[Gambas-user] best programming practices:

[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

My answer would be: it depends :-)

When you see a form as one task to be performed by the user, in most 
cases it is good to keep everything related to this task within its 
form. You will most likely find some kind of workflow roughly going in 
writing direction, i. e. from top left to bottom right. If you need data 
to be defined by the user before the user can proceed to the next step 
within this form, it might be helpful to gray out any further steps to 
avoid confusing the user with too many options at one time.

I use to keep the main tasks in one main form, splitting it up into not 
too many parts which can be totally independent to each other. Just try 
to think like the user: What would the user expect to see at a first 
glance, and when does the user really need this or that option?

It depends also on the kind of program you make. There are complex tasks 
like monitoring data which might create a lot of small controls on a 
panel at the same time to give a comprehensive overview. In my cases, 
there are mostly lists of data (names) to be seen (a treeview) which 
show up with data on the right sight when clicked. But there is also a 
classbook managing tool which has four tabs with different main tasks 
and several sub-tasks on each tab.

Hope it helps a bit.

Rolf


Am 12.05.2014 02:49, schrieb Jb Skaggs:
> is it better to have multiple forms or one form with lots of controls
> that show and hide?
>
> I like to have multiple forms- but which is faster and considered the
> better method?
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