RE: [Pythoncard-users] newbie, tool to print resource structure

[Sells, F. <fr...@ad...>]

I use it and I edit (infrequently) outside the resource editor.  When that
happens, I use the resource editor to load and save to get it in sync.  I
have a very slight preference toward a separate module/script run from the
command line.  It would facilitate making the tool more robust and making it
easier for users to customize to meet their needs.

-----Original Message-----
From: Schollnick, Benjamin [mailto:Ben...@xe...]
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 8:06 AM
To: pyt...@li...
Subject: RE: [Pythoncard-users] newbie, tool to print resource structure
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> > Very useful....  I would suggest that Kevin consider adding 
> it to the 
> > Resource editor and maybe even expanding on it....
> > 
> > Possibly noting any non-default values that have been 
> configured for 
> > the widgets...

> The danger with this approach is that the printer friendly version 
> *could* get out of sync with the resource file. Especially if the 
> resource file is edited outside the resourceEditor.

While that is a valid concern.... In my opinion the user is not suppose
to edit the file outside of the ResourceEditor.... 

So it is a moot point.

> I think the original suggestion is better, just a little routine, 
> something like;
> 
>  >>> resfile = open('<resource file name>')
>  >>> resource = eval(resfile.read())
>  >>> for background in resource['application']['backgrounds']:
>  >>>     for component in background['components']:
>  >>>         print "%s: %s %s" % (component['name'], 
> component['type'], 
> component['position'])
> 
> N.B. it should be a trivial exercise to turn this into a handy 
> documentation function and put it into a module. I'll leave that (and 
> any bug fixes) as an exercise for the reader.

Then you are making an automated task into a manual task that has to be
run after every change made on the file.... (i.e. Pydoc)

If you are concerned about allowing the user to do a manual execution of
this....  Then we could make a stub so that the user can run it....  But
it should stay in the resourceeditor to make it automagically updated
when edited in the resourceeditor.

		- Benjamin


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