In V8, are you saying that at design time we can actually design/place UI components on the form in Wisywig mode (move around by grabbing & moving) and design the form?
Or are you saying, we still design in abstract mode (like now) but Aware can shows us in a window (read only) how it looks like, but we make changes in abstract mode and not wisywig mode like the following?
The idea is this (whether it's implementable is another story). You will have a form displayed in the Config. Tool almost full screen. You will have a toolbox with operations that you can do - for example, insert attribute(s), rows, columns, separators, etc (like now). The result will be immediately shown on the form. In addition you will be able to select individual cells and columns by clicking on the form elements directly. The properties of the selected cell or column will be displayed in the Properties window. You will be able to change these properties (for example, width, alignment etc) and you will see the results immediately on the form.
So the principles are still the same, but you see the form at all times, and you can select cells and columns directly on the form. This method is highly compatible with existing forms but provides much better visual feedback.
