Re: Storing derived and derivable data

Jay Dee wrote:
> Kenneth Downs wrote:
>> Jay Dee wrote:
>>> Kenneth Downs wrote:

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> And, from what I gather, Andromeda provides some sort of framework
> for performing designer-specified operations when some 'data
> manipulation events' occur, is that right?
>
> I can see where this might be very useful, but I suspect that
> usefulness has bounds. And, in that regard, Andromeda is very much
> like many other 'interface builder' or 'application builder' or
> 'report builder' or even 'system builder' tools out there. I've
> used more than a couple, and it seems that everything works as
> long as you don't need anything the tool designers didn't provide
> features for. At that point, one has had to abandon the tool and
> start coding "by hand." Whether - or when - one can use the tool
> again has always created a point of no return decision in my
> development projects.

This is true - in my book it is all or nothing. Using a tool that you know you will have to jettison before the project is completed is no fun at all.

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> Have you asked the Andromeda authors?

Ken is the Andromeda author!

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Cheers, Frank. Received on Tue May 09 2006 - 09:32:16 CEST