Viewing Source Code

[jgbradley1]

Ok, I'm totally new to this IDE and haven't had time to read all the documentation (just installed it a few hours ago) so please excuse any "noob" questions I have. I come from developing blackberry apps through the Eclipse plug-in, so I'm used to seeing source code "right there". Is there a way I can view the source code for the projects I start in dragonRAD so that I can make any changes I want programmatically instead of just relying on drag-and-drop options? Again, I haven't had a lot of time to play around with the IDE yet, but I figured the answer to this thread would help some other noobs in the same situation as me.

[YiLiu]

Sorry, you can not see/modify the source code. One of the purposes for using our application is user can easily build enterprise solution for Mobile devices who does not need to have the experiences with coding.

[traigo]

I'm in the same boat.  Using Eclipse and RIM plugins/simulators for development.  I (mostly) detest WYSIWYG.  This is mainly for their impossible-to-maintain-in-code and I'm anal about efficiency especially in mobile apps where we have very limited resources.  I've had to go back to my old C class concepts for memory considerations since I'm sharing RAM,. sometimes as little as 64MB, and don't have 16+GB to play with in a dedicated server.  I prefer to see what I'm writing.  I like the idea of easy, cross-platform, ready-built components, but I want to screen.addComponent(new HandyComponent(args));
I'll give on the rapid development of prototype apps.  However, I want to refine the code before moving to testing and production.

[jgbradley1]

Yeah, I developed an application for the iPhone once and I really liked the GUI builder in Xcode. It was so sweet! They had all the drag-and-drop options, but then you could always switch back to the code and link the GUI buttons and textfield straight up. It made GUI development so fast and more creative. If the DragonRAD guy's could make their IDE work like that, I'll bet it would be (hands down) the best out there for android and blackberry GUI development.

[traigo]

I've never done iOS development, but agreed.  BlackBerry UI development is a bit on the UN-friendly side.

[IanBowles]

Just wanted to add one thing... the designer creates an xml file, which in the free version is encoded so you can't see what's in there. In the paid version of the app, this file is left as plain text so it can be edited by hand, although even then it's not really recommended.