Help message Broadcasting system

[rodney tamblyn]

Hi Andrew,

Here is a simple example stack I put together to illustrate how the GLX Application Framework broadcast system works.  I hope this helps.

~ Rodney

On 12/02/2010, at 10:33 AM, Andrew Kluthe wrote:

> 
> I am converting my noble little app into the glx framework, as I've realized
> that what it does will be invaluable to me in the long run. 
> 
> A feature that was requested a couple of days ago, and I assume needs to be
> developed early in the process, is for a Help system. 
> 
> For Example:
> 
> 1.You click a field, lets say the field is for entering an insurance policy
> number.
> 
> 2. A box that is always on the bottom of the card/stack displays information
> from a help Table in a db telling you the format of the purpose of this
> field. (i.e. what to put here, what it means, what format it needs to be in,
> etc.)
> 
> I said that I could use tooltips to do something similar, but they really
> want that little yellow help box.
> 
> Reading up on GLX, it said something about handling broadcasting.
> 
> Can I use GLX's broadcasting features to do something like this? Am I
> misunderstanding the purpose of broadcasting? Am I spinning off into the
> wrong quadrant of space?
> 
> Your thoughts.
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