Re: [PW-dev] Widget factory

[Stephen A. <ste...@of...>]

At 05:52 PM 6/11/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>I've gotta claim ignorance on what you guys are talking about when you're
>refering to factories and controllers.
>
>Personally - I expected that I'd instanciate what ever widgets I the app
>developer wanted, fill their properties at instanciation or afterwards, and
>then call their methods when  I needed something from them.
>
>I guess the purpose of having a controller or factory is to aid in this
>process? Possibly provide other services? Maybe I am thinking that
>controller code is slightly beyond scope of widgets.
>
>Perhaps more detail on what you guys see happening here would be of value
>not just to me but us all.
>
>Jay
>

Jay,

This is a good question... even a Frequently Asked Question.
Thus, I have answered it in the FAQ that I am writing.

   http://www.officevision.com/pub/Widget/FAQ.html

Please look it over.

Stephen