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Title: inform editor Documentation
Post by: badger on October 08, 2020, 06:05:57 pm: Hello

can someone point me to some good reading on the inform editor. I would like to read on how to call another form from a button and such.

Badger
Title: Re: inform editor Documentation
Post by: SpriggsySpriggs on October 08, 2020, 08:24:08 pm: Right now there is no way to use more than one form.
Title: Re: inform editor Documentation
Post by: bplus on October 08, 2020, 08:53:43 pm: You know back in the 90's we didn't have forms, we just cleared the screen and started doing some other function for data basing: data entry, queries, reviewing records through different sorts. Very simple.
Title: Re: inform editor Documentation
Post by: Pete on October 09, 2020, 07:37:00 am: You know back in the 70's we didn't have personal computers. We just cleared the desktop and set up the typewriter.

Pete
Title: Re: inform editor Documentation
Post by: FellippeHeitor on October 09, 2020, 07:46:38 am: Quote from: badger on October 08, 2020, 06:05:57 pm
Hello

can someone point me to some good reading on the inform editor. I would like to read on how to call another form from a button and such.

Badger

Hi, there.

As Spriggsy said above, you can only have one form per program at the moment.

Regarding InForm’s documentation, here’s the project’s wiki: https://github.com/FellippeHeitor/InForm/wiki
Title: Re: inform editor Documentation
Post by: badger on October 09, 2020, 10:39:32 pm: Hello

I am not being pushy but will that be upgraded in the future

Badger
Title: Re: inform editor Documentation
Post by: RhoSigma on October 10, 2020, 05:09:00 am: Hi badger,

all you have ask for in your first post is possible with GuiTools, but as every pro has a con, GuiTools is for Windows only and does not have a designer tool, ie. you would need to make yourself a quick sketch of your forms and then write the setup code for you forms/objects yourself. It also uses a complete different argument method for objects called "Tag Strings", but once you are familiar with that you will see its much more flexible/expansible than static TYPE definitions for objects and maybe even for your own data organization.

Get GuiTools from the link in my signature below, extract/install it and try/run the MultiWinDemo, I guess that is what you looking for.

BTW - If you work with Linux/Mac, the you may try it with a Wine installation:
https://www.qb64.org/forum/index.php?topic=809.msg106146#msg106146
Title: Re: inform editor Documentation
Post by: badger on October 11, 2020, 05:54:37 pm: Hello

Thanks very much for the point in direction. I dont have time to really learn something really really new. I will try and finish up this program i am creating in short order by november i hope. I am getting ready to start on the hard part LOL after that i will look at your suggestion and try to learn to rewrite my software in use with the forms as guitools.

Thanks very very much

Badger
Title: Re: inform editor Documentation
Post by: RhoSigma on October 11, 2020, 07:13:32 pm: Quote from: badger on October 11, 2020, 05:54:37 pm
... after that i will look at your suggestion and try to learn to rewrite my software in use with the forms as guitools.

When the time is right for that, just ask if I can assist you in any way.