[ALLY] Re: Wiring non-vid faces and vid faces together
From: allenk:powerup:au at: 10-Apr-2001 8:50
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From: "Carl Sassenrath" <[carl--rebol--com]>
To: <[ally-list--rebol--com]>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 12:28 PM
Subject: [ALLY] Re: Wiring non-vid faces and vid faces together
> Brett,
>
> A good question.
>
> Yes, VID was created to allow this kind of mixing, and we often do it in
> larger applications.
>
> The VID face definition is a superset of the View face definition. So, if
> you mix the two, it's best to use VID faces to start, because they have
> within them the View face fields as well.
>
> In fact, VID face should hold nearly all the info you need for doing
dynamic
> layout. We often write "resize" functions that do just that, using what's
> already in the face pane.
>
> -Carl
Another approach when you are thinking of mixing the two but want to reuse
as much functionality in the style as possible, is to utilise STYLIZE and
create a new style. Using 'with within a style you can get as low level and
FACE- like as you want, but you still have all the inherited benefits of the
style.
Cheers,
Allen K
