I don’t use the traditional output form/input form drill down either. But your question is exactly the one I’m trying to explore. I think most of us have traditionally programmed in 4D with one process for each window. Up until now all these “processes” were really on the same thread as far as the OS was concerned and 4D was doing the time slicing. With the introduction of preemptive processes, we now have the ability to have our code run on different OS threads. All the other environments I know of use one thread for all the UI and other threads as needed for background or potentially long running tasks. This is akin to putting all our windows in the Application process and using preemptive processes for background tasks. If I heard right, Thomas alluded to this as an idea if you had the chance to start an app from scratch.
I suppose if we continue to use normal processes for windows and 4D continues to time-slice on the UI thread, it amounts to the same thing. So, is there a benefit to keeping all UI in the Application process? Does it out-weigh the costs of doing it? I’m really not sure, but that is what I’m trying to think through and understand. -- Cannon Smith Synergy Farm Solutions Inc. Hill Spring, AB Canada 403-626-3236 <[email protected]> <www.synergyfarmsolutions.com> > On Sep 14, 2016, at 2:26 AM, Kirk Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > > What's the benefit of doing that? In my typical work I deal with things > that want to be open in multiple windows, like sales orders, items, trips, > etc. So I haven't based anything on the 'traditional' output form/input > form / drill-down architecture for - a really long time. Is that the kind > of situation this would be a benefit for? > ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
