Designtime controls or code

[bigfoot]

Every book I read wants me to use the design time controls.&nbsp;&nbsp;Why is that?<br>This data-connection thing makes me crazy.. it's harder then setting up a dsn and using 3 lines of code to connect me to ado.<br>

 

[palbano]

Dear bigfoot,<br><br>&gt; it's harder then setting up a dsn and using 3 lines of code to connect me to ado.<br><br>It should not be! You can actually just use a DSN to make a data-connection! Should only be a few clicks. Once you have the data connection you can place a Recordset DTC on your page a your off to the races. You can use the recordset in other DTC's or even write code to use the recordset.<br><br>I certainly do a lot of mixing in my sites. By mixing I mean I use the DTC's and my own code blocks when needed. Using DTC's for simple tasks like creating a recordset makes the code easier to read.<br><br>Now if your not going to take advantage of the DTC's round trip power (server/client/server) then you might not want to bother and learn how to use them. But I have coded data form based pages many times using both DTC's and all hand written code. I'll take Interdev and the DTC's anytime thank you.<br><br>&quot;But, that's just my opinion... I could be wrong&quot;.<br>-pete

 

[bigfoot]

It took me a long time to use the data controls in VB.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was using BASIC when it was GWBASIC, or BASICA.<br><br>If the rest of the world uses DTC's then I guess it's time for me to also.<br>What about the grids and activex controls?<br>Don't IE give the users a nasty message saying somthing of the sort that &quot;using this may be a security risk, or gobblin&quot;?

 

[palbano]

bigfoot,<br><br>All of the DTC's produce HTML and client side script. None of them require downloading ActiveX to the browser.<br><br>The Client side ActiveX controls will require downloading and therefore a prompt to the user unless they have set up Microsoft as a trusted certificate.<br><br>Hope this helps<br>-pete

 

[bigfoot]

Oh! Cool!<br>I did not know that.&nbsp;&nbsp;I thought they were like axtivex.<br>I'll play with them this afternoon.<br>Thank you.<br><br>(as I said, I am new to VI)