Category: List Object
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Understanding Queries in Alpha Software
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in .queryrun, batch_Begin, Changing Object Property Values, Converting Data Types, Declaring Variables on a Form, Fetch, Fetch_Last, fetch_Next, Form Design, How To, King James Bible Reader, List Object, List Objects, Memo Fields, Object Explorer, Object Method, ON Change, On Init, On Push, Radio Object, wordIn this current age of application development it is not enough to create an application which looks good and does what it was intended to do, it must also be fast. In Alpha Software when you create a table or set you will most likely create one or more index’s for controlling your data view.…
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Programming Developers Diary – 15
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in Append, Changing Object Property Values, Declaring Variables on a Form, Design Document, Desktop Application, Developers Diary, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, Form as Dialog, Form Design, Form Load Method, Functions, Games, Having Fun With Graphics, Hot Spots, How To, List Object, List Objects, Object Method, Occurs, On Event, On Push, Operations, Programming A Chess Game, Radio Object, Right, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using Eval function, Using goto label, Using If Else if, Using Images on Forms, word, Writing Array’s, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialogMarch 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…
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Programming Developers Diary – 14
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in Append, Changing Object Property Values, Declaring Variables on a Form, Design Document, Desktop Application, Developers Diary, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, Fetch_Last, fetch_Next, Form as Dialog, Form Design, Form Load Method, Functions, Games, Having Fun With Graphics, Hot Spots, How To, Left, List Object, List Objects, Object Method, ON Change, On Event, On Fetch, On Push, Operations, Programming A Chess Game, Right, Right, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using If Else if, Using Images on Forms, word, XBasic Tips and TricksFebruary 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…
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Programming Developers Diary – 13
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in Append, Changing Object Property Values, Conditional Object, Converting Data Types, Declaring Variables on a Form, Design Document, Desktop Application, Developers Diary, External Report Viewers, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, File Functions, Form Design, Form Load Method, Functions, How To, List Object, List Objects, Memo Fields, ON Change, On Event, On Push, Operations, Posting, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using If Else if, Using System Open, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialogFebruary 24, 2017 Hello everyone. In my last post I demonstrated how to create an Alpha software app using xBasic code and how to attach an external library to your current app. Today I want to continue along those lines and look at the new process for building the code library and using the Project…
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Developers Diary-04
Hello everyone. Hope all of you had a good weekend. Today I had a customer call to request a list of quotes linked to the Customer form. Quotes can be in the form of Shop repairs or Part Orders and any given customer could have both. Since Quotes are not linked to the Customer form,…
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Programing Developers Diary – 01
January 11, 2017 Hello everyone and Happy New Year. This is the first in our series of developer diary entries and to start our series off I will look at fetching records in a set. Currently I am working on an major upgrade for a customer’s existing database. One of the modules is used to…
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TakeCharge App Manager Lesson 02 Using A5 Enumerations
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in Append, Autoexec Script, Conditional Object, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, Fetch, fetch_Next, Fetch_Prev, Form Design, How To, HTML memo field, List Object, List Objects, Memo Fields, On Event, On Push, Operations, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using If Else if, XBasic Tips and TricksA key component to our project application is to list all objects in the application development queue. We could simply provide data tables with a data entry form and have the user manually enter all the object information, but in truth that would not be a good solution since everyone today wants everything instantly. So…
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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…
Custome Database Design with Alpha Software 