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should the XSharp.Tools.WPF library depend on the XSharp.VO library or only on on the XSharp.Core library?
Cons:
for a new application, VO datatypes could be left behind
a WPF application could also be written in other languages, using the XSharp.Tools.WPF library
Pros:
even in a WPF application I would see the Transform() function as needed - and this function is in the XSharp.VO library
a WPF application should also be able to use our older business logic that may make use of the Date datatype, codeblocks, arrays or the AScan()/ASort() functions
the internal code of the library will be smaller and faster if functions from both libraries can be used
Personally, I would go for a dependeny on both XSharp.Core and XSharp.VO libraries - I have to admit that it boosted my productivity when I started to use the X# runtime in my pure X# applications.
Wolfgang
Wolfgang Riedmann
Meran, South Tyrol, Italy
wolfgang@riedmann.it
https://www.riedmann.it - https://docs.xsharp.it
In my opinion, it would be best to have a XSharp.Tools.WPF library in Core dialect, and this would contain the maximum amount of the VO function transcribed in Core dialect. It was one of the first libraries I wrote in XS that emulated the most used functions from VO (like Str (), WorkDir (), Left (), Right (), Val (), Len () .... ).
that is what I tought first, but when I discovered that the Transform() method is in the XSharp.VO library (because of the support for Date and Usual).
And IMHO a Picture property is absolutely essential to every business application - and that needs the Transform() function.
In my first X# applications, I had rewritten also all these functions, but now I'm returning to the versions of the runtime - it makes much more sense to me.
Wolfgang
Wolfgang Riedmann
Meran, South Tyrol, Italy
wolfgang@riedmann.it
https://www.riedmann.it - https://docs.xsharp.it
I tried to convert one small WPF app from core dialect to VO dialect. I just had to fix more "." to ":" otherwise everything worked OK. Is there anything in Core dialect that will not work in VO dialect?
