Category: Desktop Application

PC Desktop: Embedding a progress bar in a form

Feb 2, 2016

—

by

cdctakecharge

in Changing Object Property Values, Conditional Object, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, Fetch, fetch_Next, Form Design, Form Load Method, Handling Errors, Having Fun With Graphics, How To, List Object, List Objects, Object Explorer, Object Method, On Event, On Push, Using If Else if

Hello Everyone I was looking at the Alpha Message Board today and saw a closed thread where the user was looking for help creating an embedded progress bar on their application form. Several people replied but none actually answered the query and now the thread is closed so I thought I would do a quick…
Programming in Alpha Software Lesson 5: Sudoku Puzzle Solver Program using xBasic to build Bubble Help

Feb 1, 2016

—

by

cdctakecharge

in Custom Bubble Help, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, Fetch, Form Design, How To, Sudoku, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using goto label, Using If Else if, XBasic Tips and Tricks

We left off with the code for locking cells and in this lesson we will look at the next four buttons on our form: Fill in Block Values Swap Cells Clear Selection Que Lock UnLock Cell Before we do , watch this short video to see each of them in action. As I said, it…
Programming in Alpha Software Lesson 4: Sudoku Puzzle Solver Program

Jan 25, 2016

—

by

cdctakecharge

in Changing Object Property Values, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, Fetch, fetch_Next, Form Design, Form Load Method, Games, How To, On Event, On Push, Operations, Posting, Sudoku, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Update, Using If Else if, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialog

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…
Programming in Alpha Software Lesson 3: Understanding, Reason & Logic

Jan 22, 2016

—

by

cdctakecharge

in Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, Form Design, Games, Hot Spots, How To, On Event, On Push, Operations, Posting, Randomize Numbers, Sudoku, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Update, Using Eval function, Using If Else if, Writing Array’s, XBasic Tips and Tricks

In our last lesson we looked at Memory and how it is used in conjunction with look ups to provide the user with a list of choices for his – her review or action. Today we will look at Understanding Reason and Logic and the parts they play in your programming. Thought: The logical place…
Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4: Lesson 5

Dec 9, 2015

—

by

cdctakecharge

in Changing Object Property Values, Conditional Object, Custom ToolBar, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, Field Rules, Form Design, Handling Errors, Hot Spots, How To, Index_SetExplicit, List Object, List Objects, Memo Fields, Multi-Select Checkbox, On Event, On Init, On Push, Script Genie, Set Tab Order, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, TC Collectibles Mgr, Using goto label, Using If Else if, Writing Array’s, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialog

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

—

by

cdctakecharge

in Changing Object Property Values, Conditional Object, Custom ToolBar, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, Field Rules, Form Design, Hot Spots, How To, Index_SetExplicit, List Objects, Memo Fields, Object Method, On Fetch, On Init, On Push, Set Tab Order, Tables and Sets, TC Collectibles Mgr, Using If Else if, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialog

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…
Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4:Lesson 3 Data Entry, Set and Form Design

Nov 19, 2015

—

by

cdctakecharge

in Conditional Object, Desktop Application, Field Rules, Form Design, Hot Spots, How To, Tables and Sets, TC Collectibles Mgr, XBasic Tips and Tricks

The course and history of programming has made business programs of like kind very equal. In the general layout look and workings of business programs one may appear to be slightly superior to another of kind yet when all is considered, the difference is not so great to say one application or program is greater…
Creating a Responsive HTML5 Website to work with Alpha Software

Sep 16, 2015

—

by

cdctakecharge

in Design Document, Desktop Application, Form Design, How To, HTML memo field, HTML5 and CSS3

Hello everyone In our lesson on super controls I suggested we might be able to create web pages using the HTML memo field on a form in Alpha Software in conjunction with an activeX web component for viewing our design . If you are creating a Alpha Software Web Application then the HTML memo field…
Incorporating xBasic into Form Design Writing scripts: 14

Aug 27, 2015

—

by

cdctakecharge

in Changing Object Property Values, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, Form Design, How To, List Object, List Objects, Object Method, On Event, On Push, Progressive Lookups, Radio Object, Table Open Method, Using If Else if, XBasic Tips and Tricks

Hello everyone. Today we are going to look at using Alpha Software scripts and how they fit into the program design. If you have been following along, you know most of the code I write is attached to the various objects on a form and or the form itself. There are times however when an…
Alpha Software on Win 10 Desktop

Aug 8, 2015

—

by

cdctakecharge

in Desktop Application, Form Design

Hello everyone Well Win 10 is here and I survived the upgrade. Our desktop looks good and so far is behaving well. The screen you are looking at is on an old desktop machine which was a custom built box running Win XP. This required a complete install of the Win 10 image from the…