gb119 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 I was just wondering if anyone had ever put forward the idea of creating an OpenG XControls package ? I know from bitter experience that it is quite trickey to write really good XControls, yet they're also a great way to make nice reusable components - so they seem like a no-brainer for an OpenG package or ten... Possible suggestions might include: IP/network address control (perhaps with various network masking options as well) - a basic one exists within the LAVA CR a URI string control with properties to parse an entered URI a word completion string control - I'm sure I've seen one somewhere around a spell checking string control a function generator (I'd happily offer my own Waveform Xcontrol as a starting point) .... ? Quote Link to comment
crelf Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 I think including more XControls in OpenG is a great idea - but I don't think that a separate XControl package is the right way to go: I prefer my XControls to be in the packages that their technologies support (eg: an IP address XControl in a networking package). That said, I'm open to others' ideas... Quote Link to comment
jgcode Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 I think including more XControls in OpenG is a great idea - but I don't think that a separate XControl package is the right way to go: I prefer my XControls to be in the packages that their technologies support (eg: an IP address XControl in a networking package). That said, I'm open to others' ideas... OpenG accepts all types of re-use components as possible submissions. Crelf is correct (when is the man ever wrong?), it would be distributed by function-type (or part of an API) not by component-type (e.g. an X-controls only package). Quote Link to comment
crelf Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Crelf is correct (when is the man ever wrong?) It's a pity that my missus isn't a member of LAVA. OpenG accepts all types of re-use components as possible submissions. Right, and I'm totally enthusiastic to see more of them - in general, custom controls (XControls or otherwise) is an area that's under represented in OpenG IMHO, and I'd love to see what people come up with as submissions. Quote Link to comment
jgcode Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 It's a pity that my missus isn't a member of LAVA. I think I can help with that - stay tuned. Right, and I'm totally enthusiastic to see more of them - in general, custom controls (XControls or otherwise) is an area that's under represented in OpenG IMHO, and I'd love to see what people come up with as submissions. Here, here Quote Link to comment
jgcode Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 I think I can help with that - stay tuned. Sorted Quote Link to comment
crelf Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Sorted Oh dear, what have you done?!? Quote Link to comment
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