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-== GUI frameworks ==
+Deprecated: this only applied to the winforms client
-The default framework used by OpenPetra.org at the moment is Windows.Forms. This is due to quite a lot of existing code that has already been written for Petra using Winforms.
-For a discussion and comparison of several GUI frameworks, see [[GUI Frameworks Comparison]]
-== GUI internationalisation ==
-see [[Comparison I18N]]
-== Code Generation ==
-* [[Code Generation for GUI vs WYSIWYG design of GUI]]
-* [[Documentation GUI generation with YAML]]
-== GUI Style guide ==
-* see eg. http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/ GNOME Human Interface Guidelines 2.2
-== General screen types and layouts ==
-* Special screens (unique): Login screen, Intranet Export, etc
-* main screens: provide the menus that the user needs to get to all the appropriate screens
-* CRUD operations for single table (Create, Read, Update, Delete: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Create,_read,_update_and_delete)
-* Find screens
-* Export screens
-* Complex Edit screens, with many tabs etc
-* Assistants: guide the user through complex operations
-* report parameter screens: the user selects the options for a report to run
-* [[Architecture Edit screens]]
-* [[Navigation and Dashboard]]
-== Controls / Widgets ==
-These controls have been quite useful or will become more important:
-* Grid
-** icons, checkboxes in columns
-** load from datatable
-** refresh data
-** select row or column
-** delayed data loading
-** at the moment only used readonly
-** sort by column
-** tooltips for row
-** for Windows.forms, we are using [http://www.codeplex.com/sourcegrid/ DevAge SourceGrid] (MIT license, compatible to GPL)
-* Edit Field for Partner Key with Search button
-* Toolbar
-** show tooltips for the toolbar buttons
-* Balloon special non modal message boxes http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/balloonnet.aspx (CPOL license, problem with GPL)
-* Statusbar/Tooltips
-** TODO explanation is taken from the Shared Datastore, the help text from petra.xml
-** Edit fields: if you tab into a field, or click with the mouse into it, the explanation should be displayed in the statusbar
-** Edit fields: if you hover with the mouse over an edit field, the tooltip should display the explanation
-** buttons work the same as the edit fields
-** menu items: no tooltip, no statusbar info
-** toolbar buttons: show tooltips
-** using 3rd party control: [http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/statusbartext.aspx EWSoftware.StatusBarText]@CodeProject (Problem: CodeProject license not compatible to GPL? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Project_Open_License_(CPOL) Wikipedia CPOL])
-* Groupbox that can be collapsed
-** save space
-** tooltip on the +/-
-** shortcut key to collapse/open
-** yellow background for part of the groupbox text when it is collapsed (subcaption, partner class)
-* Restore the window state and position
-* XP Style Task Panel
-=== Overview Comboboxes ===
-'''TCmbAutoPopulated''':
-* defined in Ict.Petra.Client.CommonControls
-* derived from System.Windows.Forms.UserControl
-* contains a TCmbLabelled control
-* can load data from the server or cache, using TListTableEnum values;
-** also works with TListTableEnum.UserDefinedList, then you have to set the property Table before you call TCmbAutoPopulated::InitialiseUserControl()
-'''TCmbLabelled''':
-* defined in Ict.Common.Controls
-* derived from System.Windows.Forms.UserControl
-* contains a TCmbVersatile and Label control
-'''TCmbVersatile''':
-* defined in Ict.Common.Controls
-* derived from TCmbAutoComplete
-* allows to display several columns in the dropdown list
-'''TCmbAutoComplete''':
-* defined in Ict.Common.Controls
-* derived from System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox

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