#20 Adding custom Drivers

[Irwin]

Our Requirements Doc (FR3.2) requires that we be able
to customize the Database Driver.

To do this with our GUI we need to do the following
things:

1) In the "Database Type" combobox we need a field
called "Other".
2) When the User Selects Other, something must happen
(add a text field dynamically or open a new dialog - copy
the existing "password" dialog) that allows the user to
enter the customized database driver

Another idea is to insert a field called "Driver" in the
Connection Dialog that gets filled in automatically by the
GUI when you toggle the combobox, and is read-only
until you select "Other". As well, the connection string is
"read only" until you select "Other".

For the Connection String placeholders (they right now
look like jdbc:mysql://${HOSTNAME}:${PORT} we can
add something like a "help" dialog that pops up with the
placeholder symbols on it.

The thing would just be a collection of labels that say
stuff like:

${HOSTNAME} - hostname
${PORT} - port

etc.

A better way is to have a button that can add the stuff to
the string dynamically. A screenshot is attached for an
existing program that does this.

Temporarily assigned to Rana...

[Irwin]

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[Irwin]

Program uses buttons. When you click on a button it adds the substitution string