[AccessD] Find First in an Array? - The Solution Revisited - Now Tag is the Answer

I sense a "tag war" coming on...

;-)

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Drew Wutka wrote:
> Yes...it does.
> 
> If you are using the tag property for EVERY control in every form, then
> how do you use that same property for something else?
> 
> You could copy the value out, but what if, during the process where the
> tag is holding your value, it tries to use the tag for the translation?
> It won't work right.
> 
> Besides, one of the great purposes of a tag is that it will let you
> store arbitrary information about a control at design time.  Why waste
> that functionality in an entire app, when you can 'translate' in other
> ways that leave the tags alone?  
> 
> Drew
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 3:23 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Find First in an Array? - The Solution Revisited
> - Now Tag is the Answer
> 
> Drew,
> 
> <<Sorry to chime in here late...but if you use tags for a system wide
> process you completely eliminate the ability to use the tags on the fly
> for other purposes.  >>
> 
>   No you don't; code for manipulating tags to store multiple values has
> been
> floating around since A2 and has been discussed numerous times on this
> list.
> 
> Jim.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:27 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Find First in an Array? - The Solution Revisited
> -
> Now Tag is the Answer
> 
> Sorry to chime in here late...but if you use tags for a system wide
> process you completely eliminate the ability to use the tags on the fly
> for other purposes.  
> 
> 300k in memory is nothing nowadays.  If we were designing systems back
> in the 80's and 90's, sure, but in today's world, most cell phones have
> more computing power then a high end system in the early 90's.
> 
> I didn't read every detail in the 'tag' solution, but I believe it
> required saving the design of the forms.  Using a class solution (and
> using the Event driven method, so that translations can be changed by
> the user) prevents constantly having to redesign every form.  And leaves
> the tags available for other purposes.
> 
> Drew
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 11:29 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Find First in an Array? - The Solution Revisited
> - Now Tag is the Answer
> 
> OK.  But the whole point of the tag goes away when you have a wrapper
> class.  The purpose of a tag 
> is to contain "anything" that the developer wants for that form.  Once I
> have a wrapper class I can 
> simply create new properties of the class, with strong typing, etc.
> 
> If you have a class you no longer need a tag, never mind a whole
> collection of them.
> 
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
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