A few questions about the toolkit

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    1. Is it easy to extend the functionality of the toolkit?  Many system (i.e. 
VCL) make it very hard to extend functionality by using "proper" object oriented 
techniques that makes too much of the internals inaccessible.  Although 
technically correct, it can make it very hard to deal with bugs and 
insufficiencies in a toolkit.

2. Is it easy to add new in place edit 
controls in the property editor?

3. Can the docking system be easily 
modified to use a different data store for the persistent information?

4. 
The license agreement states that the toolkit can not be ported to operating 
systems others than the ones listed.  To me this implies that the toolkit can 
not be used with Longhorn.  Is this a correct interpretation? 

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Torlack Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01 July 2004 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote Torlack Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: A few questions about the toolkit Posted: 01 July 2004 at 2:49pm
	1. Is it easy to extend the functionality of the toolkit? Many system (i.e. VCL) make it very hard to extend functionality by using "proper" object oriented techniques that makes too much of the internals inaccessible. Although technically correct, it can make it very hard to deal with bugs and insufficiencies in a toolkit. 2. Is it easy to add new in place edit controls in the property editor? 3. Can the docking system be easily modified to use a different data store for the persistent information? 4. The license agreement states that the toolkit can not be ported to operating systems others than the ones listed. To me this implies that the toolkit can not be used with Longhorn. Is this a correct interpretation?

ICBM Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 15 January 2004 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 57	Post Options Post Reply Quote ICBM Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 July 2004 at 10:50pm
	I've used it for about 3 months. Here's my take, but your mileage may vary. 1. Pretty good. And because you have source code, you can always tweak things anyways (worries about upgrades aside). 2. Never tried it. 3. Or that. 4. I suspect that you are looking at a support limitation rather than a genuine licensing issue. In other words, they won't support unlisted platforms - and particularly ones that are not even out of alpha testing.