Re: How to edit a component

From: Chuck Hill (chil..lobal-village.net)
Date: Wed Feb 25 2009 - 14:21:59 EST

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    On Feb 25, 2009, at 4:19 AM, Pascal Robert wrote:

    >
    > Le 09-02-25 à 06:49, Anders Peterson a écrit :
    >
    >> Anjo Krank wrote:
    >>> Am 25.02.2009 um 09:09 schrieb Anders Peterson:
    >>>> The best part WOBuilder - why I was reluctant to abandon it - was
    >>>> that hybrid/conceptual component view (in combination with the
    >>>> drag-and-drop binding functionality). It was neither a wysiwyg
    >>>> preview nor an html (outline) view/editor, but it gave me a very
    >>>> good idea about what my page would look like and what the code
    >>>> looked like.
    >>> Except for tables, this always looked pretty ridiculously wrong
    >>> and is pretty much worthless with "modern" layouts that use style
    >>> sheets.
    >>
    >> I maintain (incl. adding new functionality) old applications. They
    >> contain components build the old way using the old tools. Some of
    >> the components have become very complex, exploiting the possibles
    >> of the old techniques and tools to the max. I worry about how I
    >> will be able to maintain these applications/components in the
    >> future. I'd be very surprised if I was the only one in this
    >> situation.
    >
    > I must admit that the WO Component editor is a pain for those old
    > applications. We also have old apps with > 20 tables and multiple
    > WOConditionnals and those not-so-useful binding names that WO
    > Builder was creating (ie : "String1", "Conditionnal1", etc.). In a
    > certain way, WOLips enforce best pratices so that you start your new
    > projects in a good way, and it's excellent at that. But it's
    > certainly doable to work with old apps in WOLips, and it will
    > encourage you to at least change the binding names to something you
    > can identify. Just renaming the bindings will help you a lot.

    I thought that Mike added something to intelligently rename the
    bindings. I can't find it right now.

    Chuck 

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