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Mon, Jun 6 2011 4:12 PMPermanent Link

Rony Gellaerts

Tim,

Is it possible to:

1) Add a 'Word wrap' checkbox to the SQL editor, so we don't need the horizontal scrollbar anymore to view the whole line.

2) Turn the tabpages into MDI windows. This makes it possible to view more then one window (SQL, properties, ...) at the same time.

Thanks in advance,
Rony Gellaerts
Thu, Jun 9 2011 3:29 PMPermanent Link

Tim Young [Elevate Software]

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Rony,

<< 1) Add a 'Word wrap' checkbox to the SQL editor, so we don't need the
horizontal scrollbar anymore to view the whole line. >>

Yes, this is already on the list, and will probably make it in the next
minor release when I do some architectural improvements to the editor.

<< 2) Turn the tabpages into MDI windows. This makes it possible to view
more then one window (SQL, properties, ...) at the same time. >>

This is a definite no.  MDI is really not something that is supported well
anymore in Delphi/Windows, and trying to do so would be problematic.

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Tim Young
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Fri, Jun 10 2011 3:35 AMPermanent Link

David Cornelius

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<< MDI is really not something that is supported well anymore in
Delphi/Windows >>

Really?  I must be out of the loop.  Can you point us to some articles about
this topic?  Word and Excel 2010 still appear to use MDI.


David Cornelius
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Fri, Jun 10 2011 4:19 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

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David


>Really? I must be out of the loop. Can you point us to some articles about
>this topic? Word and Excel 2010 still appear to use MDI.

I don't think either Word or Excel has used MDI for ages. Unless you consider the desktop the container Smiley

Both of them create separate SDI instances with their own button on the taskbar. I don't know the correct terminology but I don't think its MDI.

Roy Lambert
Fri, Jun 10 2011 4:30 AMPermanent Link

David Cornelius

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Fri, Jun 10 2011 4:50 AMPermanent Link

Rony Gellaerts


<<I don't think either Word or Excel has used MDI for ages. Unless you consider the desktop the container Smiley

Both of them create separate SDI instances with their own button on the taskbar. I don't know the correct terminology but I don't think its MDI.>>

It really doesn't matter how you call it or implement it. Maybe Tim can achieve the 'functionality' by using floating and dockable panels ?

Rony Gellaerts
Fri, Jun 10 2011 5:06 AMPermanent Link

David Cornelius

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Just read several MDI discussions on stackoverflow.com.  I guess there's so
much advantage to NOT using them and some confusion when they are used,
they're not being used much anymore.

I was more curious than anything and have found them useful at times.  I
would've like to see them in EDB Manager for more layout flexibility, but
it's not a biggie.

David Cornelius
Cornelius Concepts
Fri, Jun 10 2011 6:32 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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David


That'll teach me to open my big mouth Smiley I now realise I last updated my Office Suite in 2007. A quick search on the web gave me this


If you double click files to open them, they will usually all open in the one instance of Excel.
Excel is still an MDI (multiple document interface) application which only simulates New SDI (single document interface) by listing all its child windows on the Task Bar. It still keeps all its child windows within the MDIParent window. Compare this to Word's behaviour which is truly New SDI.


Roy Lambert
Fri, Jun 10 2011 6:33 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

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David


How do you close one of the workbooks? I can't see any system buttons on the individual books.

Roy Lambert
Fri, Jun 10 2011 7:10 AMPermanent Link

David Cornelius

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There are "X"s in the upper-right of each MDI window.  The one upper-right
corner that you can see, is inactive, so it hid the min/max/close buttons.
The active window is moved off the right to show that it is not over the
main application, but inside it.  Only the minimize button is showing.

David Cornelius
Cornelius Concepts
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