Re: Property sheet, ad hoc, property page, flexible data

From: AC <AC_at_No.spam>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:07:44 GMT
Message-ID: <kayDe.18481$ph1.15292@trnddc06>

"Marshall Spight" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:1121807621.002997.198520_at_g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> AC wrote:
>>
>> I am looking for a solution that hopefully someone here has tackled. I
>> want
>> to create "base" tables with fields that are intrinsic to the
>> application.
>> I also want to allow the customers using the application to be able to
>> create their own fields so that they can easily customize the
>> application.

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>> How would you handle this?
>

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>
> No schema, no semantics.
> Know schema, know semantics.
>
> Okay, so it's bumper-sticker level material, but it gets the
> point across: if you don't have a schema for something, you
> don't know jack about it.

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>
> Marshall

If I load the ad hoc data into a grid what else would I need to know? This type of customization was part of Symantec ACT and some other contact management programs. How else do you easily allow customization of a program?

Regards Received on Wed Jul 20 2005 - 15:07:44 CDT