Data-aware Forms versus References to Custom Collections and Broadcasters

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Data-aware Forms versus References to Custom Collections and Broadcasters

OCI Enterprise business objects and user-interfaces implement two style of architecture.

  1. Data-aware forms which directly reference the TDataSet result sets in their business objects
  2. Non-data aware forms which "listen" to changes to business object properties

Whenever possible you should use data-aware forms. The advantages of the data-aware approach are:

The limitations of the data-aware approach are

For an example of the data-aware approach see the Producer system. For am example of the custom approach see the Legal System.



-- Anonymous, January 24, 2000

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