Re: [Pythoncard-users] database aware widgets

[Andy T. <an...@ha...>]

Michael Redmond wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if there are any plans for integrating database aware widgets into pythoncard?  (Along the lines of PyQt, etc.)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Michael
> 

Not currently. PythonCard is concentrating on simpler building blocks at 
the moment.

Before we implement a database aware widget we would first have to wrap 
an implementation of a wxGrid object. This is actually a lot harder than 
it looks because wxGrid objects are complex beasties.

To remain true to PythonCard's mission "Simple things should be simple 
and complex things should be possible" we should probably produce a 
number of different widgets that use a wxGrid rather than simply 
wrapping it.

For instance we could have one component for read-only viewing of data 
that allows the presentation (fonts, colours, etc.) to be changed, 
another which allows changing, adding or removing data but in a fixed 
layout, etc. It should then be possible to take one of these components 
and either make it data aware within your application or produce a new 
data bound component.

I have done a little dabbling in this area but as yet haven't got 
anything workable. If anyone else has a patch it will, as ever, be more 
than welcome.

Regards,
Andy
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