The problems that you mention are valid.
It seems to be that there are some really great programmers who understand and use DCAL well. They produce the add-ons that the rest of us use and appreciate. But, they can only justify putting in a large amount of effort when the need is big enough to warrant doing so.
There are other little isolated tricks and tasks that might be useful only to a few DataCAD users or even to a single individual. That's where it would be nice to have some way for us to learn enough to provide for our own customization. Obviously, DataCAD has been designed to allow modifications, but actual Tool production is difficult.
There are surely many other DCAD users who, like myself, want to learn how to use DCAL, but are sort of lost in between "Hello, World." and the world of Detailer, SubText, and Schrive. That's a mighty big gap and most of us have no idea of how to make the baby steps needed to get started.
It's almost like one must be born in a different intellectual world to actually be DCAL proficient.
Me making excuses for us gets us nowhere fast.
Woody
It seems to be that there are some really great programmers who understand and use DCAL well. They produce the add-ons that the rest of us use and appreciate. But, they can only justify putting in a large amount of effort when the need is big enough to warrant doing so.
There are other little isolated tricks and tasks that might be useful only to a few DataCAD users or even to a single individual. That's where it would be nice to have some way for us to learn enough to provide for our own customization. Obviously, DataCAD has been designed to allow modifications, but actual Tool production is difficult.
There are surely many other DCAD users who, like myself, want to learn how to use DCAL, but are sort of lost in between "Hello, World." and the world of Detailer, SubText, and Schrive. That's a mighty big gap and most of us have no idea of how to make the baby steps needed to get started.
It's almost like one must be born in a different intellectual world to actually be DCAL proficient.
Me making excuses for us gets us nowhere fast.
Woody