On Sep 10, 2006, at 4:25 PM, Karen wrote:
On Sep 10, 2006, at 6:55 PM, Terry Ford wrote:
Is there a way to set the default size of a RectControl subclass?
What I mean is say I subclass BevelButton to make
MySpecificBevelButton. Is there any for me to set the size that
appears when I drag (or double click) to put an instance of
MySpecificBevelButton in a window (or container control)?
Wouldn't it be the desired size if it was already inside a
ContainerControl that was pre-defined?
Does that not lose somethings ,,, for example setting and seeing
the caption on the Window visually ?
Don't you still see it if you drag it from the browser pane's Project
Controls?
In any case not everybody has RB Pro.
Weren't you talking about fixed default settings a minute ago? And,
although ContainerControl is currently a Pro-only feature (to much
dismay), you were the one that mentioned it.
If not, maybe for RectControl subclasses, Shared DefaultWidth and
DefaultHeight properties could be added that appear in the
property pane of the project tab? These could control the default
sizes for new instances.
I think that's asking a bit much but you could make a Feature
Request for it. I doubt if it would happen though. For normal
subclasses of controls, it would be a stretch as most people want
to define individual properties for Clones (Control arrays) and
the like. The majority of code, of course, would be identical in
most subclasses.
What you are missing is it helps a lot in doing consistent
layout... but I don't need to request it... in the forum that we
already have the feature...
You can set the defaults for the properties of a class using the
Property List Behavior dialog!
try it ... Subclass any RectContol the in the project pane right
click on it and set the width and height defaults... then drag it
onto the window... The instance honors them and of course you can
still resize it (which was my original intent BTW)
So, as 'Wendy's' states,"Where's the beef?". You just answered you
own questions about the subject of the message.
I must be going insane!
Terry
_______________________________________________
Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode:
<http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/>
Search the archives of this list here:
<http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
