[Mono-list] Windows Forms...wah

[fssc]

> Well, if it is that disturbing, you could always program the control to
> insert and bind to a StringListModel by default.
>
> The lack of "simplicity" of having to draw one extra component (ooooh
> :P) will be overridden by the fact that you suddenly have a powerful,
> flexible new way of populating and synchronizing the list.

It's not just one extra control, it's one for every component that has data.
Would menu items be modeled using MVC? Would there be a separate model
control that stored the menu item text? Or would one only use a menu model
control when it were necessary? Which controls shouldn't use a MCV model or
is there not dividing line, or is there a dividing line?

>
> Do we really want people to use the classic VB technique of using UI
> components to store data?!  No!  Data should be stored separately from
> the UI component.
>

It's not just VB, it's most 4gl development kits, including Windows.Forms,
Delphi, pretty much most RAD tools as far as I know on Windows? How are 4gls
on Linux organised?

Pragmatism is sometimes a necessary 'evil'

Herbert