I just wanted to provide an update on what I've been working on and what I have planned.

My main goal in the short term is to create a collapsible pane. Actually, it will me more of a document container similar to the SandDock control from DivElements (http://www.divelements.com/net/). The idea would be that this new container control would replace the standard MDI frame. According to my coworker (who is a UI aficionado), MDI is old, dated and no professional-commercial application should ever use it. Instead the application should present "Windows" to the user as "Documents" in the form of tabs.

The plan is to re-use most of the controls I've already created. The two main controls used will be the tab and toolbar control. I have to make a few modifications. The tab control must allow a user to window object as a tab. I've done this in the past so it's very possible. I just have to see if I can dig up some old code. The other major modification will be to the toolbar control. I have to make it support vertical orientation. I already have this 95% working. I need to paint vertical text better.

When done I believe this control will make any PowerBuilder application look absolutely amazing.


Brad