[Gambas-devel] Preview gb.form.md[ia]

[Benoit Minisini]

On Saturday 05 August 2006 18:30, Ron Onstenk wrote:
> This is a preview the current working .mdi/.mda
> It is based on the .mdi made by Benoit and the
> .mda made by Fabien and a windows manager by myself.
>
> The colours used is for debugging purpose.
>
> The windows has a header with
>   Controlbox with icon and menu
>   Title area for the original title of the embeded form
>   Button to minimise
>   Button to roll up/off
>   Button for Close
>
> All buttons are programmable on/off or the complete Head can switch off.
> The area below with the text or form are resizeable.
>
> The best thing is it is the .mdi and .mda together
> The way I do it now is by a flag in the source code.
> The result is if the flag is not set it works 99.9999999% the same
> If set it should work still the same way.
> In fact the API has not changed for Workspace but there is a .Options
> property add.
>
> The only affected files are
> CWindow:
>   add some variable extra,
> FWorkspace:
>   add a window manager from other project and
>   use a flag for mdi/mda way of working (USEMDA).
>   Add .Options property as boolean array to handle the Head.
>   TODO:
>   Add mdi/mda flag as Workspace method???
>   Use of collection for named index to handle the options
>   (my old one did need only booleans)
>
> Workspace:
>   Add code to transfer .Options from client to FWorkspace
>
> '************************** Workspace *********************
> 'IF USEMDA THEN
> PROPERTY Options AS Boolean[]
> PRIVATE FUNCTION Options_Read() AS Boolean[]
>   RETURN hWorkspace.Options
> END
> PRIVATE SUB Options_Write(opts AS Boolean[])
>   hWorkspace.Options = opts
> END
> 'USEMDA
> '**********************************************************
>
> TODO:
> Overall I have to enable the routines for the control menu
> and check them. i.e. The close button does not work 100% correct.
>
> Rename my old variable/control names to more correct ones.
> Names now are based on old controls replaced by totally different.
> Create a  project as demo for (new) Workspace.
>
> Remember, it is just a preview to get a impression.
>
>
> Ron

Looks cool. 

Is it possible to merge gb.form.mdi and gb.form.mda, i.e. being able to switch 
between the gb.form.mdi tab view where all windows are maximized with a 
TabStrip, and gb.form.mda where all windows can be freely resized, without 
the need for a TabStrip?

Regards,

-- 
Benoit Minisini