Re: Large screens with New Era
Posted in 1996
olivert@zip.com.au (Oliver Townshend) wrote: >iank (iank@pavilion.co.uk) wrote: >: We have just found the brkcnsct.exe utility in the New Era v2 bin directory. >: This seems incredibly useful. >: >: Ever had the problem of a screen that has too many visual objects and cannot >: fit into the 64K MSDOS memory straightjacket? >: >Actually I found it not very useful, and found subclassing forms a much >better (and more elegant way to do it). I have a basic form design >with standard menu, buttons etc., and I make the window derivedFrom >value the name of my base form (in my case wnBase) rather than ixWindow. > > >Oliver Townshend >New Era Contractor >olivert@zip.com.au Another way to go around the 64K limit, is using the uRemapSuperTable included in the Application Framework of v2.0 It allows you to paint different sections of a large super table in separate windows, but creates a single SuperTable at run-time. It is best used when combined with the Tab functionality. Check out the Examples. Catalin. -- ========================================================================= Catalin Badea _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ Senior Technical Architect _/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Tecsys Inc. _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/ ===== cat@tecsys.com =========== include system "disclaimer.4gh" ===== == http://www.virtualmarketplace.com/LEVEL3/ITEC/TECSYSE/TECSYSE.HP ===