Re: Wishlist IDE * Reload ".exw"-Files
- Posted by SR Williamson <SR.Williamson at OSHA.GOV> Nov 10, 2000
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I don't know anything about IDE design or real programming, but I may have an idea for a hack that would work, and maybe be beneficial in other ways. Why not create an .exw and multiple .ew files from the .prj files? For example, the main file would look like: ----------------- include win32lib.ew include controls.ew include dofoo1.ew include dofoo2.ew winmain(MainWin, Normal) ------------------ The controls would be created in controls.ew. Then the IDE could look in there, and as long as the controls created by hand followed correct syntax and some broad conventions, it would be able to translate them back into .prj file format. The dofoo1.ew include would include the on_blah(open, click, whatever) code for a particular control. You would have a different include for each control created. I know that's a lot of files and a lot of global variables, but it makes the code extremely modular and easy to edit. It also enforces modular thinking, which is a good thing IMO. I'm sure there are disadvantages to this, but I don't really know enough to see them. Shoot away, and after we see the holes, maybe someone will have an idea that will actually work.