Category: xDialog
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Programming Developers Diary – 16
March 13th 2017 Hello everyone. Hope you had a nice weekend. This morning I received a report design request which I never had before so I thought I would share the solution with you. A customer called and said they wanted a duplicate copy of their Parts quote report which did not show Part Numbers.…
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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 – 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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Programming Developers Diary – 05
January 19, 2017 Hello everyone. The last two days have been busy with typical duties related to a small software business. My arrangement with my customers is they can go under contract and get free support for programming issues as well as a discount for new programming needs. Normally all goes well but some days…
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TakeCharge App Manager Lesson 03
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in *html_to_plain, Append, bin_to_rtf, character conversion, Converting Data Types, Desktop Application, External Email Client, Form as Dialog, Form Design, Form Load Method, How To, HTML memo field, Memo Fields, On Push, rtf_to_html, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using If Else if, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialogCurrently 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 …
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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 Lesson 4: Sudoku Puzzle Solver Program
We left off in the middle of a lengthy script which is run when a new game is started. You can review that script here Programming in Alpha Software Lesson 3. After the randomization runs we then save the solution to our currentpuzzlesolution table. My intent is to use the solution as a move checker…
Custome Database Design with Alpha Software 