On 3/24/2011 5:33 AM, Joerg Arand wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm looking for a generic Screen designer for VFP9 that can distributed > with the application. > In my neonatal patient database system I want to give the user the > opportunity to generate custom tables and custom input forms for > additional user data (research data and other). > Unfortunately I can't find such. > Can somebody give me an advice?
Hi, Joerg, In my experience, mostly with report generators, users never learn how to use 'designer' software successfully. Half of the problem is they have no idea what a data structure is. Let me suggest an alternative approach, being used very successfully by a local colleague in a large VFP application for a local school district. He builds a generic form with a variety of controls on it, and then defines "options", which are really properties, which can be selected by the user to determine which variables are to be displayed (the nature of the data item determines the control to be used), the positioning and size of the item, the color and type face, etc. etc. In other words, he has removed the 'programming' aspect and has replaced it with a simple 'property selection' process. I don't see why a similar approach wouldn't work for additional data. In this case, 'properties' would be data type, name, size, etc. Dan Covill San Diego _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
