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Formsets vs Independent Forms
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ChrisRChamberlain
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Take a look at Thread84-40652
Chris
Take a look at Thread84-40652
Chris
Hi,
Allthough most programmers will tell you not to use formsets, I believe that it hasn't been implemented in Fox for nothing.
It is just like PUBLIC variables, experienced programmers will tell you not to use them since they are a hazard to some programming styles (untracable ofteen..).
But I firmly believe that when you use public variables as well as formsets, they could be made to good use, when used properly. As you might have read in the thread mentioned in Chris' reply, I use then to have one object for the maintenance of f.i. debtors. I use the formset as a whole for all screen concerning maintenenace debtors. That is, the overview list, the maintenance form and the picklist that is instantiated in browse controls.
The advantage is that I can use one private datasession for all and will use my business object to handle data manipulation. (A nice advantage is that I can do maintenance in my picklists..).
HTH,
Weedz (Wietze Veld)
veld4663@exact.nl
They cling emotionally to code and fix development rather than choosing practices based on analytical assesments of what works best.
After the GoldRush - Steve McConnell
Allthough most programmers will tell you not to use formsets, I believe that it hasn't been implemented in Fox for nothing.
It is just like PUBLIC variables, experienced programmers will tell you not to use them since they are a hazard to some programming styles (untracable ofteen..).
But I firmly believe that when you use public variables as well as formsets, they could be made to good use, when used properly. As you might have read in the thread mentioned in Chris' reply, I use then to have one object for the maintenance of f.i. debtors. I use the formset as a whole for all screen concerning maintenenace debtors. That is, the overview list, the maintenance form and the picklist that is instantiated in browse controls.
The advantage is that I can use one private datasession for all and will use my business object to handle data manipulation. (A nice advantage is that I can do maintenance in my picklists..).
HTH,
Weedz (Wietze Veld)
veld4663@exact.nl
They cling emotionally to code and fix development rather than choosing practices based on analytical assesments of what works best.
After the GoldRush - Steve McConnell
I forgot,
an example of how I use fromsets can been seen at:
This is one of my private projects that I have been working on.
HTH,
Weedz (Wietze Veld)
veld4663@exact.nl
They cling emotionally to code and fix development rather than choosing practices based on analytical assesments of what works best.
After the GoldRush - Steve McConnell
an example of how I use fromsets can been seen at:
This is one of my private projects that I have been working on.
HTH,
Weedz (Wietze Veld)
veld4663@exact.nl
They cling emotionally to code and fix development rather than choosing practices based on analytical assesments of what works best.
After the GoldRush - Steve McConnell
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