Re: [Boa Constr] some questions

[Riaan B. <riaan@e.co.za>]

db...@in... wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
>   I love boa !! :o))

Me too :)

> 
>   Very good soft !! :o)

Thanks! *blush*

> 
>   I saw that boa is developped with boa. I have tried to open the file
> Boa.py: nice it works; but apparently I can't view the different frame
> of boa with boa!
>   Did I forget something ?
> 

The short answer is no, most frames are modules edited in Boa as plain python 
modules.

You will see in the 'Application' notebook the list of modules of the
application.
The image next to the module indicates the type (app module, frame module,
python
module, etc). When opened the module is interpreted according to the type.

One day Boa's frame modules will be viewable at design time.
There are a few reasons why they aren't yet:
* They were started before Boa could create them
* They don't follow all the conventions Boa require
* They use some controls not supported yet (toolbars, status bars etc)
* They are usually VERY dynamic (changed/manipulated at run time) which makes 
  static design time designing unpractical.
  
  I would encourage people to only design the bits that stay static in the
  visual environment and then do the rest at runtime in their code. I plan
  to actually follow this advice and at least have the modules in Boa 
  containing frames to display at least empty frames.

Riaan