Please, keep this topic in the list! I'm a newbie to both Revolution and RealBasic, trying to decide which tool to build my business on. I have a background in Visual Basic, suggesting to migrate to RealBasic, but also Hypertalk, suggesting I migrate to Revolution. I've written most of my specs for my educational product, which needs to be cross-platform, and multi-lingual. I've found comparisons dated '01 on the runrev site, but need more immediate comparisons.
Dan Chapman -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ken Ray Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 7:56 AM To: 'How to use Revolution' Subject: RE: REALbasic clarifications (was Express to Dreamcard) > > It's been a while since I bothered with BASIC, but last > time I looked > > into it there was no way to create new objects on the fly > at runtime. > > It sounds like REALbasic is a quantum leap from the BASIC > you're familiar with. Since REALbasic is a true object > oriented language it is both possible and easy to create > objects on the fly. Hey, David! Welcome to the Rev list! We can take this offlist if you like, but my understanding was that you needed to have at least one of the object type you wanted to create already on screen so that you could effectively clone it and manipulate the clone. That is, if you didn't already have a command button on your form, you couldn't create one on the fly from code. But perhaps I'm mistaken or remembering an older RB... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
