[futurebasic] Re: [FB] Is the edit field dead?

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From: michael evans <michael.evans@...>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:05:30 -0500
on 11/12/03 10:57 AM, Bernie Wylde at bernie.w@... wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> For those of us who are developing purely for OS X, is it time to
> abandon the good old edit field? After all, it appears there are Carbon
> controls that can do everything an edit field can do, and more...
> 
> ...or are there?
> 
> Off the top of my head, a couple of major disadvantages with edit
> fields is that they can't be embedded in other controls and are limited
> to 32K. Are there any _advantages_ ?
> 
> I'd be interested in any comments.
> 
> Bernie
> 
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OK, what ***exactly*** would replace the traditional EF?
More importantly, who would document such a change?

Cheers,

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