On Oct 10, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Greg Lindstrom wrote:
I've watched a couple of the screen casts (what a great idea) and
looked around
the web page, but am perplexed. Is there something similar to
PythonCard's
Resource Editor that I can pull up and start playing with? Once I
get going
I think I will be able to find my way around. My intention is to
build a
client database for my wife's embroidery business. There will be
lots of
tables with fairly complex join logic between the tables. I'm looking
forward to kicking the tires to see what Dabo can do.
The closest thing to the Resource Editor is the Class Designer.
While it's still a work in progress, it's advanced enough to allow
you to create complex UIs and write code to make your apps do
interesting things. We don't yet have a full IDE that will allow you
to manage your database connections, as well as the bizobjs that
control your data and the UI that works with that data - you'll still
have to provide the 'glue' between the various pieces by writing some
code, but it really isn't too difficult. Be sure to post any
questions here so that you don't get frustrated trying to figure out
how these things work together.
BTW, the Class Designer now supports absolute positioning of
controls (as PythonCard does) as well as sizer-based layouts. The
former is good for quickly laying out a form, while the latter is
better for creating a layout that can handle varying screen
resolutions, fonts, and platforms.
-- Ed Leafe
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-- http://dabodev.com
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