Hi,

I have two questions.

Is it possible to change the lay-out easily when the web application is finished?

If possible must every component changed manually or is this possible via a global file similar to css?

Mike wrote:

Hi,

I have two questions.

Is it possible to change the lay-out easily when the web application is finished (in development fase)?

If possible must every component changed manually or is this possible via a global file similar to css?

<< Is it possible to change the lay-out easily when the web application is finished (in development fase)?
If possible must every component changed manually or is this possible via a global file similar to css? >>

Mike:

(1) You create the interface with EWB at Design-time, so if you want to change the layout at Run-time you would have to do it via code. Depending on your needs, yes you can layout accordingly using the Layout properties of the component. Layout.Position := lpRight and Layout.Consumption := lcRight and Margins.Left := 90 for example.

(2) No. There is no global setting file that allows this.

Trinione wrote:

<< Is it possible to change the lay-out easily when the web application is finished (in development fase)?
If possible must every component changed manually or is this possible via a global file similar to css? >>

It really depends on what you want to do.

If you put everything into the wrong type of container, like a non-sizeable box and you want a sizeable, you can edit the project with NOTEPAD (MAKE A BACKUP FIRST), and change the container.

Erick

Thank you for the information.

Is this the same for style of components (borders, colors)?

Mike wrote:

> Is it possible to change the lay-out easily when the web application
> is finished?
>
> If possible must every component changed manually or is this possible
> via a global file similar to css?

This sounds like harking back to the "old days" of web applications.
You'd specify the components etc, but the visual look would be done
using CSS separately, so the designer could come along later and theme
it. WebBuilder is more like the Visual Basic for the Web Browser, and
allows you to control every aspect. The theme part though is controlled
with the interface designer, so you can take the same code, and apply a
different interface to it. This then allows you to make it look
completely different, but to do so you use the EWB IDE and not a CSS
file. FWIW, this is working well for me, allowing the same forms to be
used in two different looking applications. The new layout system makes
for a very simple switch, as the changing size of anything will
typically not change the layout settings.

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Matthew Jones

Mike,

<< Is it possible to change the lay-out easily when the web application is finished? >>

What do you mean by "layout", exactly ?  Do you mean the Layout properties in EWB, or the "look and feel" that is controlled via the control interfaces ?

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

With layout I mean for the most the look and feel but changing layout afterwards could also occur,

Mike,

<< With layout I mean for the most the look and feel but changing layout afterwards could also occur, >>

The control interfaces dictate how a control looks with respect to its "built-in" look and feel, but can be overridden in many cases with new fonts, sizes, colors, etc.

As for the layout, you can *always* change the layout of a control with respect to how it is positioned, stretched, etc. within its container.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Thank you for the info.

Time for some development en testing