[IronPython] Full forms editor with VS Express?

[Michael Foord]

Mike Krell wrote:
> On 1/12/07, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
>
>   
>> At Resolver we have the full version of Visual Studio, but we still use
>> the forms editor to create C# code.
>>
>> We use it just to create the GUI layer (mainly for our dialogs), making
>> sure that all the attributes are set to protected. Then we subclass in
>> IronPython.
>>     
>
> I'm still getting used to Forms as well as IPy.  Could you give a
> quick example or details about what the dividing line is, i.e., how
> much work does the IPy subclass take on?  How much of the dialog event
> handlers is handled in IPy?
>   
None. :-)

We merely do the layout in the forms editor and make the components 
protected rather than private. *All* the logic is done with IronPython.

Admittedly this works well for dialogs where you have no sub windows 
etc, but you could design these separately.

Michael

>    Mike
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