That's a cool feature of Filemaker (the abstracted table names I mean). I'm about to release an admin tool for SQLite databases - it has no connection with Livecode other than that's what I used to make it but I think I'll put some sort of connection to Livecode scripts on the enhancement list to handle things like that. Pete
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Geoff Canyon Rev <gcanyon+...@gmail.com>wrote: > Fair point. One thing I find interesting is how each environment I use > brings something to the table that no other environment does (as well). For > LiveCode, it's the built-in GUI builder and the interactive development. > > For FileMaker, it's the easy database, but equally important, it's the fact > that all items -- scripts, layouts, columns, tables, etc. -- are abstracted > from their names. In FileMaker, if you change the name of a table, then > everywhere in any script that refers to that table, the script changes > automatically to match. Change a layout name, same thing. That's something > I wish every environment I use could have. Given that FileMaker has had > this since at least 1994 or so, it's frustrating that no one else has > picked it up. It's one of those things that seems obvious once you've > experienced it </rant> > > So I agree, reconciling the source when someone changes the name of an > object would be a pain. > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > > > I only mention card locking because the elements of a card typically > > interact with each other quite a bit. Imagine someone renaming a button > > that a card script accessed by name, or a field that was critical to > saving > > data to a database. Also the process of checking out and in every object > in > > a card could induce insanity. > > > > Bob > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2012, at 10:41 AM, gcanyon+rev wrote: > > > > > Agreed that a full implementation would be better; I'm just saying > that, > > compared to the present setup, where there is no source control > whatsoever, > > a system that at least allowed merging code in a controlled fashion would > > be a huge improvement. > > > > > > I would hope we can do better than card-level locking, but better that > > than nothing at all. > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > -- Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
