Assembly Browser

Description »

The Assembly Browser works in a similar way to the ClassBrowser or ObjectBrowser. It enables you to see the Types (Classes, Structures and enums) contained in an Assembly.

Here is a ScreenShot:

By default it shows the assemblies opened with SetCRLClassLibrary and also keeps a history of the loaded assemblies so it loads them the next time.

Also, it shows the Shared (static members) and inherited members so when you select a Type it lists all the members available to you.

In every Assembly Node it lists all the available namespaces, expanding a namespace shows the contained types.

When a type is selected it displays the members (methods, properties, fields and events) available in the type.

Because enums are used in VFP like numbers, the Assembly Browser lets you to import an enum like a group of #DEFINES, for example the System::Data::XMLReadMode enum could be imported like this:

#DEFINE XmlReadMode_Auto 0x00000000
#DEFINE XmlReadMode_ReadSchema 0x00000001
#DEFINE XmlReadMode_IgnoreSchema 0x00000002
#DEFINE XmlReadMode_InferSchema 0x00000003
#DEFINE XmlReadMode_DiffGram 0x00000004
#DEFINE XmlReadMode_Fragment 0x00000005
#DEFINE XmlReadMode_InferTypedSchema 0x00000006

To import an enum, just select it, Right Click and choose Import Enum a dialog with several options will be available to you.

Also, you can import classes, this is kind of useful because it allows you to have a limited Intellisense when working with .NET Types. This functionality is only an interim solution, and it will be phased out when a better solution becomes available. Basically you import the class as a VFP Class and then you use it when you declare a variable.

Example »

Local xVar as MyNetImportedClass

Finally the Assembly Browser lets you create an Instance from a Type. For this it is required that the type has a Constructor with no arguments.

Remarks »

Use the Assembly Browser to see all the types contained in an Assembly, import enum into #DEFINES, create type´s instances and in general, to see what functionality is available in an Assembly.

Other Resources »

CLRCreateObject

CLRNewObject

CLRBindEvent

SetCLRClassLibrary