Ok, Doug, I'll bite: 'SFWPOH'?
> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: v9.x: Custom Form Actions vs EEPs > From: Doug Hamilton <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, January 25, 2011 8:30 am > To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) > > > SFWPOH! > I forgot that CFAs could be called from another form. > I store RUN SELECTS in an InternalCode table cuz they could be called from > anywhere. > So compare CFA vs RunSel: > RunSel: If you're in form designer, you don't need to close the form and > open MenuForm to edit (due to poor planning ;) or create a "global" CFA > Portability to a new db - toss-up? Generic MainMenu with CFAs vs unloading > InternalCode table & importing into new database. > Incremental updates from test db to production: Cut & Paste for both? > Security against unauthorized editing and prying eyes? Probably CFA. > more...? > > Doug > > jan johansen wrote: Bruce, > > My vote is for Custom Form Actions. They become part of the application and > can be called > from elsewhere like > PROPERTY RBASE_FORM_ACTION MyMenuForm|CalledFormAction ' ' > note : your main menu form would need the componentid MyMenuForm > > Jan > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Bruce Chitiea" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:21:04 -0700 > Subject: [RBASE-L] - v9.x: Custom Form Actions vs EEPs > > v9.x developers: > > When creating new forms, do you prefer to create: > > a) Individual EEPs, or; > b) Custom Form Actions? > > Just wondering. > > bruce chitiea > safesectors inc.
