Re: MSVC++ app type choice, form design questions

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In article <FYS9e.11042$go4.5493@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
frnak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...

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> True enough. Are you aware of any format that conveys that kind of
> "conditional" information? For my needs it wouldn't have to be a
> specific piece of software, could just be some kind of notation.

No, not really -- that's part of why I tend to use the real design
rather than any notation. :-)

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> The first couple of times through VC++.NET I created VS Projects
> based on MFC. Then I discovered that much further down below the
> "MFC" project (scroll, scroll, ...) was a Windows Forms project
> type, and basing my projects on _that_ has made a _big_ difference.
> (My Controls Toolbox even has color!).

I wish I could say I'd found nearly so much positive about it.

> So far the most painful limitation in VStudio I've hit is the
> difficulty in renaming things. I laid out a moderately complex form
> but accidentally drew it for the wrong class; what the heck, I'll
> just rename everything, right? Wrong -- you have to do a full
> search-and-replace across all the project files (&deity help you if
> there's any name overlap), and _then_ close down VS.NET, manually
> rename the files, and restart VS.NET.

Quite true -- in many cases, it's faster and easier to rip things out
and start over again than try to repair them if they've gone very far
wrong.

--
Later,
Jerry.

The universe is a figment of its own imagination.
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