Cannon, Nice one on the hidden object array, really smart.
> P.S. Having such an array is a bit like what is requested here, but on a listbox row level: > <http://forums.4d.fr/Post/FR/19051683/2/19476923#19476923> Okay people, if you haven't given this request of Cannon's a 4 star vote already, please do so now. Cannon's idea is so good that my brain is *continuously* trying to rewrite my memories to convince me that it was my idea. It wasn't. But it's just so good I badly want to steal it. If you understand what the feature request would give us, then you'll have no problem giving it 4 stars. If it's not immediately clear to you what it's about, trust us - you'll love it. Right now if you want to make a really efficient, reliable and easy-to-extend form code manager, there's quite a bit of infrastructure to put in place. That means you need to understand what you need to build in advance and then have to put the time into doing so. With Cannon's feature in place, the price of admission to really excellent form code in 4D drops by, I don't know, a factor of 10. Or, to make it look more impressive, it makes coding forms take 9.0374% of the effort that it does today. (You *know* it must be true when a number goes out to four decimal places.) Cannon's idea is super simple: Have 4D maintain a little C_OBJECT to the form itself and every object on the form. Use the object name as the way to get at the C_OBJECT. Use it when you want, ignore it when you don't. [Important: 4D should allow these dictionaries to be addressed before objects have run their On Load scripts.] I was so proud when I thought this up ;-) I'm doing it again! https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kleptonesia As my ancestors said, "vote early, vote often." Seriously, it's the best feature request of the year. Better than the 31 character limit one, as important a that is. On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Cannon Smith via 4D_Tech < [email protected]> wrote: > One of my favorite new techniques is to use an object array as a hidden > column in a listbox array. In the old days (before v15 r something or the > other) I often had array based list boxes which had a bunch of hidden > columns to store data that I wanted to do something with when the row was > selected. Now I only need a single hidden column. Each element of the > object array can store a wealth of additional information about the row. > And it is really easy to extend what is stored in the object in the future. > No more adding additional columns and making sure they are updated in all > the right places. So nice! > > P.S. Having such an array is a bit like what is requested here, but on a > listbox row level: > > <http://forums.4d.fr/Post/FR/19051683/2/19476923#19476923> > > -- > Cannon.Smith > Synergy Farm Solutions Inc. > Hill Spring, AB Canada > 403-626-3236 > <[email protected]> > <www.synergyfarmsolutions.com> > > > > On May 26, 2017, at 6:33 PM, David Adams via 4D_Tech < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > In honor of National Take-a-Penny/Leave-a-Penny Day, I thought it would > be > > nice to start a thread to collect people's favorite 4D tricks and > keystroke > > combos. > > ********************************************************************** > 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] > ********************************************************************** > ********************************************************************** 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] **********************************************************************
