Category: Design Document
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Programming in Alpha Software: Black Jack 03
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in batch_Begin, Blackjack, Changing Object Property Values, Declaring Variables on a Form, Design Document, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, Fetch_Prev, Form Design, Form Load Method, Games, Having Fun With Graphics, How To, Object Explorer, Object Method, On Event, On Push, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using goto label, Using If Else if, Using Images on Forms, XBasic Tips and TricksWelcome back. In this session we are looking at the deal, but before we do; lets look at our design document to see what we have accomplished so far and what still needs to be done. As you can see, we are moving right along and should be done in a few more sessions. Now…
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Programming in Alpha Software Black Jack 02
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in batch_Begin, Blackjack, Changing Object Property Values, Declaring Variables on a Form, Design Document, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, Form Design, Form Load Method, Games, Hot Spots, How To, List Objects, Object Explorer, Object Method, ON Change, On Event, On Push, Operations, Randomize Numbers, Script Genie, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Update, Using goto label, Using Images on Forms, Writing Array’s, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialogWhen we left off at the end of session 01 I said we would look at New Game Control Controlling the Number of Players Shuffling the Deck. If the lesson does not get too long I will review the animation of dealing a card as well. I created this short video to show where we…
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Programming in Alpha Software: Blackjack Game 01
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in Blackjack, Declaring Variables on a Form, Design Document, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, Form as Dialog, Form Design, Form Load Method, Games, Handling Errors, Having Fun With Graphics, Hot Spots, How To, List Object, List Objects, Object Method, On Event, On Push, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using goto label, Using If Else if, Writing Array’s, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialogHello everyone We completed our Magic Cube programming lesson an I must say my granddaughter was over the other day and she played with it on my SurfacePro tablet and matched the moves on her real cube for hours so I guess that means it was a success. Now lets move on to something more…
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Programming in Alpha Software Magic Cube Lesson 3
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in Append, batch_Begin, Changing Object Property Values, Declaring Variables on a Form, Design Document, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, Form as Dialog, Form Design, Form Load Method, Games, Handling Errors, Having Fun With Graphics, Hot Spots, How To, List Object, List Objects, Object Explorer, Object Method, ON Change, On Event, On Init, On Push, Operations, Pong, Table Open Method, tablecount, Tables and Sets, TC Magic Cube, Using Images on Forms, XBasic Tips and TricksThe primary focus for today’s session is how to animate the cube moves. If you saw my lesson on Having Fun with Graphics: Pong you know we can move objects on the screen by changing their position property value. We are not going to do that here. Instead we are changing the color value of…
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Programming in Alpha Software: Magic Cube App Lesson 1
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in Append, Changing Object Property Values, Conditional Object, Declaring Variables on a Form, Design Document, Desktop Application, Form as Dialog, Form Design, Form Load Method, Games, Having Fun With Graphics, Hot Spots, How To, List Object, List Objects, Object Explorer, Object Method, On Event, On Init, Operations, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, TC Magic Cube, Using Eval function, Using Images on Forms, Writing Array’s, XBasic Tips and TricksNow that we have completed our lesson on the Sudoku Puzzle Game we are moving on to a Magic Cube Application. As I mentioned at the end of our previous lesson, my granddaughter recently got a Rubix Cube and asked me for help in solving it. I don’t want to actually solve the cube for…
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Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4 Lesson 7
For our final lesson on designing for the Surface Pro 4 we will examine the purchase and sale transaction form. On our main form we have two buttons , Record Purchase and Record Sale. The name clearly identifies the action that will be taken and the form for the most part is straight forward.…
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Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4:Lesson 2 Table and Set Creation
Welcome back Today as stated in the previous lesson I am going to show how to develop the tables for our Collectibles application. Now I know even the beginners know how to create a table in design mode so I won’t go over the very basic steps, rather we will look at the thought behind…
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Creating a Responsive HTML5 Website to work with Alpha Software
Hello everyone In our lesson on super controls I suggested we might be able to create web pages using the HTML memo field on a form in Alpha Software in conjunction with an activeX web component for viewing our design . If you are creating a Alpha Software Web Application then the HTML memo field…
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PC Desktop: Setup Wizard
Hello Everyone Hope you had a Great 4th of July. Like most people, there is nothing I hate more than getting something new and being forced to go through some sort of setup before I can begin enjoying my new product. With that in mind, our Desktop App will ship with the ability to run…
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The Desktop PC: Design Document
Hello Everyone I’m sure most everyone saw the title, thought boring and clicked away. Hopefully you did not and will read this short but important entry. In the software world when someone says Design Document, programmers shudder. At the beginning of this blog I wrote of the value of a design document. What programmers need…
Custome Database Design with Alpha Software 