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- Item 8283874 21-June-89 17:22
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- From: D2086 Efficient Field Svc, C Faith, PRT
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- To: ROSENSTEIN1 Rosenstein, Larry
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- cc: MACAPP.TECH$ MACAPP Tech
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- Sub: Re Re doc rethink
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- Larry,
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- In your reply you stated that:
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- "I think it is the application's job to know about all its documents, just as
- the document knows about all its windows."
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- I agree, but do you think it is the applications job to know about all the
- windows that its documents deal with? How about all the menu items that apply
- to creating those windows?
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- I think the whole point of my argument is that the application should only
- concern itself with its documents and windows that don't have any documents.
- It should not concern itself with the windows of documents. Which it does have
- to do under the current structure, since TDocument cannot get access to the
- menu commands for creating a window unless it has a window in front, which is
- not something one can count on.
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- "What would you propose setting gTarget to?"
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- How about the owning document if the window does not close the document?
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- I hope I am not wearing this issue too thin, I do think it is an important one.
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- You stated that only accounting and database programs have been said to be
- affected. There are an incredible amount of different applications that use
- databases and accounting, especially in the inhouse development that probably
- accounts for more than 1/2 of MacApp development.
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- Thanks for the effort you put into your replies,
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- Curtis Faith
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