Category: Form as Dialog

Programming Developers Diary – 15

Mar 10, 2017

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March 10th 2017 Hello everyone. In my last post I said I might try to create a method of setting up a ad hoc chess board so the user can practice specific chess scenarios. I decided to go ahead with this idea. The first thing I needed to do is add a new menu option…
Programming Developers Diary – 14

Feb 27, 2017

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February 27 2017 This past weekend I once again spent time working on my chess program. As you may recall, if you have been following along, I last discussed using collections as a means of determining the attack path and squares of white to determine the best possible defense against said attack. I discovered two…
Programming Developers Diary – 12

Feb 20, 2017

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February 20, 2017 Hello everyone it’s Monday the start of a new and exciting week. I hope everyone had a nice weekend. Last week I had Jury Duty so not much got done around the office. Today I am going to continue working on the Project Manager Application. One of my original goals is…
Programming Developers Diary – 10

Feb 8, 2017

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February 8, 2017 Hello again. The last couple of days have been spent doing administrative functions and nothing in the way of programming. This morning I started a review of my current projects to see what needed the most attention and the project manager wins. When I started this project my intention was to provide…
Programming Developers Diary – 09

Feb 3, 2017

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February 1, 2017 Hello everyone. As stated yesterday I will be looking at using the collection function in Alpha Software. When I started the discussion about the chess game I stated one of the weaknesses of the current game is handling check. In the example below, Black checks white. The only activity the program needs…
TakeCharge App Manager Lesson 04: Time and Billing

Dec 23, 2016

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Hello everyone and Merry Christmas If you have been following my blog on programming in Alpha Software, you know it has been several months since my last post. In fact, it has been close to half a year. I make no excuses or offer now apologies. It is what it is. After the New Year…
TakeCharge App Manager Lesson 03

Jun 10, 2016

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Currently I am still working on the routine for editing scripts and weighing the best possible solutions. So in the meantime, lets look at some of the Modules which will accompany our application. One module which I left out of the original list is an email manager. If you are developing for clients, a common …
Programming in Alpha Software Black Jack 04 Game Mechanics

Apr 28, 2016

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Programming our Black Jack Game will be a success only if the game mechanics make sense and work similar to the real world. What I mean by this is users know the Black Jack game and are familiar with how it works, so our game must work the same or users will lose interest and…
Programming in Alpha Software: Blackjack Game 01

Mar 10, 2016

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Hello 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…
Programming in Alpha Software Magic Cube Lesson 4

Mar 8, 2016

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At the end of our last session we were looking at the code for the onPush event of our ‘Open Move Tracker’’ button. form.load(“TC_MC_MoveTracker”,”dialog”,””,”right”,”middle”) TC_MC_MoveTracker.Activate() TC_MC_MoveTracker.Show() TC_MC_MoveTracker.close() if CName <> “” then movestate = “Return” dim record_count as N t = table.open(“tcrubixmoves”) t.fetch_first() record_count = t.records_get() t.fetch_last() for…