Karen hasn't answered yet but I'll put my 2 cents worth in - YES! And the key is a way to search not just one form at a time while in it, but all forms at once!
David Blocker [EMAIL PROTECTED] 781-784-1919 Fax: 781-784-1860 Cell: 339-206-0261 ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Razzak Memon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 9:10 PM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Conversion guidelines > > At 07:57 PM 12/2/2004 -0500, Karen Tellef wrote: > > >Does anyone consider this a problem, enough that they would continue to > >use external files, or do they document forms in a searchable fashion? > > Karen, > > Other than securing your code inside the form and not > being worried about missing/deleted external EEPs, the > biggest advantage of using the Embedded Custom EEP is > the "portability" of your cool forms and/or applications. > > When you transfer/recycle the form from one application > to another or share your nifty forms with your colleagues, > you will never have to worry about making sure that you > have included all related EEPs or not. > > Using R:BASE 7.1 for Windows, you can almost distribute > your application without external code except any EEPs > used at Table level, such as, On Row Entry, On Row Exit, > After Saving Row or After Leaving Section (Ex: RRBYW9). > > R:BASE 7.5 and V-8 Turbo takes care of that feature as > all Table Level EEPs also include the option for embedded > Custom EEPs. (Examples: RRBYW10 and RRBYW11) > > In reference to Search/Replace option to update any string > in embedded Custom EEP, it would be really nice to have > that feature as an option while in Form Designer or PLUGIN > to just handle that. > > Let's submit that as an enhancement request at RBG7 R:DCC. > I'm sure that R:Dream Team will consider that as a nice > feature in 7.5 and V-8 Turbo. Would you like me to have > the pleasure of submitting that request? > > Very Best R:egards, > > Razzak. > >
