[Gambas-user] Question - how to just run part of ones larger program

[richard terry]

On Tuesday 22 November 2011 21:53:23 Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote:
> Am 22.11.2011 11:19, schrieb richard terry:
> > On Tuesday 22 November 2011 21:14:41 Benoît Minisini wrote:
> >> Le 22/11/2011 11:11, richard terry a écrit :
> >>> On Tuesday 22 November 2011 19:18:19 Benoît Minisini wrote:
> >>>> Le 22/11/2011 08:02, richard terry a écrit :
> >>>>> On Tuesday 22 November 2011 17:32:22 nando wrote:
> >>>>>> You could run a second copy from the first. Place a specific word on
> >>>>>> the command line as a parameter so that the copy will understand to
> >>>>>> show the specific screen desired and perhaps hide other menus.  You
> >>>>>> can tailor startup to do something specific based on command line
> >>>>>> parameter(s).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm sure there was something on the list a year or so ago, which
> >>>>> meant you could start off from somewhere, maybe benoit will reply.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> richard
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't understand what you need exactly. Can you elaborate?
> >>>
> >>> ok, thanks for replying, not sure this will make sense
> >>>
> >>> In my project, I have a file I just called modStartup. This brings up a
> >>> logon- screen and provided the user types in a valid adress/database
> >>> name, username and password it logs on to the program.
> >>>
> >>> What happens then depends on the 'role' of the user, for example in my
> >>> role as a clinical user the interface options presented are different
> >>> from the clerical user.
> >>>
> >>> The clerical staff, get an outlook style menu on the left side, and
> >>> each 'section' lets them do things , eg allocate scanned documents,
> >>> enter details into the patient database, use the document finder if a
> >>> patient rings up and wants to know if something is back, or to make an
> >>> appointment using the appointments module.
> >>>
> >>> Now, what they don't like is having to switch to a different tab of
> >>> their main program to use the appointment module - they want this to be
> >>> a 'stand alone' program which they can resize, and then just sit side
> >>> by side on their wide- screen, along with the rest of their clerical
> >>> tasks, which they are happy to flick back and forth between, but as
> >>> their day consists of being on the phone on/off making appointments,
> >>> they want that visually available to them at all times.
> >>>
> >>> I could re-design the gui but for various reasons don't want to. I
> >>> could just change the code slightly, make an executable just presenting
> >>> the appointments module, then change it back when developing the main
> >>> program.
> >>>
> >>> So the question is, if it makes any sense at all, (aside from making a
> >>> different project tree, or a 'different executable with changed code)
> >>> is there anyway of telling gambas to arbitrarily execute one particular
> >>> bit of code or another,  or form according to (as someone suggested)
> >>> some sort of flag - in this case  just pointing to the appointments
> >>> module and 'hiding everything else'.
> >>>
> >>> Still don't think that will make much sense, but we'll see.
> >>>
> >>> thanks.
> >>>
> >>> richard
> >>
> >> I don't see why showing the appointment GUI in its own window instead
> >> being embedded in the main window should be a problem.
> >
> > Obviously lots of ways around it, obviously my question made no
> > intelligent sense I guess.
> 
> To me, it does. Another idea: what do you need to show the appointment
> module? Is there a container that keeps all the necessary parts such as
> TableView, ComboBoxes, Buttons or whatever you need? That would make it
> easy to produce a copy of them within their own window and have the code
> (the events part of code) decide whether to cope with them or with those
> in the main window.
> 
> You could simply set a button into the main window allowing the user to
> choose if she/he wants to have the separate appointment window. If you
> kept all important code out of the event SUBs, it should be easy to jump
> to it from the additional window. All you need is a central place for
> these routines that do the job and a flag that tells them the additional
> window is there or not.
> 
> Hope you understand what I mean...

Thanks, yes this would be possible, I'll have a think about this over the next 
week or so and report back 

richard

> 
> Rolf
> 
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