Dialogs in Panels Question

[aross]

In FiveWin, I could assign a child dialog to a TPanel object
programmatically. When the user switches context in my program, I could
"End" one non-modal dialog and create another. Furthermore, I could work on
all these child dialogs and their various edit controls independently in
Borland's Resource Editor.
Is this possible in Xailer? Can a TPanel have a child dialog? If not, how
can I edit a TPanel/TBevel or TPages control without a Form container and
then assign it to a Form container at runtime. I don't want to copy and
paste from prg to XFM just to edit the data entry screen.
I have so many data entry screens in our application that I cannot create
them all at once using hidden panels or TPages. It is not memory or time
efficient.
Thanks

[jfgimenez]

Andrew,
> In FiveWin, I could assign a child dialog to a TPanel object
> programmatically. When the user switches context in my program, I could
> "End" one non-modal dialog and create another. Furthermore, I could work
> on all these child dialogs and their various edit controls independently
> in Borland's Resource Editor.
>
> Is this possible in Xailer? Can a TPanel have a child dialog? If not, how
> can I edit a TPanel/TBevel or TPages control without a Form container and
> then assign it to a Form container at runtime. I don't want to copy and
> paste from prg to XFM just to edit the data entry screen.
>
> I have so many data entry screens in our application that I cannot create
> them all at once using hidden panels or TPages. It is not memory or time
> efficient.
Give a look at xailersamplesdatacontrolsdbfdata6. That sample is using a
special class (TFormFolder in FrmFolder.prg, which is derived from
XFolderPage) to allow what you want. That way, you can design any "folder
page" as a regular form in the IDE, and later, show it as a page in the
folder control. Of course, the same can be applied to the TPages control.
--
Regards,
Jose F. Gimenez
http://www.xailer.com

[aross]

Perfecto! That's what I was looking for.
Thanks.
"Jose F. Gimenez" <jfgimenez@wanadoo.es> wrote in message
news:44cf9289$[email=1@news.xailer.com...]1@news.xailer.com...[/email]
> Andrew,
>
>> In FiveWin, I could assign a child dialog to a TPanel object
>> programmatically. When the user switches context in my program, I could
>> "End" one non-modal dialog and create another. Furthermore, I could work
>> on all these child dialogs and their various edit controls independently
>> in Borland's Resource Editor.
>>
>> Is this possible in Xailer? Can a TPanel have a child dialog? If not, how
>> can I edit a TPanel/TBevel or TPages control without a Form container and
>> then assign it to a Form container at runtime. I don't want to copy and
>> paste from prg to XFM just to edit the data entry screen.
>>
>> I have so many data entry screens in our application that I cannot create
>> them all at once using hidden panels or TPages. It is not memory or time
>> efficient.
>
> Give a look at xailersamplesdatacontrolsdbfdata6. That sample is using
> a special class (TFormFolder in FrmFolder.prg, which is derived from
> XFolderPage) to allow what you want. That way, you can design any "folder
> page" as a regular form in the IDE, and later, show it as a page in the
> folder control. Of course, the same can be applied to the TPages control.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Jose F. Gimenez
> http://www.xailer.com
>

[aross]

Just out of curiosity, are there any other undocumented (english) classs
like XPage and XFolderPage. Or if they are documented and just not in the
Xailer help file, where can I find the documentation?
"Jose F. Gimenez" <jfgimenez@wanadoo.es> wrote in message
news:44cf9289$[email=1@news.xailer.com...]1@news.xailer.com...[/email]
> Andrew,
>
>> In FiveWin, I could assign a child dialog to a TPanel object
>> programmatically. When the user switches context in my program, I could
>> "End" one non-modal dialog and create another. Furthermore, I could work
>> on all these child dialogs and their various edit controls independently
>> in Borland's Resource Editor.
>>
>> Is this possible in Xailer? Can a TPanel have a child dialog? If not, how
>> can I edit a TPanel/TBevel or TPages control without a Form container and
>> then assign it to a Form container at runtime. I don't want to copy and
>> paste from prg to XFM just to edit the data entry screen.
>>
>> I have so many data entry screens in our application that I cannot create
>> them all at once using hidden panels or TPages. It is not memory or time
>> efficient.
>
> Give a look at xailersamplesdatacontrolsdbfdata6. That sample is using
> a special class (TFormFolder in FrmFolder.prg, which is derived from
> XFolderPage) to allow what you want. That way, you can design any "folder
> page" as a regular form in the IDE, and later, show it as a page in the
> folder control. Of course, the same can be applied to the TPages control.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Jose F. Gimenez
> http://www.xailer.com
>

[jfgimenez]

Andrew,
> Just out of curiosity, are there any other undocumented (english) classs
> like XPage and XFolderPage. Or if they are documented and just not in the
> Xailer help file, where can I find the documentation?
Almost Xailer's classes have 2 sides: X and T classes. The X classes contain
all the code, while the T ones are empty. The true Xailer hierarchy is:
XComponent -> TComponent ->XWinObject -> TWinObject ->XControl ->
TControl -> ...
This let you to develop your own T class in any level of the hierarchy, to
change any class behavior without modifying the Xailer source code.
Please, read this article to understand what I'm talking about:
http://sailingwithxailer.blogspot.com/2 ... nced-xaile r-techniques-x-classes.html
--
Regards,
Jose F. Gimenez
http://www.xailer.com

[aross]

This just keeps getting better and better. So in other words, Instead of
using TPage and having to program all the properties and methods, I can use
XPage and program just the stuff I need for this "dialog" container. Neat!
"Jose F. Gimenez" <jfgimenez@wanadoo.es> wrote in message
news:44cfbb1e$[email=1@news.xailer.com...]1@news.xailer.com...[/email]
> Andrew,
>
>> Just out of curiosity, are there any other undocumented (english) classs
>> like XPage and XFolderPage. Or if they are documented and just not in the
>> Xailer help file, where can I find the documentation?
>
> Almost Xailer's classes have 2 sides: X and T classes. The X classes
> contain all the code, while the T ones are empty. The true Xailer
> hierarchy is:
>
> XComponent -> TComponent ->XWinObject -> TWinObject ->XControl ->
> TControl -> ...
>
> This let you to develop your own T class in any level of the hierarchy, to
> change any class behavior without modifying the Xailer source code.
>
> Please, read this article to understand what I'm talking about:
> http://sailingwithxailer.blogspot.com/2 ... nced-xaile r-techniques-x-classes.html
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Jose F. Gimenez
> http://www.xailer.com
>