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When to use .cfm forms
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| John E Sherrer 2005-07-25, 8:25 pm |
| Hi folks
This question came out of my last post. When is the proper time to use .cfm
forms?
John
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| Charles Crume 2005-07-26, 3:23 am |
| Whenever you will be subclassing more than 1 form from it.
Charles...
"John E Sherrer" <john1@whitecane.org> wrote in message
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> Hi folks
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> This question came out of my last post. When is the proper time to use
> .cfm
> forms?
> John
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| Ken Mayer [dBVIPS] 2005-07-26, 7:23 am |
| John E Sherrer wrote:
> Hi folks
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> This question came out of my last post. When is the proper time to use .cfm
> forms?
A Custom Form is used when designing an application where each form (or
many of the forms) in the application have similar properties, or even
events and methods that you want to make available to all.
A simple example is that you may want all forms in your application to
use a metric of 6 (Pixels), and have a light blue background. If you set
these properties in a custom form, then all subclassed forms will
inherit these properties without your having to set them.
Then, if the customer decides that rather than light blue, he wants a
light green, you can change it in the custom form, and all the
subclassed forms will be light green, rather than light blue.
It can get more complex than that.
And, it is highly recommended.
Ken
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| John E Sherrer 2005-07-26, 8:23 pm |
| Hi Charles & Ken
Should a .cfm form be used as a regular form? Or should it be used only as
a tool for updating the forms derived from it?
John
subclassing more than 1 form from it.
Charles...
"John E Sherrer" <john1@whitecane.org> wrote in message
news:khT2xWXkFHA.1768@news-server...
> Hi folks
>
> This question came out of my last post. When is the proper time to use
> .cfm
> forms?
> John
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| Charles Crume 2005-07-26, 8:23 pm |
| Ken can correct me, if necessary, but I don't believe you can use a .cfm as
a "regular" form -- gotta use a .wfm
Charles...
"John E Sherrer" <john1@whitecane.org> wrote in message
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> Hi Charles & Ken
> Should a .cfm form be used as a regular form? Or should it be used only
> as
> a tool for updating the forms derived from it?
> John
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> subclassing more than 1 form from it.
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> Charles...
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> "John E Sherrer" <john1@whitecane.org> wrote in message
> news:khT2xWXkFHA.1768@news-server...
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| Ken Mayer [dBVIPS] 2005-07-27, 7:23 am |
| John E Sherrer wrote:
> Hi Charles & Ken
> Should a .cfm form be used as a regular form? Or should it be used only as
> a tool for updating the forms derived from it?
A subform doesn't run, so it can't be used as a regular form. It is a
tool ...
Ken
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/(Opinions expressed are purely my own, not those of dataBased
Intelligence, Inc.)/
*Ken Mayer* [dBVIPS]
/Golden Stag Productions/
dBASE at goldenstag dot net
http://www.goldenstag.net/GSP
http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase
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