I also thought that response was a bit out of line. A few years ago at a conference I demonstrated a 4-tab form that I designed per client orders that had 473 data columns located, and (I just counted) 98 other fields (such as labels and static text). I was proud of that form! Form has never failed and the client loves it. So Lena is in good company, as I find I am also perhaps not as respected as I thought...
But in any case, I took that huge form, added one more tab and started copying controls from one page to another. I had no problems whatsoever until I ran the form while in design mode. As soon as I did that, as Lena said, the attributes at the bottom of the form didn't update properly but I could get them by going to properties. And eventually I also got the "list out of bounds" error. None of that happened if I didn't run from the designer. So for me, not a show stopper. As long as the form worked (and it seemed to work fine in my tests), I wouldn't let it worry me. BTW I tested on 7.6 which is what that client uses, didn't think of trying it in 9.1 Karen In a message dated 6/30/2011 3:41:31 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > You are going to disrespect a person for asking a general question? > > Unfortunately, while we do our best to guide management and our users on > the form layout, ultimately they have the final say on how they want their > forms to look and run. > Some environments do not allow for programmers to provide input into the > design process. > > But I can assure you that Lena is a top notch programmer with an extensive > career in programming. And should be greatly respected, regardless of > what questions she might ask. >
