Re: Dialog.List not extensible

From: [at]} <Marco>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:18:34 +0100

----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1348715936_-_- Content-type: text/plain Hi Josef Maybe you could be a potential contributor to BB 2.0 That is my branch of BlackBox where I have extended many things and done so in an elegant fashion. If you'd like to have a look at it: http://blackbox.ciot.org I had some time ago considered opening a separate mailing list in order to push BB 2.0. I didn't do it until now due to lack of interest. Best regards Marco Josef Templ wrote: Hi Everybody! I have noticed that Dialog.List is not an extensible record. May be there are good reasons from the implementation point, but as a user I want to be able to extend it in order to connect the list with appropriate application objects. Without the ability to extend Dialog.List an application needs to maintain auxiliary data structures (for mapping the list of values to application objects) outside the Dialog.List structure, which destroys any program structure. The only work around I have found so far is to wrap a Dialog.List in an enclosing record, but this implies that the resource file has to use a different link field. Any suggestions? OMS: Why is Dialog.List none extensible? - Josef Templ ---- To unsubscribe, send a message with body "SIGNOFF BLACKBOX" to LISTSERV{([at]})nowhere.xy ---- To unsubscribe, send a message with body "SIGNOFF BLACKBOX" to LISTSERV{([at]})nowhere.xy ----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1348715936_-_- Content-type: application/rtf Content-transfer-encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rtf-body.rtf" e1xydGYxXGFuc2lcYW5zaWNwZzEyNTJcZnJvbWh0bWwxIFxkZWZmMHtcZm9udHRibA0Ke1xmMFxm c3dpc3MgQXJpYWw7fQ0Ke1xmMVxmbW9kZXJuIENvdXJpZXIgTmV3O30NCntcZjJcZm5pbFxmY2hh cnNldDIgU3ltYm9sO30NCntcZjNcZm1vZGVyblxmY2hhcnNldDAgQ291cmllciBOZXc7fX0NCntc Y29sb3J0YmxccmVkMFxncmVlbjBcYmx1ZTA7XHJlZDBcZ3JlZW4wXGJsdWUyNTU7fQ0KXHVjMVxw YXJkXHBsYWluXGRlZnRhYjM2MCBcZjBcZnMyNCANCntcKlxodG1sdGFnMjQzIDwhRE9DVFlQRSBo dG1sIFBVQkxJQyAiLS8vVzNDLy9EVEQgSFRNTCA0LjAxIFRyYW5zaXRpb25hbC8vRU4iPn0NCntc KlxodG1sdGFnMyBccGFyIH0NCntcKlxodG1sdGFnMTkgPGh0bWw+fQ0Ke1wqXGh0bWx0YWcyIFxw 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