http://forum.codejock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 13 May 2026 10:52:24 +0000 Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:07:26 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 forum.codejock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1330 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_images/codejock-logo.gif http://forum.codejock.com/ http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1330&PID=3719&title=designer-tips-for-newbies#3719 Author: JSram
Subject: 1330
Posted: 27 October 2004 at 1:07pm

Ok I just purshased the Xtreme Suite and so far very satisfied,although there is a few features one hope to see added in the future.Anyhow, as new to any set of controls one is apt to make newbiemistakes, so I thought it to be a good idea to start a thread listingsome tips or what to think of when starting out and I have just startedto work with the Designer to create toolbars so this thread is about my(and possibly ohters) experiences with it.

Make use of Categories
When starting to create controls it's easy tobelive categories and topmenu levels (the Built-in Menus) belongstogether and you create a category for each toplevel. Don't do that! Organize your controls into logical categories.Menu item clicks are trapped by it's ID (Control.Id) in theCommanbars.Execute_Event() in all examples I have read so far. If youhave lots of menu and other controls in your toolbars you are going toend up with a long long Select Case Statment, which isn't anything badin it self. But you can organize your code better by making use of the"category" property and check for Select Case Control.Categoryinstead of Select Case Control.Id and then branch to  a subroutine for each catagory passing Control.Id as an argument and then,there make a Select Case to check the ID and take proper action.

This helps you to keep your code organized and is particulary useful when several menu items relate to the same thing.
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