Don, I feel your pain. They took our old clunker and are giving us a collection of amazing car parts (plus instructions).
Here is one approach to giving the user a clue via "menus": http://cdinc.co/Updates/SimpleWP.zip. It requires v16R3, which introduced some WPro standard actions. Keith - CDI > On Jul 10, 2017, at 5:05 PM, Don Lapin via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello, > > I have just started looking at the 4D Write Pro interface. > > Currently I have an "old" (current) 4D Write area embedded into a fairly > complex form (25 tabs, lots of fields and listboxes, etc.). The program > generates complex, multi-page documents procedurally using 4D Write commands. > > When the users work with the current 4D Write interface, it looks like a > normal word processor, and they know what to do without help. Click into some > text to see the style sheet. There's adequate room to see the document and > its margins. > > The "new" interface consists of a stylized widget on the right side, which > consumes about one third of the available form space. No menus. The ruler is > three times as thick as the old one. There don't appear to be open and save > options. > > Tech support suggested that if I wanted a more conventional interface, I > could create it myself. > > Is anyone aware of a plug-in or component that provides a normal interface > for 4D Write Pro? Or is 4D Write Pro actually intended for some other use > than its predecessor? > > Thanks, > Don > > > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
