Actor Framework UI Communication

[CanadaGuy]

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@McQuillan wrote:

I tried to comment a while ago, but there were some "technical issues" so I'm not sure if it got posted (sorry if this is a repeat!)

I've been using this toolkit from MGI and I really like it:

http://www.mooregoodideas.com/products/panel-manager/index.html

When using AF for a UI it is very common to use subpanels. I love them, they make for a very clean UI, I've implemented my UIs with drag and drop between several subpanels. The toolkit I linked, makes it very easy to manager all the subpanel references.

When you install the toolkit, it comes with come examples to get you started 

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MGI toolkit aside for the moment (I'll revisit that later), is it pretty clear cut that to insert an Actor Core as a subpanel, you need to create an actor tree similar to the following with a few helper classes? Namely, create a parent actor that will be insertable and acts as a proxy with the helper classes?

https://forums.ni.com/t5/Actor-Framework-Documents/How-to-Embed-a-Nested-Actor-s-Front-Panel-into-a-...

[paul.r]

Do you need to? No. Should you? Yes - Allen Smith is a very, very good programmer, and I believe one of the writers of the actor framework. Probably a good idea to listen to him. 

[CanadaGuy]

I have incorporated that example into my code with a few modifications, and it works really well, easy, and mostly transparent. Consider the advice heeded!