I started as a VB6'er, moved to Java, and now I'm moving to VB.net (hey I
don't make these decisions; someone who makes way more money than I do
does).
One thing that I do like in the Java/Eclipse world is the notion of a
"perspective" within an app. Given a toolbar on the left hand side of the
GUI, if you click one you get a different "perspective" (representation) of
the data. It could be "coding" or "debug" or whatever. But the basic idea is
that within the same app you can shift "views" of the same data dependant on
the task at hand.
Anyways, like I said I'm only now moving to VB.net. I know that I can dock a
toolbar to the left of the main app window, but I'm wondering if the Panel
class will be basis for my "perspectives"? Can a Panel contain anything that
I want? Splitters (including nested ones), Images, Tabs, etc? The idea would
be, of course, that hitting a button in the toolbar on the left would
display the Panel/Perspective on the right.
I'm just learning the .net GUI and will keep learning it (at least until
"the powers the be" read the next article on CNN), but any guidance y'all
could provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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