1. RE: suggestion for IDE

daryl_vdb at HOTMAIL.COM wrote:
> to Judith (and anyone else who wants to read it...)
> 
> Here's an obvious one: of all the controls you've included in the IDE, 
> DefPushButton is not there.  This shouldn't be too hard to implement, 
> and it 
> is (or would be) one of my most commonly used controls.  I would like to 
> be 
> able to create them easily in the next version of the IDE.

It will be in next version.

> 
> other ideas:
> 
> 1. A drop down list in the flags property, so you can click the box and 
> choose the appropriate flags from the list.

I don't know all the various flags for all the controls. If someone 
would help me develop a list, I can certainly add them.

> 
> 2. An option of whether to use create() or createEx() to create a 
> window. 
> For the case of createEx, another property should be provided for 
> extended 
> flags.

It will be in next version.

> 
> 3. a Parent property for windows. this would make the creation of child 
> windows easy. (ie windows with WS_CHILD property set.)

I had already made windows added to IDE after window1 to have window1 as 
parent. So I just extended that routine to allow user to input a parent. 
The first window can not be edited however and I've taken care of cases 
where the first window is deleted.

> 
> and many more ideas that I can't think of right now.
> 
> I am creating a small library that allows for the creation of user 
> defined 
> controls in win32lib.  When I have finished, it would be good to include 
> in 
> the IDE.  I am a bit busy with other things right now though, so 
> progress 
> has been slow.

Let me know when you have it completed.

Thanks for the suggestions,

Judith
> 
> keep up the good work.
> 
> Daryl  van den Brink
>

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