[ANN] Data Grid Helper - What is it? - Text rewrote

[Bob Sneidar]

Perfect!

Bob


On Oct 10, 2010, at 10:30 AM, zryip theSlug wrote:

> Dear LiveCode users,
> 
> It seems that I was not really explicit about what exactly DGH is and
> what it can do. So I rewrote a text and I send it to the list to have
> your opinion about this new explanation.
> Do you think that is more clear?
> 
> Thanks for any advice! 8-)
> 
> 
> What is DGH?
> 
> DGH is a plugin for LiveCode. This plugin is a special and - we hope -
> intuitive interface for building LiveCode's Data Grids.
> 
> 
> DGH has:
> 
> 1) its own interface for managing properties of a datagrid
> 
> With the standard LiveCode interface you have to manage the properties
> of a datagrid for a part in the inspector palette and for another part
> by code.
> In DGH all the properties have an interface.
> 
> Some examples of properties that you have to manage habitually by code
> with datagrids but fully integrated in DGH:
> - text margins for header and rows
> - text color for header
> - gradient colors for header background and header background hilite
> - color for header separators
> - default header behavior and default column behavior. Here DGH allows
> you to define default behavior by pointing an empty button or a button
> with a behavior and clicking on it. If the script of the button is
> empty, DGH will fill it with the required code from the datagrid
> library. This future is named "Behavior picker".
> - etc
> 
> 
> 2) its own interface for managing columns of a datagrid
> 
> DGH allows the creation or the deletion of columns in a datagrid with
> a visual interface. When you are defining columns in DGH you are
> really working on a datagrid:
> 
> - you can select a column by clicking on it (invisible columns included)
> - you can reorder columns by drag & drop
> - and you have an interface for managing properties that you have
> habitually to manage by code like, define a column to be editable or
> not, add a tooltip to a column.
> - etc
> 
> 
> 3) Its own interface for managing templates in a datagrid
> 
> In a datagrid,  a template is the way to add custom objects in a
> column or a datagrid form, like popup menus, radio buttons, etc.
> In the standard datagrid to define a column template, you have to edit
> two groups. Not in DGH.
> In DGH, you select a column by clicking on its header and you open its
> template directly in DGH in a special area named "TMPL area". You have
> two ways to open the TMPL area:
> - by double clicking on the header column
> - with an expand button
> 
> Once the template updated, you click on the update button in the "TMPL
> area" to save it and you can switch to another template by clicking on
> the next column. No need to juggle between groups.
> 
> 
> 4) Can create scripts for column or form behaviors
> 
> If you have defined a template for a column, DGH can build for you the
> required script to manage it.
> 
> For example, if you have a template with a popup menu, DGH knows what
> code is required to manage it, in
> - the fillindata handler
> - the menupick handler
> 
> The name of this feature in DGH is "Script builder". Script builder is
> actually capable to build on the fly the required structure of
> handlers needed to manage a template. It possess its own dictionary
> and is fully capable to build a coherent code by detecting all the
> controls in the template.
> 
> For text, script builder manages the truncatetail feature of the
> datagrid library.
> 
> 
> 5) Can install code in a datagrid group
> 
> DGH can install scripts for specific needs. The first script available
> allows to reorder lines in a datagrid. Other scripts will come with
> things like reorder columns (already existing in the column builder of
> DGH) or sorting.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> -Zryip TheSlug- wish you the best! 8)
> http://www.aslugontheroad.co.cc
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