[Patch] MultiwiiConf fails to compile with current controlP5

[Tommie]

I don't have an earlier version installed, but since the patch is just a few lines long, someone using an older controlP5 can probably test it easily.

[copterrichie]

I just tried compiling the Patch with Processing 1.5.1 and it will not compile.

Error message: "This Function hideLabels() does not exist."

[Hamburger]

Ok. This is serrious.
We have an incompatiblity issue to deal with in the future from now on till forever.

[Tommie]

Why not simply require the newer version of controlP5 at some point in the future?

[Alexinparis]

Hi,
I tried the latest version of ControlP5. There is the incompatibility you mentioned. We could handle this by upgrading everything to the last solution, not a problem.

But there is one point I'm not happy with:
The Numberbox is the new version has now a small triangle inside and the text value is not aligned as before.
It's not a good point if we want to optimize GUI space. I would like to keep Numberbox items thanks to their scrolling ability.
I didn't manage to remove the triangles via object attributes, so until a better solution I will stay with former versions.

[Hamburger]

Why not simply require the newer version of controlP5 at some point in the future?

sure, we could do that, but it is not to the point I was poking at. Whichever one of the two options we choose, we will be faced with error/support requests from people with the other s/w version and non-compilable GUI code.
About the upgrade, Alex has made his point. Fine with me.

[copterrichie]

IMO, most people don't bother compiling their own version of the GUI, so it is really a non issue in my opinion.

[Katch]

Just thought I'd post and say I ran into this problem today - I was only a few google searches away from submitting an error/support request when I found this post. Tommie's patch sorted it for me.

[LenzGr]

FWIW, all the sudden this happens to me as well, after pulling the latest trunk (running ControlP5 version 0.6.12): "The function hideLabels() does not exist"

This is the offending line:

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    checkbox[i].hideLabels();   


Do I need to upgrade the library in order to build the GUI?

Update: Yes, updating to the latest version of ControlP5 (0.7.5) fixed the compile error.

[Hamburger]

Hi,
I tried the latest version of ControlP5. There is the incompatibility you mentioned. We could handle this by upgrading everything to the last solution, not a problem.
[...]
I didn't manage to remove the triangles via object attributes, so until a better solution I will stay with former versions.

so we have (been) moved to the newer ControlP5 library. I hope we do not receive too many requests for support on older versions of the GUI.