ABC: How to use your own abc derrived classes in new apps
1998-05-14 -- Richard Taylor
Newsgroups: topspeed.products.c4
> So again to re-phrase my original question, where is the means to make
>my own classes the default for a new app, so that the only classes that I
>have to set up manually, are those that are not used in every .app? I
don't
>see it documented anywhere. IMO it should be a setup parameter. I don't
>see them named in an .ini file.
OK, here's a simple but effective work-around: Create an APP with all the
defaults set the way you want them and call it "Master" (turn off "Require a
Dictionary" in Application Options so you don't need to name a DCT) and
don't ever do any real development with it. Then, whenever you want to
create a new APP just open "Master" and do a Save As to create your new APP
with all your defaults already set the way you want them, name the DCT to
use, then run the AppWizard!
> That's what I am doing now. But when I start a new .app, I have to set
>them all up again. That's what I want to avoid. I want the defaults to be
>what I have set them up to be.
>
> Using OOP in a program is piece of cake. I gave several examples
>earlier of how to change thinking and make it incredibly productive and
>useful. I've had lots of code waiting in the wings for C4 to get real.
Now
>that CW4 is real, I and likely a lot of people, will want to inherit the
ABC
>classes as a base to keep the templates happy, and extend the functionality
>of the ABC classes for use in their programs. Here's is why:
>
>First, we will be adding functionality to that language that we want to
have
>available in every program.
>
>Secondarily, we don't want to modify the standard ABC classes because they
>get hosed with every update, if they get extended, the template generated
>code likely use the new methods, and when they make changes to to the
>compiler and adjust the base classes back, we want to automatically take
>advantage of the fixes with no code maintenance to our classes.
>
>Thirdly, if we make our own classes that simply make use of their classes,
>the problem is we have to set up the classes every time by hand in the
.app.
>That just increases labor, maintenance, and debugging time. Having classes
>that are not used in every .app should be done manually, but not those used
>in every .app.
>
> So again to re-phrase my original question, where is the means to make
>my own classes the default for a new app, so that the only classes that I
>have to set up manually, are those that are not used in every .app? I
don't
>see it documented anywhere. IMO it should be a setup parameter. I don't
>see them named in an .ini file.
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