Hello Everyone!

A little background:
I'm at a point with Lasso that I need to redefine how I write and
organize my code.
99% of my work centers around cart and administrative systems for
clients.
I typically keep as much of my Lasso code as possible in include
folders and pages, separating it from the HTML code. Most clients
never touch any code whatsoever, but a few maintain their design with
programs such as Dreamweaver (With little to no knowledge of even
basic HTML), making it problematic as they tend to "munge" any Lasso
type code on the pages.

I spend the majority of my time working with forms, database updates,
searches and reports for the administrative section work.
For the cart side of things, the biggest problem I run into is making
the code "compartmentalized"; trying to make it easy to add additional
features into existing solutions. At some point, I hit a wall where
the entire process needs to be re-written because added features begin
to "degrade' others.
Most of the administrative sections I write tend to use "one file"
systems, so I'm familiar with, and like the concept.

I'm not too concerned at this point about integrating something like
Knop into an existing system, but rather using it from the ground up
on new systems (I have a big re-write of an existing system that I'm
going to be starting later thins month).

I've read over the manual, looked at the examples and started looking
at some of the pages (like the Knop.lasso page). It's a bit daunting
at this point, and I'm sure I'll have some annoying questions for the
list. For example, does anyone have a sample form page they could
show me that allows for form fields to be pre-populated if the
information is there, already formated with HTML? (example of what I
do now:

<input name="main_part_1" type="radio" value="b" [if:($plan_info-
>find:'main_part_1')=='b'] checked[/if]>

I know It seems stupid, but It makes it a lot easier for me to see
that then the "1-simple-form" example :)

Thanks Johan and all the others for your patience!
Seeing the names on the mailing list, I can see there are a lot of
"old timers" here, letting me know that If I can wrap my head around
this, It must be a good choice :)

Those that remember me probably remember the list woes experienced
with the change over from Mac OS 9 systems, to OS X, 3 different list
server software changes, and 2 office moves all within about 6
months. As the Systems Admin at Blueworld back in the mid 90's, I'm
sure there was some colorful language that was used when my name came
up regarding the lists :)

Thanks also to Jolle for the "invitation" on the Lasso list to take a
closer look at Knop!


James

James Sheffer jim@higherpowered.com
Lasso Developer http://www.higherpowered.com
phone: 469-256-0268




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