[izpack-devel] Heading panel, panels counter

[Bartz, Klaus]

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>Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 1:41 PM
>To: izpack-devel at berlios.de
>Subject: Re: [izpack-devel] Heading panel, panels counter
>
>
>Hi Klaus,
>
>Sorry for late answer.
>
>> Why not look into docu :-)
>
>Right ;-) I should know that since i'm update it !!
>
>> There are no changes related to the DTD although the
>> configuration will be done in install.xml.
>> A time ago I have declared (in the DTD) the key/value pair
>> <modifier> under <guipref> for other GUI modifier.
>> This can be general discussion.
>> Key/value pairs are a "soft" declaration of properties.
>> Benefit is, that no changes in the DTD are needed and therefore
>> no start problems are exist.
>> Disadvantage is, that no validation of the key name will be
>> possible because it is only declared in the documentation.
>> A false written key will be create runtime errors.
>> For a project which will be used only by few people I prefer
>> a hard declaration in the DTD. At IzPack the situation is
>> a little bit other, I think. About that I prefer soft
>> declaration for things which are nice, but not essential
>> for a installation. I can use this element in my custom panels
>> for other things without lost compatibility to the standard
>> IzPack.
>
>I agree with you that the compatibility aspect, but regarding 
>validation
>it's quite important to have one.
>Couldn't we add maybe an error message specific to this 
>situation in order
>to be able to understand the reason of the error rather than 
>having a global
>runtime error which for most of the people doesn't make any sense...
>
>> There are also changes in eng.xml. Will be nice if you can
>> actualize the languages you are attend :-)
>
>I will take care of ita, fra, eng and rus as soon as i find 
>out how to use
>the new checklangpack class.
>
>Cheers,
>Fabrice
>
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