Re: Rethinking: accessing the properties of a parent (newbee)

2009-01-08 Thread Joe Yoder
AM, Ken Dibble wrote: Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:37:17 -0500 From: Ken Dibble To: profoxt...@leafe.com cc: Subject: Re: Rethinking: accessing the properties of a parent (newbee) Responses in line... Thanks for the reply Ken, Conceptually I think the container approach makes sense but it seems

Re: Rethinking: accessing the properties of a parent (newbee)

2009-01-07 Thread Ken Dibble
Responses in line... Thanks for the reply Ken, Conceptually I think the container approach makes sense but it seems there are several problems in implementing it. 1. My testing seems to show that the size of the contents cannot exceed the size of the container. If this is correct - the

Re: Rethinking: accessing the properties of a parent (newbee)

2009-01-06 Thread Joe Yoder
approaches can work equally well and personal preference/experience determines the best approach or do 1 or 2 have flaws that mean they need to be abandoned? Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:18:53 -0500 From: Ken Dibble To: profoxt...@leafe.com cc: Subject: Re: Rethinking: accessing the properties of a parent

Rethinking: accessing the properties of a parent (newbee)

2009-01-05 Thread Joe Yoder
Lets try this again - I now believe my current approach does not involve inheritance so my previous uses of Parent and Child were incorrect. What I have is an object creating and destroying a temporary object of a different class. What is the proper terminology for the objects I am

Re: Rethinking: accessing the properties of a parent (newbee)

2009-01-05 Thread Andrew Stirling
Joe re What I want to do is to emulate the feature in QuickBooks that is active in any dollar amount field where one can enter 12.34 + 56.78 Enter and have the calculation result, 69.12, entered into the field. Did you have a look at the calculator I suggested? It shows the calculation as it

Re: Rethinking: accessing the properties of a parent (newbee)

2009-01-05 Thread Joe Yoder
addition or subtraction on a line by itself so it is easy to verify against the entry document. - Joe On Monday, January 05, 2009 2:49 PM, Andrew Stirling wrote: Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:49:38 + From: Andrew Stirling To: profoxt...@leafe.com cc: Subject: Re: Rethinking: accessing the properties

Re: Rethinking: accessing the properties of a parent (newbee)

2009-01-05 Thread Andrew Stirling
: Rethinking: accessing the properties of a parent (newbee) Joe re What I want to do is to emulate the feature in QuickBooks that is active in any dollar amount field where one can enter 12.34 + 56.78 Enter and have the calculation result, 69.12, entered into the field. Did you have a look

Re: Rethinking: accessing the properties of a parent (newbee)

2009-01-05 Thread Joe Yoder
On Monday, January 05, 2009 6:46 PM, Andrew Stirling wrote: Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:46:11 + From: Andrew Stirling To: profoxt...@leafe.com cc: Subject: Re: Rethinking: accessing the properties of a parent (newbee) Joe So what you are wanting is a separate form which allows you to enter

Re: Rethinking: accessing the properties of a parent (newbee)

2009-01-05 Thread Ken Dibble
1. A single EditBox that changes sizes as appropriate. - This will require changing the event actions based on the state of the control but will eliminate the addressing problems. 2. A ListBox that creates and destroys a temporary EditBox. - This will require figuring out how to address the