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*Status: '''experimental''' implementation exists in kexi/plugins/quickforms, kexi_quickform_piggz branch. | |||
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__TOC__ | __TOC__ | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Initial blog entry: [http://www.piggz.co.uk/?q=blog/2014/01/08/creating-fluid-powerful-kexi-forms] | |||
Microsoft Access has powerful VBA forms allowing many tasks to be performed. Kexi forms are limited to data-bindings and macro execution. To have something as powerful as VBA it is preferential to not re-invent the wheel. QtQuick provides a extensible set of basic components, and a pwoerful scripting language that can be extended with application specific functionality. | |||
QtQuick forms in Kexi will give us a powerful framework for allowing the user to build complex and fluid forms, backed by javascript scripting and kexi specific bindings. | |||
Constraints: | |||
*Qt Quick-based forms do not replace QWidget-based forms but complement them. | |||
*They are not interchangeable and probably cannot be combined (except one can be opened using "open" action). | |||
==Use cases== | ==Use cases== | ||
*Menu system/navigation | |||
*Data Entry | |||
*Data based application development using kexi locked-down mode | |||
==Requirements== | ==Requirements== | ||
*We should build some kexi specific components to simplify building forms | |||
*Examples: | |||
**KexiButton | |||
**KexiField | |||
*We should provide bindings to control the Kexi instance (already mostly covered) | |||
*We should provide bindings to the current record data and record navigation functions | |||
*We could provide some file io functionality | |||
Latest revision as of 19:09, 22 September 2014
Design page for task Add Qt Quick-based forms.
- Started: piggz, Jan 2014
- Status: experimental implementation exists in kexi/plugins/quickforms, kexi_quickform_piggz branch.
- Wish #????
Introduction
Initial blog entry: [1]
Microsoft Access has powerful VBA forms allowing many tasks to be performed. Kexi forms are limited to data-bindings and macro execution. To have something as powerful as VBA it is preferential to not re-invent the wheel. QtQuick provides a extensible set of basic components, and a pwoerful scripting language that can be extended with application specific functionality.
QtQuick forms in Kexi will give us a powerful framework for allowing the user to build complex and fluid forms, backed by javascript scripting and kexi specific bindings.
Constraints:
- Qt Quick-based forms do not replace QWidget-based forms but complement them.
- They are not interchangeable and probably cannot be combined (except one can be opened using "open" action).
Use cases
- Menu system/navigation
- Data Entry
- Data based application development using kexi locked-down mode
Requirements
- We should build some kexi specific components to simplify building forms
- Examples:
- KexiButton
- KexiField
- We should provide bindings to control the Kexi instance (already mostly covered)
- We should provide bindings to the current record data and record navigation functions
- We could provide some file io functionality