Re: [Pythoncard-users] Added MDI support to Pythoncard (was MDI - childwindows within a window)

[John H. <ec...@ya...>]

That's nice.  May be the owner can be motivated.  

Anyway, I uploaded my mode for supporting MDI 
at https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=19015&atid=369015

If interested, please give it a try and let me know if it works for you or not.
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John Henry


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>From: Alec Bennett <wry...@gm...>
>To: John Henry <kim...@ya...>
>Cc: John Henry <ec...@ya...>; pyt...@li...
>Sent: Sat, April 2, 2011 10:05:51 PM
>Subject: Re: [Pythoncard-users] Added MDI support to Pythoncard (was MDI - 
>childwindows within a window)
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>Just wanted to chime in that I too love PythonCard. I started using it before I 
>knew how to code in wxPython, and now that I'm pretty comfortable in wxPython I 
>still use and love PythonCard, especially for quickies.
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>I'd love to see more development done on it, and since at the moment I don't 
>have any time, would be more than willing to donate some $$ if that was the sort 
>of thing that might help make it worthwhile for someone to work a new release 
>with these new features.
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>On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 9:47 PM, John Henry <ec...@ya...> wrote:
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>I evaluated Dado and yes, for what it does, it does it very well.  For myself,
>>I
>>don't need database features.  I just need simple User Interfacing.  For that,
>>Pythoncard fits my bill.  I've probe around Pythoncard enough that if I need a
>>new control, I can crank one out without too much trouble (exact the ones I
>>couldn't get working - as listed in previous emails).
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>>I believe for most people that just need quick User Interfacing type of
>>applications, Pythoncard remains a viable option.  I've benefited greatly from
>>Pythoncard and so within my limited ability, I am happy that I can contribute
>>(a
>>little)
>> --
>>John Henry
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>>----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Peter Decker <pyd...@gm...>
>>> To: Kael Fischer <kae...@gm...>
>>> Cc: pyt...@li...
>>> Sent: Sat, April 2, 2011 10:27:24 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Pythoncard-users] Added MDI support to Pythoncard (was MDI -
>>>childwindows within a window)
>>>
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>>> On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Kael Fischer <kae...@gm...> 
 wrote:
>>> > Python card is great.
>>> >
>>> > But I  caution people  stating out on large computationally or database
>>> > intensive projects that  while pythoncard makes the easy stuff very
>>> > easy, it makes that hard  stuff harder.  Note that even using wxPython
>>> > getting the process-based  and thread-based multitasking working
>>> > properly can be hard and is  essential in any program that uses the
>>> > cpu, disk and network intensively  and still needs wx to be responsive,
>>> > draw progress bars,  etc.
>>> >
>>> > I'm warning about big data here (for a GUI anyway): trees  with
>>> > 1000's-10,000's of nodes, grid data stores with ~1M  cells.
>>> >
>>> > I've written some cool programs in python card, but they  never scaled 
>well.
>>>
>>> I used PythonCard for a few projects, and was  impressed by how easy it
>>> was to put together a simple app. But I know exactly  what you mean
>>> about scaling. And while I don't do heavy database apps, I do  have to
>>> save settings, configurations, etc., and this was a very  manual
>>> process in PythonCard.
>>>
>>> After I discovered Dabo a few years ago,  I have only used PythonCard
>>> occasionally, and each time I find myself missing  Dabo. It's a much
>>> cleaner wrapper around wxPython, and it comes with data  binding built
>>> in. And to get back to the subject, MDI forms have been a part  of Dabo
>>> since the beginning.
>>>
>>> Dabo is still being actively developed,  and its user base is growing
>>> all the time. You should definitely give it a  try (and no, they don't
>>> pay me to say this! I'm just a big fan!).  http://dabodev.com
>>>
>>> --
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