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Re: Does the IDE support having controls on >1 layers

• Posted by Dan Moyer <danielmoyer at prodigy.net> Mar 19, 2007
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Judith Evans wrote:
> 
> Andrew Katz wrote:
> > 
> > Lets say I have layers A,B,C and I want control X to be on layers A & B and
> > not on layer C.
> > 
> > No big deal if it does not have it in the IDE, since from what I can see,
> > layers are just sequences of controls, which I can do myself.
> > 
> > The biggest headache so far with layers is that when I add controls, it
> > will SOMETIMES assign them to groups in the other layers! This is something
> > you should fix!
> > 
> > Andy Katz
> 
> \Andy, let me explain IDE's use of Layering. Layering allows you to indicate
> controls that might swap visibility or enability with other controls in
> another
> layer. An example would be a group control that might contain different radio
> controls under program direction. To do this you would place the group in
> layer
> 0, one set of group child controls in layer 1 and the other in layer 2. Both
> sets of child controls are parented by the group control. Control parenting
> crosses layers for this reason but might assign parenting when you don't
> intend
> for it to happen; you may change the parent of any control on any layer using
> the Properties call 'Parent'. Select one of the dropdowns. What case do you
> have that a control should be in more than one layer?
> 
> Dan Moyer requested control layering and perhaps he will chime in with more
> information from the user's standpoint. Dan?
> 
> judith evans

Judith,

Ok, did so on Andy's next post in thread.

Andy, I just thought of another possible work-around for your problem:
make the tabs bigger than you really want, just for getting your controls
far enough apart to be parented as you wish, then invoke one
"resize/relocate" routine on window open.  If you put every control
separated by some specific distance, your relocate routine should be pretty
simple, I think, & it can resize your tab(s) at the same time.

And Judith, I think your IDE is wonderful, glad to
see you're still working on making it even better!  :)

Dan