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 Template Maker with PHPRunner?

1/31/2007 2:07:55 PM
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lawfour author

Hi
I was wondering if there are any plans to incorporate a template maker so people can design the DB the way they want it instead of the normal default version. Designing it in the visual editor really isn't going to help because most of the time when I click on build it has a error saying that some of the pages can not be changed and to hit reset if changes aren't made. Of course when you hit reset you lose everything you designed and the default page is displayed.
Even if the template is a separate program I can use with PHPRunner that would fine with me.
Thanks

Admin 1/31/2007

What functionality would you expect from the template editor?
The problem with "page needs to be reset" is that changes made to the project are not compatible with changes you made in Visual Editor.

Template editor will face exactly same issue if you make similar changes in two places at once.
If you have a reproducable way to generate a page conflict please contact me directly at support@xlinesoft.com.

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Sidewinder 1/31/2007

I get the same thing but it is only on the first time i build after installing the latest upgrades. I do nothing and everything works fine but the next time i install a new build i get the errors on the first build and then all is find

Pfeiffer 2/2/2007

Hello support
here my suggestion to solve the problem.
Problem :

difficult layouts mith many rows and columns are often destroyed, when PHP-Runner recreates the HTML-Layout because of

changes of version or changes in step 6 of generator.
Suggestion :

  1. the function to reset a page manually is okay. User has the possibility to use it, if his page has an error.

    This is a standard function in PHP-Runner
  2. add a new internal field to mark the layout for edit/add... page for NOT automatically recreation under any

    circumstances. Even if I add a new field to the layout in step 6 this internal field will prevent PHPRunner to

    recreate and add this filed in my layout-definition. It's in my responsibility to change my code manually in HTML-Layout if I

    want to use the new field further. (You allow the user too to manipultae then sql-String on his own risk !!!) This would be

    a similar function here. Only advanced users should use it. Normal users can use the normal functionality of PHPRunner.
  3. it would be helpful if you add in layout the possibility to select all possible fields for edit/add-Layout and show the souce-code

    to integrate the choosen filed in my layout. (Often I copy the code from another field and then i make the changes by

    myself. It's easy to understand, how PHPRunner needs the field input syntax for html.
    What do you think about it ?
    The manipulation of the html-outfit is one of the most important improvements in the last version.

    My customers are very satisfied that I can create special layouts for edit/add...
    Best regards

    Uwe Pfeiffer

Admin 2/2/2007

Uwe,
thank you for the great insight!
We'll definitely add an option to insert a View/Edit control based on the the list of available fields.

We should have it ready later this month.