At 5:52 PM -0500 2/21/06, Michael Williams wrote: >Is there any reason I shouldn't change it? What is RBs definition of MDI? >Does that mean multiple instances of the *same* documents, or simply even >having multiple windows in general? How does it affect the end result?
What I have found is that it comes down to what kind of document windows your application has. if you have an application like Word or Excel where there is one kind of document window then you don't need MDI. You can have the application's menu as part of each window and it makes sense. If you have a more complex application where there are different kinds of windows for different kinds of documents then you may need to use MDI. I find that many Mac applications tend to be this way and don't translate readily to Windows if they are. (including ours). RB 5.x was like this. In changing to the single-window-type design it translates more sensibly to Windows SDI. (although it is a bit controversial). I agree with the change even though I'm a Mac user as it follows the trend of some applications to move to a more browser-like UI and can be more flexible for some things. Regards, Steve Upton -- _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
