TBMAN module
The module that gives the package its name. It holds one ready-made instance of each of the package’s classes, as public variables, and a Version property. A program can use them without a New, and every part of the program shares the same instance of each.
TBMAN.Json.Clear
TBMAN.Json.Decode "{""name"":""Ann""}"
Debug.Print TBMAN.Json.Item("name")
Debug.Print TypeName(TBMAN.Json)
' Output:
' Ann
' cJson
The variables are declared As New, so each object is created the first time it is used. Because the instance is shared, its state is shared: the document in Json, the data in Csv and the settings in Logs are the same wherever the program reads them. A program that needs two documents, or logs with different settings, makes its own objects with New.
The package TBMANLIB_RES also has a module named TBMAN. The name of the package can be put in front of the name of the module, as TBMANLIB.TBMAN.Json, to say which module is meant.
Debug.Print TypeName(TBMANLIB.TBMAN.Json)
' Output:
' cJson
Members
Csv
A shared cCsv: in version 1.0.0.5, the reader and writer of INI files.
Syntax: TBMAN.Csv As cCsv
Ini
A shared cIni. The class has no members; see Types without members.
Syntax: TBMAN.Ini As cIni
Json
A shared cJson, a JSON document that can be read from and written to text and files.
Syntax: TBMAN.Json As cJson
Call Clear before decoding a new document into it: the shared object keeps whatever an earlier part of the program stored.
Layer
A shared cLayer, which shows a message box.
Syntax: TBMAN.Layer As cLayer
Logs
A shared cLogs, which writes log lines.
Syntax: TBMAN.Logs As cLogs
TimerUse
A shared cTimeuse, a stopwatch.
Syntax: TBMAN.TimerUse As cTimeuse
Version
Returns a version number as text.
Syntax: TBMAN.Version As String
The text is v, then App.Major, a period, App.Minor, a period and App.Build. The App is that of the program that uses the package, not that of the package: in a program whose version is 2.3.4.7 (major, minor, revision, build), the result is v2.3.7. The revision number is not in the text, and the version of the package, 1.0.0.5, is not in it either.