>From: Ben Combee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>What I'm saying is that the whole form at 500, control at 501,
>control at 502, etc. scheme is due to the Mac OS resource
>mechanism. Without that, you could have the controls for each
>form start numbering at 1 without worrying about overlap
>between forms, since each form has its own control ID space
>on the device.
And so Ben? The way it is, is the way it is, surely?
>
>If you don't have this linkage between form numbers and controls
> in the form, then 100x spacing just isn't necessary.
Actually that characteristic is useful in run-time bug checking
(the characteristic where the ID's of controls on a form are greater
than the form ID and not more than 100 over the form ID)
Within our in-house C++ UI classes we check for this. It is a very,
very effective trap when the wrong field, control or form ID name
is used.
Roger Stringer
Marietta Systems, Inc.
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