RE: [Pythoncard-users] refactored resourceEditor with new Property Editor window

I just checked in some more changes:
I created a Run Options dialog for setting the command-line options for the
Run command and removed them from the Options menu. I moved the Duplicate
and Delete menu items from the Components menu to the Edit menu. I renamed
the View->Attributes menu item to View->Resource...

ka
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pyt...@li...
> [mailto:pyt...@li...]On Behalf Of Kevin
> Altis
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 5:39 PM
> To: pythoncard-Users
> Subject: [Pythoncard-users] refactored resourceEditor with new Property
> Editor window
>
>
> I changed the resourceEditor so that it no longer relies on the runtime
> Property Editor. I've checked in the changes to cvs.
>
> I created a Property Editor background
> (modules\propertyEditor.py) based on
> the runtime Property Editor so that the resourceEditor would be a little
> more intuitive. Eventually, I'm going to redo the layout of the
> window, but
> not for this next release.
>
> The changes I made should make the resourceEditor more intuitive and
> streamline the layout process. When you Add a component a unique name is
> automatically chosen and the component is placed on the layout;
> the user is
> no longer required to use the TextEntryDialog to set values for the
> initialization dictionary. When you select a component in the Property
> Editor, it is automatically selected on the layout. The resizing
> handles are
> automatically updated to reflect the new position and size of a component.
> You can change attributes that were previously read-only: name, alignment,
> layout, style, border. The resourceEditor will recreate the component and
> put it back in the layout in its original order. Note that I am
> not locking
> the screen yet, so updates to the layout and Property Editor
> lists are shown
> while the component order is updated. I plan to hide the updates
> before the
> next release. With these changes, there should no longer be a need to
> manually edit a .rsrc.py file.
>
> Since I'm still testing the changes, the Shell is automatically
> opened when
> the resourceEditor starts up and the new window is titled "Property Editor
> 2" so it isn't confused with the regular runtime Property Editor. I would
> appreciate feedback and testing of the changes from anyone that
> is using the
> cvs version of PythonCardPrototype. I don't want to make a new
> release until
> I'm sure the kinks are worked out. In case of bugs, please only work on
> duplicates of resource files to avoid losing any data.
>
> ka
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Pythoncard-users mailing list
> Pyt...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pythoncard-users
>