Agnes --

"You can not make everybody happy" -- tis true, tis one of life's lessons.

Nonetheless, I would think it unfortunate not to be able to take advantage of their ideas.

You were the one, for instance, who identified that there were problems in setting the data type correctly in PEMEditor, a problem inherited from version 1.

So, even if you determine not to use any of the newer versions of PEMEditor, I still would like to know your thoughts.

Cheers,

Jim



>Hi Jim,
>
>you can not make everybody happy. ::) I try to share my ideas, because I get the original form for free so I give my "improvements" back to the pool.
>
>Never mind.
>
>If answerd your mail, lets see what else we can do.
>
>Agnes
>
>>Agnes --
>>
>>I'm responding with a personal email.
>>
>>I think you may err in your recommendation to not pay much attention to your special requirements. I'd say that just about all the improvements from version 1 to version 3 have occurred because an individual had some special requirements.
>>
>>From what I've seen so far, your form has some new ideas that could be quite valuable.
>>
>>>Jim,
>>>
>>>check your mail.
>>>I think it will make my ideas clearer if you've tested my version, so we can better discuss the points below. Simple open a thread with this problem to me here in ut, this is the fastest way..
>>>
>>>Don't bother to much on my requirements. I think they are a little bit special. ::)
>>>
>>>Agnes
>>>
>>>>Agnes --
>>>>
>>>>Hey, thanks for the post. Sounds like you have a number of worthwhile features that could be incorporated into PEM Editor. I hope not to force any way of doing things on anybody, and to provide for as many different ways for using it as possible.
>>>>
>>>>First of all, I have indeed lost your "New" form that you sent last year. Can you re-send? I'd love to have a look.
>>>>
>>>>Some comments on your message:
>>>>
>>>>(1) PEM Editor now provides option to ignore _MemberData altogether. I think your suggestion of altering Global values is a great extension.
>>>>
>>>>(2) You were the person who indicated that the values entered for properties were being improperly converted (in many cases, not converted, but left as character). I have tried to fix this, and will make additional corrections if there are any data types not provided for.
>>>>
>>>>(3) You refer to the value editor not meeting your requirements. What are those requirements?
>>>>
>>>>(4) We already have planned an enhancement that will allow customization for setting default values for properties based on their names. A PRG will be provided that can then be modified to suit your own needs (this requires re-compiling the APP, of course)
>>>>
>>>>(5) As it happens, the "grid" part of PEM Editor and the "controls" part are in separate classes. As such, I don't think it should terribly hard to create a mini "New" form (although we have had no plans of doing so.)
>>>>
>>>>(6) You mention over-riding the type ... can you explain?
>>>>
>>>>I'd love to hear from you in more detail.
>>>>
>>>>BTW -- I use PEM Editor now as a replacement for both Property Window and Document View. Yes, there are some features missing ... it's not a complete replacement. Nonetheless, my use of those two has dramatically declined.
>>>>