Re: [dabo-users] General IDE issue

Author: Ed Leafe

Posted: 2009-07-06 at 12:00:09

On Jul 6, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Jacek Ka=B3ucki wrote:

> I try to explore twitterClient application with ClassDesigner:

> 1) change directory to twitterClient\ui

While I try to handle this as well as possible, it's almost =

always =20

better to start from the project's home directory.

> 2) start ClassDesigner

> 3) open tweezerForm.cdxml definition at start (class, properties and

> method forms

> are shown) - everything is ok so far

> 4) from CD File menu I open another class file - tweet.cdxml, but new

> class form didn't shows

> and method form shows tweetPanel code instead

Maybe the window is off-screen or otherwise hidden? Does its =

name =20

appear in the Window menu?

> 5) now I close all three forms, but ClassDesigner remains active in

> background,

> what wouldn't happen if I omit step 4.

That tells me that the window is open; you just can't see it for =

some =20

reason.

> Why in such situation CD remains active in background and is this

> feature or bug?

One thing you might try is to go all the way through Step 5, and =

then =20

select 'Command Window' from the File menu. That should open up an =20

interactive session window, and in that window 'self' refers to the =20

window that was active when the menu option was selected. In the =20

Command Window, run the command: self.Position =3D (50, 50)

... and see if the design surface pops into view.

-- Ed Leafe

©2009 Ed Leafe