Graham...
Sounds like a job for just the one card and an SQLlite db ...
> On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 09:18:47 +0800, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I haven't written a Stack with multiple Cards in quite a while. Stacks and
> > SubStacks, yes. When was the last time anyone here created a Stack full of
> > Cards?
>
> Well, I'm in the middle of creating one right now! It makes an ideal
> structure for a particular style of iOS app, where there are several small
> datasets, all with identical form - like a tiny database (with say less than
> 100 entries). Each dataset has an identical form to the others, and consists
> of data entry screens, summaries and projections (it's a financial app). This
> fits very nicely into a structure where there is set of template cards, and
> when a new dataset is required, these cards are cloned to instantiate the new
> set, and given scripts through behaviors (since all the business logic in
> each set is the same). This doesn't tie one down to a specific form factor,
> as the actual layout of the templates can be adjusted for different screen
> sizes and resolutions; but it is true that if there is a button or a data
> entry field on a template, then these objects will appear on the
> corresponding card whatever its actual shape or size. This really seems to me
> the very best way to handle this type of application, and the added bonus is
> that all the data can be saved as one stack.
>
> Of course there are much simpler applications like catalogues (I bought an
> iOS app for example which describes the most common birds in the UK) where
> the information displayed is really pretty much like cards in an
> old-fashioned card index (maybe this is called a Rolodex in the US), and none
> the worse for that."Birds UK" is read-only, but it accommodates stuff like a
> button you can press to hear the bird's song, which wouldn't have worked in
> the paper version, but conceptually it's the same thing. I'm sure it predates
> LC for iOS, but it would have been a very good candidate for a stack full of
> cards…
>
> Graham
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