It would be too bad (and very time consuming) to get rid of all your hard work instead of just following AreaList Pro's evolution.
The main ListBox features are basically AreaList Pro v6-7, IOW they (almost) do what AreaList Pro did 20 years ago. 4 versions (and many years) later there is still no comparison between the basic ListBoxes and the numerous features added by AreaList Pro v9 and v10. To name a few: breaks, sub-totals/calculations, transposition, displaying mySQL data, complete granularity up to cell level, event callbacks, area templates (global default settings), multiple header rows, zoom, etc. And the property-based syntax since version 9 makes it very easy to program. Now the recent features of ListBoxes regarding object support are not yet available in AreaList Pro, just because we have the same level of information as everyone else here, so it take time to catch up. OTOH it provides the distance to think twice about how it should be done, and collect requests from informed developers. BTW these features often (and increasingly will) require a 4D View pro license, much more expensive than AreaList Pro. And yes, version 11 will support entity selections and collections. Beta program just started (see my next post). Regards, -- Philippe Ganter www.e-node.net > On 1 May 2020, at 05:59, Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> wrote: > > First there were no listboxes, so AreaList was created. And it filled a > needed hole in the 4D environment. So we all used AreaList Pro and loved it. > And built big code libraries with it. Then 4D implemented listboxes, but it > did not compete with AreaList in many areas. So for something “simple” you > would use a listbox, but for the power and features you stayed with AreaList > Pro. Now that gap is very small. 4D listboxes are very close to the power and > feature set of AreaList Pro. And if you want to use entities or use > collections AreaList Pro is out of the picture. 4D listboxes are the only > option. So throw the AreaList Pro code library away and start over. ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
