RE: Set structures: Dr Jeckel Mr Hyde
Finian:
As I indicated, I have no intention of re-opening that debate, devisive as it has been and evidently still is. I will only repeat my final comment that if you think xdlg is fundamentally superior, run with it! If it could do everything a form could do and more then abandon forms (again speaking to alpha staff) and stick with xdlg. What would be the point of having forms? I am not sure why is that hard to understand.
If alpha chose to enhance xdlg with certain features and denied those features to forms, then that just speaks to my point: by working on two parallel lines where the programming efforts are divided and the advancement in one is made at the expense of the other, you deny the user the benefit of having that added feature and bequest them to learn a different subject altogether to take advantage of that extra feature!! You might say: but there are features that you cannot possibly add to forms. Not true, the response from alpha is that the ultimate goal is to merge the two layouts into one. At the current time, whether they are two different tools that accomplish two different tasks vs they are tow different tools that accomplish the same task is a debatable matter, but not the subject of this thread.
Thanks for your input.
Gabe
Finian:
As I indicated, I have no intention of re-opening that debate, devisive as it has been and evidently still is. I will only repeat my final comment that if you think xdlg is fundamentally superior, run with it! If it could do everything a form could do and more then abandon forms (again speaking to alpha staff) and stick with xdlg. What would be the point of having forms? I am not sure why is that hard to understand.
If alpha chose to enhance xdlg with certain features and denied those features to forms, then that just speaks to my point: by working on two parallel lines where the programming efforts are divided and the advancement in one is made at the expense of the other, you deny the user the benefit of having that added feature and bequest them to learn a different subject altogether to take advantage of that extra feature!! You might say: but there are features that you cannot possibly add to forms. Not true, the response from alpha is that the ultimate goal is to merge the two layouts into one. At the current time, whether they are two different tools that accomplish two different tasks vs they are tow different tools that accomplish the same task is a debatable matter, but not the subject of this thread.
Thanks for your input.
Gabe
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