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If not Grids, Then What??
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12/05/2006 11:58:00
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Forms & Form designer
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
SAMBA Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
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Thread ID:
01121257
Message ID:
01121376
Views:
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>>>>>>I bet he meant it in the positive sense. In other words, they are dancing from joy <g>
>>>>>
>>>>>Nope.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Sorry then. I thought you're supporting that editing should not be done in grids.
>>>
>>>I am.
>>>
>>>>How do you tackle this problem?
>>>
>>>I'm saying a typical subform could be better.
>>
>>What is your definition of a typical subform? I thought that's exactly what Robert said: user clicks on a grid record and gets a new form. That's how our application is working here. We use grids for navigation only and occasionally have checkboxes in a grid.
>
>BTW, in my former work we used grid for editting. I remember I had to write lots of code in order to make them work correctly.

I took the advice by some experts to stay away from grids except for display/nav purposes.
But that "lots of code' can go into a class and then it's done, once, and then you've got useful editable grids wherever you need them.
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