Containment versus Importing

[Guest_imported]

Hey there,
This relates to the gui I am building. Conceptually there is a root window and the various functions the gui are accessed via buttons. My question is this:
1. Is it better to have the various window classes as subclasses of the main root window class, or alternatively, have all the sub windows as separate classes within the same package.

Thanks
LoudHoward

 

[LeonTang]

Hi,

I guess which method to use depends actually on what kind of application you are trying to create and the "things" needed to implement the application. For example, sometimes your sub-window class might have to use the parent-window variables or methods very often. So it might be good to use sub-window instead so your parent-window will not have to pass in variables to the sub-window or to create the same methods for the sub-window.

If your sub-window does not need to use the parent-window's variables or methods, you might consider creating an instance of the sub-window. But it all depends on you and your application.

Hope this helps,
Leon If you need additional help, you can email to me at zaoliang@hotmail.com I don't guaranty that I will be able to solve your problems but I will try my best