Fwd: [DynAPI-WidgetDev] HTMLWidgets and drag-drop question

[A P <the...@gm...>]

hopefully this time it will get posted !

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From: A P <the...@gm...>
Date: Nov 15, 2005 12:26 AM
Subject: Re: [DynAPI-WidgetDev] HTMLWidgets and drag-drop question
To: dyn...@li...


Hi Leif ,

thanks for replying....
I think I *am* subsribed to the list...thats where I have addressed
this ..and the manual request also threw me off...dont know what
happened...
Anyway , I hope this one goes thru !

Regarding your suggestions :
1) yes..I did try it out :-) ...but did not work for me.
According to this document :
http://www.enomaly.net/dynapi/docs/docs/examples.htmlcomponents.html

this may or may not work..
I tried adding a HTMLButton as to the document directly but it dit not work=
..

I guess I will spend some time on this...else I will work out some
basic widgets myself
and see if I can drag&Drop them on my workspace layer

thanks
Pat


On 11/14/05, Leif W <war...@us...> wrote:
> > From: "A P" <the...@gm...>
> > Sent: 2005 November 14 Monday 18:19
> >
>
> > Hi All ,
> >
> > I have been playing with the latest 3.0 beta and am highly impressed !
> > I would like to use DynAPI Objects to create a online IDE for basic
> > Page layout design...
> > I am sure there are some there but there are too complex for what I am
> > trying to do.
> >
> > My question is : Can I use the  HTML* Widgets *outside* the
> > TemplateManager ?
>
> Hmm, I check in dynapi/src/ext/packages.js and don't see any
> dependencies.  I double check in dynapi/examples/ and I don't see any
> dependencies, except for the "Image Frame" example.  My wild guess is
> that they're independent.  But try it and see!
>
> > I dont want to create a template . All I want is a layer on which I
> > can drag and drop the HTML* widgets on to it.
> > Basically I want to create a "pallette" of few HTML Widgets (
> > textbox,dropdowns,buttons etc)
> > and then drag-drop them onto a "workspace" layer.
> >
> > Hence , there wont be any TemplateManager. Is this supported ? Can I
> > do this without using any template ? My next question is : is
> > drag&drop supported with these HTML* widgets ?
>
> Hmm, well, widgets are objects, create instances, tweak properties, ok.
> But to get back the source?  Hmm.  Since you're trying something new,
> make it a new widget built upon existing widgets.  Your Pallette widget
> might be the interface, with buttons or menu options to create and
> destroy instances of other objects.  And the workspace area is where you
> can combine elements, configure, and I am guessing that eventually
> you'll want to export things.
>
> > Otherwise I will have to create my own version of the HTML Widgets
> > using DynLayers...hate to start from there as there is such a good
> > library present. :-)
> >
> > What I am trying to achieve is a very basic HTML Page builder where a
> > user can drag a HTML widget on the workspace and edit the properties..
> > This will be later used for code generation to generate the backend
> > code for any UI framework..
>
> It sounds like an interesting idea!  Try some things, one step at a
> time, and build upon that.  If you get something satisfactory, share it.
>
> > thanks for any suggestions..
> > Pat
>
> Subscribe to the list, so your posts do not get delayed by manual
> approval, which is also a risk for being mistaken as spam, as I quickly
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> hundred spams.  ;-)
>
>
> Leif
>
>
>
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