Category: Memo Fields

Understanding Queries in Alpha Software

Mar 24, 2019

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In 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.…
Programming Developers Diary – 13

Feb 24, 2017

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February 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…
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…
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 …
TakeCharge App Manager Lesson 02 Using A5 Enumerations

May 23, 2016

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A 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…
Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4: Lesson 5

Dec 9, 2015

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Now that we have looked at Tabs and how they work, you can start to see how the form drives the code. Our next example is Indexing. Select Index One of the ways Alpha Software creates an ordered list of selected records is with an Index. The index can be on any field in the…
Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4: Lesson 4

Dec 8, 2015

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Hello everyone. Today we are starting our blog off with a short video which demonstrates the form and function of our collectibles database up to this point. Watching the video will help you understand how and why I wrote the object code as I did. Sit back relax and enjoy the show. I hope you…
Incorporating xBasic into Form & HTML Document Design: 12

Jul 1, 2015

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Hello everyone Today we will be looking at further enhancements to our Desktop App by building a custom Report Viewer. Looks interesting right. Well to see it in action watch this short video then follow along to see how it is done. I hope you enjoyed the video. Lets get started. As I mentioned in…
Incorporating xBasic into Design 04

Apr 30, 2015

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Hello everyone Today we will continue from the last session looking at our Recipe Builder application. We will start this session with copying data from a website and adding it to the recipe memo field on our form. To accomplish this we are using the function clipboard.get_data() In the not to distant past many websites…