[Gambas-devel] Creating a Control

[Charlie Reinl]

Salut John,

Am Dienstag, den 09.09.2014, 15:18 +0100 schrieb John Leake:
> Hi Charlie,
> 
> Thank you for the reply.  I am sorry but I do not understand the context
> of your response.
you talked with Julio about component installation, places where the IDE
finds components, putting your parts into the IDE directory didn't you.
> > maybe, that can help you.
> 
> Sorry what can help me ?
Find the directories concerned, the files needed.
> 
> > This project can install components, libraries, using links or copy
> > files.
> 
> Do you mean the deb file ?
No, the base of that project is the gambas3 project directory. 
> 
> > I wrote that, because I use svn only, so I can't install gambas
> > packages, claims gambas is not installed.
> 
> Sorry what did you write ?
> 
The project, that was attached, wasn't it?

long Version:I wrote that Installer, because I use for gambas3, svn
only, so I can't install gambas3 packages (like .deb), the deb-installer
claims, that gambas3 is not installed (and stops).

> > For me it worked.
> 
> Sorry again, what exactly worked ?
my project, the Installer
> 

> An Explanation of What I am trying to do
> ----------------------------------------
> First of all this thread has wandered a little so I will try to clarify
> for the benefit of all those interested. Initially I was struggling to
> find out how to create controls by following the documentation (from a
> complete Gambas newbie point of view).
> 
> My intention is to improve the user experience when creating Controls.
> These are my own ideas and in no way are they criticisms of the existing
> architecture.  If I am successful in my aims you can all be assured that
> I will make it my highest priority to minimise if not  eliminate any
> changes to the existing code base.
> 
> So to elaborate: If a user wishes to create a new type of control then
> it is highly likely that the control will be based on existing controls.
>  So as an example, if the new control contains a ToggleButton and the
> way that ToggleButton is used in the new control is no different from
> the original stock ToggleButton then the user should not be required to
> write any code to implement the ToggleButton.
> 
> If this idea is extrapolated to its simplest form then a user should be
> able to create a new ToggleButton by informing the IDE that this is a
> new control and that the control is based on the stock ToggleButton and
> that is all that needs to be done. After all what is the point of
> inheritance if you have to add code just to get back the functionality
> that was already there in the first place.
> 
> To achieve this goal I needed a new unadulterated toggle button project
> to be used as my gold standard that has been written by someone who
> knows what they are doing (thank you to Julio for this).  From there I
> can write a new set of IDE dialogs (just in order to avoid messing with
> the existing code base) that will spit out a project that is exactly
> like my gold standard project.
> 
> And that is it !
> 
> Best regards,
> John Leake
> 

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Amicalement
Charlie