Bill Marriott wrote:
Richard,
Even for so-called "HIG-compliant" applications, Rev is behind the times.
If you mean that Rev should implement some of your suggested HIG
enhancements automatically, then yes, I think you are probably right.
However, almost everything you mention can already be done with some
scripting. The capabilities are mostly all there. You may be too new to
Revolution to know about some of these things, but except for a few
exceptions (which I agree should be addressed) you can create very
compliant apps.
Rev cannot directly support even icons in menus, which
has been around many years.
Rev does support this. What you need to use are stack menus, rather than
the simple button menus which are the default.
Consider draggable, dockable tool bars.
Very easily scriptable, and many of us do this routinely. Trap the
moveStack message and position your toolbar accordingly. You can do it
in 1 or 2 lines of script.
These have been a mainstay of
Windows applications for more than five years now. Rev does not have even a
rudimentary toolbar facility.
Rev opens with a toolbar at the top. I'm not sure what you mean here.
Toolbars can be built pretty easily.
True grid controls. Tree controls. Popup balloons. Notification tray.
Flow-layout panels.
Right. These are the things that aren't easily scripted. There are
existing tree controls but they are all a little clunky. You could fake
popup balloons pretty easily by showing an image or a graphic and a
field, but it's also clunky. There's an external that allows you to put
stuff in the system tray, but it isn't native to Rev. So yes, I agree
with these.
Hyperlinks in text.
Built-in already, very easy. See the commands and functions dealing with
"link" -- linkText, primarily.
Calendar popups.
Many available. Sarah has some and someone else too (sorry, I've
forgotten who.) I have made many of these. You only have to make it
once, after that you can use it anywhere.
Property grids. Status strips.
Not sure what you mean here.
Web browser control.
You can launch a web browser with a URL. Not sure what other control you
mean.
Some of your points are quite valid, but I think after you have been
exposed to Revolution a little longer and discover more about what it is
capable of, your list will shrink.
I also know that the company is well aware of some of the things you ask
for, and they aren't ignoring that. Stay tuned.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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