[Gambas-user] Feature request...

[Benoit Minisini]

On Friday 04 August 2006 17:38, sbungay wrote:
> Benoit Minisini wrote:
> > On Thursday 03 August 2006 23:44, you wrote:
> >>   The search list is, as someone else on the list said, truly
> >>brilliant. Now lets extend the functionality of the project tree a bit
> >>more.
> >>   How about listing each subroutine and function as a seperate node
> >>under each class. This would allow the programmer to skip to the start
> >>of any given SUB or FUNCTION by expanding the class in the tree and
> >>clicking on the SUB or FUNCTION name (sorted alphabetically (of course)).
> >>   Just a thought.. I find myself wanting to jump to SUBS or Functions
> >>and this feature would prevent a lot of mouse wheeling/scrolling.
> >>
> >>Steve :)
> >
> > I answer on the mailing-list...
> >
> > The problem with displaying a list of symbols, whereever it is, is that
> > updating it in real time is slow.
> >
> > At the moment, this update is done only when needed, i.e. when you click
> > on the "go to" button in the Editor, or when the commpletion automatic
> > pops up.
> >
> > If you have a solution, I could do something.
> >
> > Regards,
>
> OK.. I'll think about a solution...
>
> I've also been thinking about User Defined Types. It occurs to me that
> these might be created and handled internally in gambas IDE as a special
> kind of class (I don't know anything about the internals of gambas so I
> am only guessing and this is probably totally wrong but here goes).
>   I recall that in the other graphical BASIC environment if one defines
> a UDT one can then make the parameter of the FUNCTION or SUB of the user
> defined type. This constrains the programmer to the values declared in
> the UDT when calling that FUNCTION or SUB and eliminates things like
> magic numbers by identifying and labeling them.
>    The other environment pops a list up of the labels declared in the
> UDT and this reminded me of the dot notation of a class displaying only
> the list of items defined within the class being used, so I started to
> think that UDT could be handled as a special class. So in the following
> example..
>
> TYPE CustomerTypes
>       Staff AS INTEGER = 1
>       Student AS Integer = 2
>       SeniorCitizen AS INTEGER = 3
>       Retail AS INTEGER = 4
>       Cash AS Integer = 5
> END TYPE
>
> PRIVATE SUB ShowCustomer (Customer AS CustomerType)
>     SELECT CASE Customer
>            CASE Staff
>                 message.info("Staff")
>            CASE Student
>                 message.info("Student")
>            CASE SeniorCitizen
>                 message.info("Senior Citizen")
>            CASE Retail
>                 message.info("Retail")
>     END SELECT
> End Sub
>
> PRIVATE SUB DisplayCustomerTypes
>         MyFunction(Staff)
>         MyFunction(Student)
>         Myfunction(Cash)
> END SUB
>
>    Or something along those lines (haven't used VB for quite awhile..
> syntax may be all wrong.. my appologies).
>    Anyway, the point is to abstract the values out as readable words so
> as soon as the programmer types 'ShowCustomer(' the IDE would seek out
> the datatype for the parameter and if it is a UDT, present a list of the
> labels (but not their values) used for each item in the UDT.
>
>    Another Nice To Have is the ability to use different fonts localized
> within controls. For example, the application I am putting together
> right now uses frames to group the interface into logical working
> components for the user, the end user would like one frame to have it's
> caption slightly larger and in boldface. When I did this  in the frames'
> properties all of the fonts on the form changed (which I totally did not
> expect).
>    Keep up the good work...
>
> Steve :)
>

Because a control inherits the font of its parent by default. You can use a 
Panel with Border property set to Etched, and put a Label *on* the Panel, but 
not *inside*.

Regards,

-- 
Benoit Minisini