Hello all,
I've been fooling around the last day and a half with a forms designer for kixforms. Even though it says "BETA" it's really more a proof of concept that it can be done. It's not actually useable in its present state.
Although the most time consuming part is behind me, integrating all the existing controls into it will take some doing.
The ultimate goal: A VB-type forms designer for KiXforms where you can drag controls around and set their properties via GUI and then it will create the script code for you.
Hopefully, it can provide a quick way to get your forms built so you can start doing the fun stuff faster.
As of right now:
There are only two controls that can be dropped onto the form: button and checkbox. They can be moved around the form at will and the button can even be resized.
Selecting a control you've added and pressing 'Properties' gives you a view of all the properties you can modify. This list of properties is itself modifiable in the 'kix.ini' file which is in the install directory. Don't recommend modifying it at this time though, needs a lot more work first.
You can also modify Form properties by clicking on the form itself and then selecting properties.
When you have the form looking the way you want, select 'Create Script' and give it a path and it will generate exactly what you see on the form (that's the hope anyway).
Before I spend an undue amount of time on this I first wanted to check with you guys to see if it's worth pursuing or not. If nobody's gonna use it then it's gone as far as its gonna go.
Let me know what you think. You can get it here
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Stevie
