Bug 2716

Description Nick Edgar 2001-10-10 22:42:04 EDT

I've been creating some self-hosting projects for the UI examples.
I usually go and modify the class path to use a subfolder with the original project name,
so the default output folder isn't acceptable.

It gives me a warning in the title of the property page, but its background is gray.
The text is also often truncated due to the length of the names.
So it's easy to miss when staring at the OK button and wondering why it's disabled.

If you do find the message, it's not obvious how to go about fixing it (especially since it's truncated):
you have to append /bin to the output folder field.

It really took me a while the first time to figure this out, even though I know wizards and dialogs
report errors at the top.

This is probably a general issue with how we report errors in preference and property pages,
so feel free to move down after your consideration.

NOTES:

NE (08/13/01 6:47:13 PM)
	The error message if you try to select a different property page is also not very informative:
		"The currently displayed page contains invalid values"
	Which value?  How can I fix it?

MA (14.08.2001 16:32:43)
	The message "The currently displayed page contains invalid values" comes from the desktop when the user
	tries to switch to another page while the current page has not set valid.
	To be more informative, the error dialog could also contain the current error message.

	The truncation of error messages in property and preference pages can not be solved by property pages implementors;
	the desktop should wrap the error messages. Suggest to move PR to desktop

EG (8/31/2001 11:00:38 AM)
	moving to ITPUI for comment.