On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Geoff Flight <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the advice. AS you suspected, the problem lays in my mind-set - a > VFP mindset. Fact is that VFP is an easy language to use and even more so, > the language is intuitive. VB/C# .NET is very very different and I hadn't > expected the level of differences. Ive gone back to forgetting much about > the GUI aspect and just getting my head around the data access and getting > that right. However, I'm stil interested in knowing how other developers > code their GUIs when their controls are disabled for data entry. In fox I > often used readonly or enabled=false but that appears to be problematic in > .net. If you have an opinion to share I'd love to hear it. -------------------------------------------------------
Grasshopper you are trying to snatch the pebble but you are not ready to try, yet. I am sorry but no language is easy. Intuitive is just a personal perspective. Others would say Pearl was others would say C++ is. nobody is correct because it is all a matter of experience. I'll ask the same question again. Your GUI is it ASP.NET, WinForm, Silverlight or WPF? Check out his page. <http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vb/DatabindingReadOnlyProps.aspx> -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

