RE: A design philosophy question

[James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Joe Pluta wrote:

> Maybe I'm just an old dinosaur, but it seems to mee there are situations
> where you might want to use the same panel in multiple places.  Three
> options:
>
> 1. Individual display files for the separate panels
> 2. Cloned record formats in multiple display files
> 3. One giant display file for the entire application

Wait, didn't you just say "use the same panel in multiple places" but
option 1 is "Individual display files for the separate panels"?  Do you
have one panel or many panels?

> I wanted to know was: "Are there problems with display files in modules?"

> Now, while the issue of number of objects is fairly straightforward, I
> wanted to know if anyone had addressed the issue of having a display file in
> a called module, and whether they'd run into any problems.  How do you open
> and close it?  Do you get weird problems with, say, OVERLAY not working as
> you expect it?  Or KEEP and ASSUME?  I've seen issues with borders not being
> repainted on a popup window (the fields were shown, but the borders
> weren't), and was wondering if that's just me.

I have modules that use their own display files.  I've seen the weird
border problem you mention and have resolved it.  For our purposes having
the module use its own display file works very well (indeed any other way
would be stupid).  Code available upon request.

James Rich