On March 9, 2009 10:59:44 am Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi, > > The dialog has 3 sections. In the top left are 4 radio buttons for > > the different db types (XML, SQLITE3, MYSQL and PGSQL). Beside it, in > > the top right, are text fields for host/database/user/password needed > > to access a mysql or pgsql db. In the bottom section is a Gtk file > > selector widget used for xml and sqlite3 access. > > I'm wondering if radio buttons are really the best option? I'm > wondering if it would be better to be a drop-down menu? This way > we could (theoretically) dynamically update the interface by > discovering which DBI backends are installed/configured. If the > system doesn't have e.g. PG then we don't display the option in the > menu. Or do we expect never to add new formats? > > I'm just thinking out loud, but once the user chooses the format > the rest of the dialog can shift based on the requirements of that > backend choice.
Drop-down would probably be a better choice. I did radio buttons for now but will change. Different parts of the dialog do become insensitive as the format is chosen. > > > Re GC 2.4: I want to finish getting libdbi database access ready, and I > > currently have some time so that I could act as release manager if > > needed. > > COOL! I guess we need a discussion of what we want in 2.4. Besides the sql backends, what else might be ready? Phil _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
