Category: xDialog

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 Design: 13

Jul 27, 2015

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Hello everyone Today we will look at additional features I have added to our Desktop app. In our last session we added the Report viewer for the data tables included in our Desktop app and today we are adding an external file viewer and an enhanced run dialog. Lets start with the External File Viewer.…
Incorporating xBasic in Form Design: 08

May 28, 2015

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Hello everyone Today we will continue our session on incorporating xBasic into our form design in Alpha Software by looking at the Application Launcher module in our TakeCharge Desktop v2 software written in Alpha Software v5. Before we get into the details of how this module works, I have included a short video demonstrating how…
Incorporating xBasic and SuperControls in Form Design 07

May 20, 2015

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in Conditional Object, Form Design, How To, On Event, On Init, On Push, Radio Object, SuperControls, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialog

Hello everyone Today we will look at activeX objects and the new SuperControl objects in Alpha Software and using xBasic to pass arguments to and control the view of our form objects. Below is a short video which demonstrates several different SuperControls. Please take a minute to watch the video before continuing with the session.…
Having fun with Graphics Lesson 4: Desktop Widget

May 10, 2013

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in Autoexec Script, Changing Object Property Values, Custom Super Controls, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, Form Design, Form Load Method, Having Fun With Graphics, How To, Object Explorer, Object Method, On Event, On Init, On Push, On Timer Event, Owner Draw, Using Eval function, Using If Else if, Writing Array’s, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialog

Hello everyone At the end of lesson three, I said we would work on a CAD Design style application but it is taking some time to put together so in the mean time, I thought I would post this fun and useful lesson. To start, watch this short video to see the widget work and…
King James Bible Reader Final Lesson:

Apr 5, 2013

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in Changing Object Property Values, Converting Data Types, Desktop Application, External Email Client, External Report Viewers, External_Record_Content_Get, Form Design, Form Load Method, How To, King James Bible Reader, List Objects, Object Explorer, Object Method, On Event, On Push, Record List Combo, Table Open Method, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialog

Hello everyone This is our final lesson on building a King James Bible reader in Alpha Software. Below is a short video which wraps up the final pieces of object code for our application and shows the solution for our new range query function. First we will look at the code for our new range…
King James Bible Reader Lesson 5: Code Branching

Mar 5, 2013

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in Append, Changing Object Property Values, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Form Design, Form Load Method, How To, King James Bible Reader, List Object, List Objects, Object Method, Operations, Smatch_Memo, Table Open Method, Using If Else if, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialog

Hello Everyone Today’s lesson is about code branching in xBasic based on user choices. For our example we have created an open ended search feature in our King James Bible Reader. Based on the user’s input into the search fields, the code branches and searches the correct table for the requested bible verses. The video…
Writing xBasic Lesson 4 Using Variables to Control Data Views

Oct 15, 2012

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in Form Design, How To, List Objects, Messaging Software, On Event, On Push, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialog

Hello Everyone Today we are going to examine the code on the Review Message Form of our TC Message Center application. On this form there are two text boxes which display the current state of the data view and also are used to process changes made by the user to change the data view. At…
Writing xBasic Lesson 2 Dialog Boxes

Oct 3, 2012

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in Action Scripts, Desktop Application, Form as Dialog, Form Design, How To, Messaging Software, On Event, On Push, xDialog

Hello Everyone As stated in the last lesson, we will discuss the creation of the dialog box which displays when you click ‘Read Me’ on the Sign In form. The video above gives a quick overview of the various ways to write the code to build a dialog box and I encourage you to watch…
Tutorial: Lesson Seventeen Contact Mgt App using For Each Next…

Sep 21, 2012

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in Contact Management Application, Desktop Application, Form Design, How To, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialog

Hello Everyone Today’s lesson will review the actions available for the user on our pop up xDialog box showing notes and reminders for our focus date. The video above shows the code for each of the Note Organizer actions but we are going to examine more closely the function called For Each Next.. Personally this…