[Visualswing-developers] RE: Features list

[Scott C. <sc...@mi...>]

> Features:
> Gui view
> Code view
> Generate .java code
> Generate .class files
> Persistent data saved as xml
> Ability to set properites
> Abstracts adding event listeners

I remember Senthil describing using introspection on the GUI components
that we allow the user to use.  Although I was wondering if we might
also consider possibly an XML definition of elements (ala XUL) so that a
user might develop (for example) custom panels that could be added to
the palette of choices. (This also assumes that can store user creations
in an XML format that we can read in.  + 1 for "Persistent data saved as
xml")

> Options to be considered later:
> User selected layout type
I'd like to know if a use case for the project is to allow the user to
create something as complex as the UI that we develop for this project?
If so, I think layouts are a requirement.

> The basic appearance should be a mix of Visual Studio and Forte.
For us non Visual Studio, types does anyone have screen shots of it to
help with a feel for that product?  Is that where the click-and-drag
placement of elements comes from?  The only problem that I have with
that is that absolutely positioned and absolutely sized elements in
Swing tend to not resize well when the user changes his/her window size.
(Please note: I'm coming from a Swing-centric UI background.)