I finally got a chance to finish the control creation tutorial, and you can
view it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZEQBqP8NME

If you have any questions/comments, please feel free to include them here.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Thanks Tim, that was very useful.  I have a better understanding now of how it all fits together.

The component creation capabilities of EWB2 look very powerful, and relatively easy.

= Steve

Tim,

> I finally got a chance to finish the control creation tutorial, and you
> can view it here:

thanks for that. Very good tutorial!

I'd like to create a control that derives from TBasicPanel and has an
autosize property which conforms with the background's image's bounds.

How can I get width and height of the background image?

Thanks Uli

Uli,

<< I'd like to create a control that derives from TBasicPanel and has an
autosize property which conforms with the background's image's bounds.

How can I get width and height of the background image? >>

You can't, other than to load it into a TImage and wait until it's loaded to
get the width and height.  This is a browser limitation, not an EWB one.

BTW, I got rid of the focus, etc. for the web controls (TImage, TPlugin,
TBrowser), so you can now change those properties.  After reviewing it for a
while, I decided that the focus was a lot less important than the styling,
and the focus never worked right for TPlugin/TBrowser controls, anyways.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Steve,

<< Thanks Tim, that was very useful.  I have a better understanding now of
how it all fits together. >>

The next one will be about re-skinning forms and other existing controls, so
that should answer the second question in most people's minds.

<< The component creation capabilities of EWB2 look very powerful, and
relatively easy. >>

Yes, it's easy to fix/tweak the interfaces, so you can get a really quick
iterative process going with the UI design.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Tim,

> BTW, I got rid of the focus, etc. for the web controls (TImage, TPlugin,
> TBrowser), so you can now change those properties.  After reviewing it
> for a while, I decided that the focus was a lot less important than the
> styling, and the focus never worked right for TPlugin/TBrowser controls,
> anyways.

Good decision Thanks for that.

Uli

Hi Tim,

<< The next one will be about re-skinning forms and other existing controls, so
that should answer the second question in most people's minds. >>

Hey, that *was* my next question.  Looking forward to it.

= Steve

"Tim Young [Elevate Software]" wrote:

>>The next one will be about re-skinning forms and other existing controls, so
>>that should answer the second question in most people's minds.

Very nice Tim
When is the next one due?
Sorry - but keen to see "how best" before I dive in
Cheers

Mark,

<< When is the next one due? >>

Hopefully this week, but probably sometime this weekend.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Tim Young [Elevate Software] wrote:

> << When is the next one due? >>
>
> Hopefully this week, but probably sometime this weekend.

I'm not sure whether to say this because I wasn't sure if it is
applicable to just me or others, but for me, the pace of the video
could have been faster. I pondered though how I'd feel if I didn't
already know this stuff, and how sometimes I hate that people go so
fast and I've not had a chance to actually examine the code and
understand it.

Would be interested to know how others feel on this. It wasn't too
slow, and it would be better to be slower than fast. But it makes sense
to discuss now (if anyone has a view) than after all the videos are
done.

Just a thought.