How about a compramise?
A SlimDynLayer?
it would have addchild, moveto, setsize and such..
but would not have sethtml,setcontent,getcontentwidth.. ect..
Just a super-basic object that can be used for 'lightweight' widgets
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From: "Pascal Bestebroer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 4:40 AM
Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Dev] a few hours for only 2 lines of code.. damn!
>
> DynLayer IS the root component (that's what I've been trying to say)
> Every widget needs the graphical functionality of a DynLayer, that's why
it
> IS the base object.
>
> Ofcourse TComponent is Delphi only, because Windows internally probably
> doesn't have anything like it.. just graphics functions to draw canvas's.
> But that's what we're doing here as well, DynLayer is the canvas object to
> do all "graphical" interface tricks (this is DHTML, not windows, so mostly
> used for visual development of websites)
>
> If you want a widget without any graphicall functionality then don't base
if
> on the DynLayer (never seen one, but it might happen).
>
> But as it is now, all widgets will always function the same they always
> have: moveTo, setSize, setHTML, etc,etc,etc
> This makes creating widgets that interact with each other alot easier
> because you don't have to check for these methods to be available, they
are
> simply available.. so take a toolbar widget, you can add ANY other widget
on
> it, without having to prepare them or checking there class type.
>
> If you want your widgets using another model, go ahead but most (not all
> though, but majority) people involved agreed that this was the way to do
> widget inheriting: it's simple, short, and standard Javascript inheriting.
> And I for one will stick to this way of widgets.. use your own model if
you
> like, just make sure there fully compatible.
>
> Pascal Bestebroer
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.dynamic-core.net
>
> > No,
> > Delphi TComponent (been reading about this because of the Kylix)
> > is a basic
> > component that wraps the calls to the API.
> >
> > I don't care if we make a TComponent or TWidget but I just perfer
> > this over
> > using the DynLayer itself.
> >
> > 8an
>
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