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Scrolling Forms
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From
26/03/1998 10:25:30
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Forms & Form designer
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00086569
Message ID:
00087283
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45
>Jim,
>
>Sorry, that site is framed and the URL didn't reflect the page I was on... It was at the bottom of the "Selecting the wrong control" page.
>
>Pulling this from their website http://www.iarchitect.com/mshame.htm:
>
>"Scrollable forms are a sure sign of inexperience in graphical user interface design. These often result from the conversion of legacy applications to the Windows platform, or in the development of applications based on paper forms. Scrolling forms hide important information from the user, hide navigational aids and controls, and require more user inputs to get to the desired information.
>
>Unfortunately, visit any programming support forum, and you'll see an ever-increasing number of new programmers asking how to create scrollable forms. The only appropriate answer is, "You don't."

>
>Here's the sample form they used http://www.iarchitect.com/images/scroll.gif
>
>I don't purport to be a UI design expert, but I've done a lot with clients to get useable screen designs of "paper apps" we've always been able to avoid scrollable forms. But just as easy to misuse pageframes as it would be to misuse scrollable forms.
>
>It's kind of like the dualing scrollbars presented here in this reply window under IE4 even with my video system running at 1280x1024 this editbox has a scrollbar AND the browser window has a scrollbar and it's a real annoyance at times.
>
>>I went to the site you noted yesterday, but never did encounter the reference you cited. I did *not* examine everything (didn't have time) but did read all of the basic one which came up.
>>
>>Nevertheless, you and me may well be used to PageFrames, but some users simply want their screen forms to look EXACTLY like their paper forms. PageFrames can never meet this requirement, not should we have to "show them the light" so to speak (because all we are really trying to do is rationalize our inability to deliver what they want).
>>
>>In addition, as came through clearly in what I *did* read at that site, it is a lot easier to make UI errors using PageFrames than it is to do do using scrollable page, especially if that page is a replica of a paper page in the first place.
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>>In summary, Tahoe does the right thing by making scrollable forms available. That way, all can be satisfied.

Well, I see your point! I find a Chinese Website about Scrollable forms!
at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/6649/1998_03_10.htm
download the sample and try.
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The clever notch up chance, but The merciful give you chance.
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