On Apr 3, 2007, at 3:33 PM, Larry Bradley wrote:
> 1. Why would one use (or not use) a panel (other than the fact
> that the
> docs say you need to use one in Windows?)
One of the quirks in wxWidgets (on which the UI is based) is that
tabbing between controls is a function of the panel, not the
'frame' (their term for form). The 'frame' is actually well-named; it
doesn't do much except stick a border around the stuff inside of it.
Another use would be similar to the VFP Container class, where you
want to create a class with a bunch of controls on it, and then stick
it into various designs.
> 2. There are three page containers: PageFrame, PageList, and
> PageSelect.
> PageFrame is obvious.
It's only obvious to VFPers. In wxPython, it's called a Notebook.
There's actually a fourth: dPageFrameNoTabs. What this is should
*really* be obvious. ;-)
> What are the other two used for?
They just present a different means of selecting the active page. I
actually considered renaming dPageFrame to dPageTabs in order to be
more consistent with the other controls.
dPageList uses a list control, with each page's Caption as the item
in the list; as you select different items, you show different pages.
dPageSelect works the same way, except that it uses a dropdown list
instead of a list box for the selection.
-- Ed Leafe
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