>I guess we have different opinions about this <s>.<

Yep! Not that there's anything wrong with that. <g>

>>What is the downside of having multiple files? <

There's not really any downside, other than having a lot of files! <s>

>To see problems with multiple files in the same editor, try putting two forms in the same file and then edit them through the visual editor.<

Ah, ok ... you were talking about visual editing. I was talking about code editing. You're definitely right about the visual editors. I typically don't put multiple classes in a file that contains a visual class.

>>Keep in mind that even individual control classes can end up fairly large. Just fixing the DataGrid control to a point where it is usable is fairly lengthy for instance.<

True about the DataGrid. And those kinds of things should be in their own file, I agree. I just don't agree with putting *everything* in it's own file. <s>


~~Bonnie


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>What is the downside of having multiple files? There certainly is less overhead in that than having multiple records in a VCX file for instance.
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>To see problems with multiple files in the same editor, try putting two forms in the same file and then edit them through the visual editor.
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>Keep in mind that even individual control classes can end up fairly large. Just fixing the DataGrid control to a point where it is usable is fairly lengthy for instance.
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>Regards,
>Markus
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>>>I think the piece of technical advice about classes and individual files is particularly relevant to VFP developers for the reasons you state. <
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>>Well, I gotta disagree with Markus on this one and since his blog doesn't allow replies, I guess I'll have to say it here. <g> Yeah, I know he mentions that there are exceptions to this "rule", but he doesn't even mention the exception for your base control sub-classes (like your TextBox, ComboBox, etc.). These really should all be in one file. Can you imagine having a separate file for each of these base controls? That's definitely overkill, IMHO.
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>>There's no problem with the VS.NET editor handling multiple classes in one file, I'm not sure why Markus said that's a problem.
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>>Bottom line ... I don't think that this should be a hard and fast rule.
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>>~~Bonnie