Databound controls and best practices
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What is the current feeling about the use of databound controls? When I first started using a RAD framework I remember many people on the message boards that I belonged to were very much against the use of databound controls. IMO they greatly speed up development - but are they considered a good practice in the industry?
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What is the current feeling about the use of databound controls? When I first started using a RAD framework I remember many people on the message boards that I belonged to were very much against the use of databound controls. IMO they greatly speed up development - but are they considered a good practice in the industry?
I can't imagine why anyone would be against a data bound control. What was the reasoning ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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I can't imagine why anyone would be against a data bound control. What was the reasoning ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
I think what he means is the early binding learnt by most newbies from the MS tutorials which I think stink. OTOH manually populating controls is just stupid.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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I can't imagine why anyone would be against a data bound control. What was the reasoning ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
My apologies, my memories of the arguments are poor. This was back in the day when I was using Borland Builder. I seem to recall that many of the people on their news groups thought that the use of databound was evil. I even worked for a man who used Delphi who refused to allow his staff to use databound controls. I have always used them, because IMO, it is part of the point of using a RAD tool - and I am using them heavily now. But I was curious what the industry's view is.