Conceptual question about opening multiple windows of thesamekind

Wouter wouter.abraham at pi.be
Fri Jan 9 20:22:18 EST 2004


On 08 Jan 2004, at 12:27, use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com wrote:

> Message: 9
> Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 19:31:50 +0900
> From: Doug Lerner <doug at webcrossing.com>
> Subject: 	Conceptual question about opening multiple windows of the
> 	same	kind
> To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
> Message-ID: <BC2360A6.22308%doug at webcrossing.com>
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>
> This is a basic conceptual question. I'm trying to decide how to 
> proceed.
>
> Let's say I wanted to open multiple windows (stacks, not cards) of a 
> certain
> type. Examples might be multiple drawing windows for a paint program. 
> Or
> multiple chat windows for different chat rooms.
>
> What concepts should I be looking at? Templates? Groups and background
> attributes? Cloning?
>
> For example, let's say I already have one window/stack that is working 
> as I
> like. But maybe I want more than than that one window, with some 
> different
> settings, opened up. Should I clone that stack and then delete it when 
> done?
> Is there a better approach?
>
> I know the question is sort of vague, but I am looking for a general
> conceptual pointer or best practices suggestion rather than a cookbook 
> total
> answer at this stage.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Doug Lerner, Tokyo


Hi,

Have a real good look at Klaus Major's "Analyze_It" stack.
You will discover a beauty.

Greetings,
WA




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