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Re: Win32Lib IDE

• Posted by "Cuny, David at DSS" <David.Cuny at DSS.CA.GOV> Oct 19, 1999
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Ferlin Scarborough wrote:


> I agree with Irv on the IDE with the blank lines.

I ran across this problem, but had difficulty duplicating it. It's at the
top of my 'to do' list - right under 'sleep.' I suspect that my 'clean up'
code is at fault. Changing the way the dialog handles code (see below)
should take care of the problem.


> Also, one of the features I like about the Delphi IDE is
> that it will remove any blank routines when you save the file.

Good idea. I'm being a bit too slavish to the VB model in the dialog. For
example, in:

    procedure onClick_TheWindow()
        <stuff goes here>
    end procedure

the header 'procedure onClick_TheWindow()' is discarded regenerated each
time, in case you've changed the name of the control. I'll probably change
the dialog to something like this:


    onClick_TheWindow()
    +--------------------------+
    |<your code goes here>     |
    |                          |
    |                          |
    +--------------------------+

so the procedure name and arguments are display-only. This will make it much
easier to decide if a procedure is empty, or has a bunch of trailing lines.
I'll need to add some code to remove the 'end procedure' from older project
files, since that doesn't need to be stored any more.

> I would like to have a way to get into the code editor from
> the Main Menu perhaps, that would be helpful.

That shouldn't be too hard to add.

> Also, a Print option.

That's pretty low on my priority list. You can get most of that information
from the .EXW file that is generated. Getting a shot of the window would be
nice, though.

> One more thing When I create a window it would be nice to tell
> it Maximize, Normal etc.... It seems the IDE always sets it to Normal.

The attributes dialog needs to be beefed up. Perhaps I can also add a 'main
window' flag there.

> Other than that things look GREAT so far, keep up the good work.

Thanks. The IDE is a major project - and writing the documentation will
probably be just as time consuming.

-- David Cuny