Re: Scriptable dynamic forms applications

Abdullah Kauchali wrote:

> Ok, I've just been thinking hard about this. I've decided not to
> limit the scripting capabilities within the finished application - no
> matter how powerful or dangerous things may get.

All the best! I hope you don't get into serious support issues.

> Our need for scripting comes from challenges involved in making
> changes to the application every 4-6 months (growing horizontally
> viz. new tables, business rules etc in addition to the older tables
> which will still be used.) However, we are not too sure about the
> extent of difference ito client side business rules and the extent at
> which inter application collaboration is to happen. Because of this
> uncertainty, it will be foolish to limit now what we may need later.

I agree. If you're writing something like Microsoft Word etc. you would
do well to allow complete automation, changes etc. In fact I'd say give
scripting support to anything - just that form design business can get
quite complicated to support. Scripting is much simpler, at least from
a programmer point of view. (programmers DO have to perform support
tasks sometimes)

> "With great power comes great responsibility".

(this just reminds me of Harry Potter :) )

Also with great power come seat belts, airbags and dual side impact
beams....

--
Deepak Shenoy (TeamB)
Agni Software (http://www.agnisoft.com)
Blog: http://shenoyatwork.blogspot.com
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