Widgets' Use Cases and Bytes Added to App

[Richard Gaskin]

Trevor DeVore wrote:

 > On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
 >
 >> With the group message, behaviors, before and after handlers,
 >> getProp and setProp, and other such goodies, I can't think of
 >> a project I've worked on in recent years that hasn't made
 >> extensive use of custom controls.
 >>
 >> In fact, many that I need are one-offs needed only for a specific
 >> project.  They're easy enough to write on LC Script that it takes
 >> almost no time at all, and keeps the code and property management
 >> well centralized for easy development and maintenance.
 >
 > Richard,
 >
 > I imagine the problem Paul is trying to solve is that of keeping a
 > custom control up to date. It isn't about how easy the custom control
 > is to create, it's about how easy it is to update the control across
 > an entire project as the control evolves.

True, Widgets make that more convenient.

But if you need editable text or other LC-native controls, like the 
great bard Donald Rumsfeld reminds us, "You go to war with the army you 
have".

If needed, it doesn't take but a few minutes to make a tool to replace 
custom controls from a template.  Most of the ones I've made begin as 
templates anyway so I can work out the details in isolation before 
copying them into place.  Helps keep them self-contained to make 'em 
that way.

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  Richard Gaskin
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