In a message dated 4/17/2004 4:16:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> A key factor that makes CUI non-portable > to GUI is the embedded Input and Print statements in the code. I respectfully disagree that this is key. After all event oriented apps also have input statements I think you mean the key factor is that the programs are not event oriented. That is, on a typical GUI form I can click and fill in any field in any order, and then I submit the entire form. In a typical mv app, most programmers would write it so the inputs happen in a definite order and there is no way to change that order, on the fly. If programs were rewriten so that the inputs were all seperated from each other logically, and could be entered in any order. (Tab forward, tab back between fields, or point and click since mouse clicks are captured by accuterm and wintegrate among others). Then some of the validation (two field interactions) should be relegated to the On.SUBMIT part of the program, etc. If we could code in this fashion, then any app can be GUIized with less effort. Will -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users