Help on record to a Newbie

[Cedric <Cedric.Lannock@gmx.net>]

Hi All,

I started learning Ada (it's the third time I try!).

I defined and declared the following:

  type t_terminal_type is (black_n_white, black_n_yellow,
                           black_n_green, color);
  type t_color_type is (red, green, blue, yellow, black, white, grey);
  type t_configure_type is
    record
      terminal   : t_terminal_type;
      foreground,
      background : t_color_type;
    end record;

 t_config : t_configure_type;

  t_config.terminal   := black_n_white;
  t_config.background := black;
  t_config.foreground := white;

The compiler (GNAT 2012) comes back with "declaration expected" for the last three lines.

As far as I understood the language I have declared the variable "t_config". This variable has the components terminal, background and foreground of their respective types which can be accessed using dot-notation.

What did I miss here?

Kind regards

Cedric