Re: NewEra 3.0 Question

In article <5s7e6f$ika@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Candy McCall <candym@olcinc.com> writes >I have a design issue that I would like to get some feedback on and see how >other users have approached the >problem. I have a table in our application with many columns that cannot all fit >on one window. In 4GL, we had the ---SNIP--- >Thanks for your ideas and help! >-- >Candy McCall >On-Line Computing, Inc. >candym@olcinc.com Been there, Done that, Got the T-shirt! My colleague wasted weeks trying to develop a tabbed windows program using the wif. We eventually gave up and decided that the 4 windows we needed to include for one particular table would be done as independent applications. We in fact synchronise the 3 subsiduary windows to the main window by passing the key fields into the winfocusin event. We use optimistic locking but have had to do a bit of coding to control the staledata event in a user friendly manner. -- Mike Ripley