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Data Aware Gadgets

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:24 pm
by blueb
One of the things I liked about Visual Basic was the ability to create and use 'Data bound Gadgets'.

Suggestion:

Create additional Gadgets that are 'Data Aware' and can be `connected` to PureBasic databases

e.g.
dbAwareOptionGadget
dbAwareEditorGadget
dbAwareComboBoxGadget
dbAwareDateGadget
dbAwareStringGadget
dbAwareEditorGadget
etc.

Here's a fellow who is creating a new IDE for PowerBasic, who developed the VB-like ability to use data bound controls...
(short 3 minute video)

http://www.explore-rpg.com/flvplayer.ht ... inding.flv

Re: Data Aware Gadgets

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:00 pm
by BorisTheOld
We do something similar with our in-house data dictionary package. Each entity in the data dictionary has its own rules and attributes.

At the push of a button we can generate complete applications that use data aware classes. Very little code needs to be hand written, and many applications require no hand coding at all.

Re: Data Aware Gadgets

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:28 pm
by blueb
Living in a data centric world, this would be a real plus for Fred to integrate this into the PureBasic package. :)