, 2010 06:15PM

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Aragorn Wrote:
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> I got that question right by using many if
> statements that first check if a certain radio
> button is checked and then if the one score is
> bigger than the other.

I was hoping there was a way to avoid that.

Crazy j Wrote:
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> lbl.caption := rgp.Items[2];.//example
> this way you can tell whats on the index

I'll look at this after work, thanx

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basicgerm

Re: Assignment 2
March 11, 2010 10:25PM

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Crazy j Wrote:
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> lbl.caption := rgp.Items[2];.//example
> this way you can tell whats on the index

hold on, I don't understand this code. Would you mind going a bit into details please.

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cbrunsdonza

Re: Assignment 2
March 12, 2010 01:17PM

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Why:

Language: Delphi
...
begin
  Score1 := sedScore1.Value;
  Score2 := sedScore2.Value;
  if Score1 > Score2 then
  begin
    Score1 := sedScore1.Value;
    Score2 := sedScore2.Value;
    ...

Variables are only local in a function, not in an if statement and you are duplicating code here.

Instead:

Language: Delphi
...
begin
  Score1 := sedScore1.Value;
  Score2 := sedScore2.Value;
  if Score1 > Score2 then
  begin
    lblResult.Caption := edtTeamName1.Text + '; beat '; + edtTeamName2.Text + 
    ...

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kiolb

Re: Assignment 2
March 12, 2010 01:55PM

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Hi. I will be doing some work on this on the weekend, so I do not know the data type of rgpStadium. A caption requires text.

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basicgerm

Re: Assignment 2
March 12, 2010 07:41PM

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@cbrunsdonza
I realized that last night and fixed it, thanx.

The one problem I have now is to have the 'ItemIndex' property of rgpStadium set at '0'.

When i do it this way, the itemIndex works but I don't know how to reference the RadioButtons during design time.:

Language: Delphi
begin
rgpStadium.Items.Add(';SoccerCity';);
rgpStadium.Items.Add(';Loftus';);
rgpStadium.ItemIndex := 0;

adding a GroupBox and a bunch of radiobuttons into it works with referencing the radio buttons, but I have no clue how to set the ItemIndex := 0;. I don't even see an ItemIndex in the Properties box thingy.

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Crazy j

Re: Assignment 2
March 12, 2010 09:07PM

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Its imposible it has to be there, check again unless ur delphi software is not complete.

itemIndex gives the index of the selected radiobutton and item returns the name that is stored in the specified index

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lebogang

Re: Assignment 2
March 15, 2010 01:59PM

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hey yah.I was woundering is it possible to make a digital copy of the form in Delphi coz my printer's messed up and I neeed this print out...

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kiolb

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March 15, 2010 02:17PM

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hey yah.I was woundering is it possible to make a digital copy of the form in Delphi coz my printer's messed up and I neeed this print out...

Print screen should work well.

or
Alt-PrintScr just for the active window.

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patti

Re: Assignment 2
March 15, 2010 04:28PM

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oh Lord the more posts i read the more freaked out i get

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cbrunsdonza

Re: Assignment 2
March 16, 2010 06:40PM

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Think I'll tackle the delphi tonight .... before I leave till end of month

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cbrunsdonza

Re: Assignment 2
March 16, 2010 09:50PM

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Mkay, question 1 is down and was lots of fun. 1.1 took me the longest to "answer" as I was a bit confused as to what they actually wanted.

Only thing that gets me is the submission requirements as per UNISA sevice guide. What a waste of space to set the margins as per their requirement.

Oh well, question 2 for 2morrow night.

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cbrunsdonza

Re: Assignment 2
March 22, 2010 11:14AM

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Not enjoying Question3. My creativity is limited today.

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basicgerm

Re: Assignment 2
March 22, 2010 02:06PM

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haven't begun with Q2 yet. cant get my head around this DO and WHILE thingies. maybe I should just answer like a parrot and stop stressing myself - problem will be with the actual programming.

Q3,
for those marks? I'm guessing something that will inform about the score and perhaps the match dates, maybe

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cbrunsdonza

Re: Assignment 2
March 22, 2010 02:42PM

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Just done and submitted. I did a cute little "air travel" ticket calculator app between destinations. Decided to keep it simple and only do what was required.

aaarrgggh crap ... I see I submitted the wrong screenshot for 3.2, let me quikly fix that

... ok done, now I can concentrate on my ICT262{1,2}

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kiolb

Re: Assignment 2
March 22, 2010 05:03PM

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A groupbox does not have itemindex. The radiogroup does. Add items to Items property, like you do to the listbox.
Then you can set or read the itemindex property.
ie: 5 items will be 0 to 4. On the form, selecting the 3 item, then itemindex will be 2.

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