It's only daunting because of the overhead of creating the widget. I think that the overhead of creating LC and maintaining LC is well worth it compared to the cognitive load that I face dealing with other tools. Laptops also rejoice that they do not have to endure having their screens ripped from their bases when I am trying to debug a pointer referencing issue, so DO IT FOR THE LAPTOPS!
On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Mike Kerner wrote: > > > Well, that would be a nice thing to have in a field widget, but I run > > into formatting issues with databases, as well, especially when > > sorting. > > The DB issue may be best handled through an accessor library. Many other > error-correction and conveniences could be added to that as well. > > But with fields, a formatting enhancement need not be a Widget per se. > That would require first reproducing the entire field object, and then > adding the small bits we're discussing here. Daunting. > > Simpler would be a behavior script, with a custom properties called > something like "rawText" and "displayText", with formatting determined by > "displayFormat", e.g.: > > set the displayFormat of fld 1 to "$0.00" > set the rawText of fld 1 to 5 -- shows "$5.00" > get the displayText of fld 1 -- returns "$5.00" > get the rawText of fld 1 -- return "5" > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
