Category: Desktop Application
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Incorporating xBasic into Form Design: 13
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in batch_Begin, Changing Object Property Values, Custom Super Controls, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, Form Design, Form Load Method, How To, List Objects, Object Explorer, ON Change, On Event, On Fetch, OnDepart, Progressive Lookups, Radio Object, SuperControls, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using goto label, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialogHello 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.…
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Incorporating xBasic into Form & HTML Document Design: 12
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in bin_to_rtf, Changing Object Property Values, character conversion, Conditional Object, Contact Management Application, Converting Data Types, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, file.to_string, Form Design, Form Load Method, How To, HTML memo field, List Object, List Objects, Memo Fields, ON Change, On Event, On Fetch, On Init, On Push, rtf_to_html, SuperControls, Table Open Method, tablecount, Tables and Sets, Using If Else if, XBasic Tips and TricksHello 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…
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Incorporating xBasic into Form Design: 10
Hello Everyone As stated at the end of our last session we will look today at enhancing our File Utility Module in our PC Desktop Application created using version 10 of Alpha Software. Take a moment to watch this short video showing the new module in action, then follow along below to see how it…
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Incorporating xBasic in Form Design: 09
Hello everyone We have been looking at enhancing form design in Alpha Software by incorporating xBasic into the design process. We have also discussed how even older versions of Alpha Software can benefit from this approach. So it may come as a surprise to many of you that I want to encourage everyone who has…
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Incorporating xBasic in Form Design: 08
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in Changing Object Property Values, Conditional Object, Desktop Application, dir_put, Fetch, fetch_Next, Form Design, Having Fun With Graphics, How To, Object Explorer, On Event, On Fetch, On Push, sys_shell, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using Eval function, Using If Else if, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialogHello 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…
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Incorporating xBasic in Form Design: 06
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in batch_Begin, Changing Object Property Values, Conditional Object, Contact Management Application, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, Form Design, Hot Spots, How To, On Event, On Init, On Push, On Timer, On Timer Event, Progressive Lookups, Table Open Method, tablecount, Using If Else if, XBasic Tips and TricksHello Everyone In this session we will look at an application I originally designed in Alpha Software v5. (Author’s Note: For those who have pointed out the displayed button styles were not available in version 5, the app was written is version 5 and continually updated through version 8 of Alpha Software taking advantage…
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Incorporating xBasic into Design 05
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in .queryrun, Append, Changing Object Property Values, Custom Super Controls, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, Fetch, fetch_Next, Form Design, How To, List Objects, ON Change, On Event, On Push, Operations, Posting, Table Open Method, tablecount, Tables and Sets, Using Query’s, XBasic Tips and TricksHello everyone Designing forms in Alpha Software is very easy using the Drag and Drop tools and simple set design wizard. Forms designed this way are bound to the underlying table which is OK based on the use of the form. For example, data entry forms should be bound to the table so as to…
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Incorporating xBasic into Design: 02
Hello everyone and welcome back. Today we will continue to examine how xBasic can be used to dynamically control and modify the design elements in our application. In our last lesson we looked at controlling the WindowBar as a means of design control. Today we will look at the masking function, OnFetch event and conditional…
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Programming Chess in Alpha Software:Lesson 8
Hello everyone As mentioned in the previous post, I have started in a new direction for our chess engine. If the program is to think like a human then we must first look at how a human plays the game. Now I am not the best chess player in the world, in fact I consider…
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Programming Chess in Alpha Software: A New Perspective
Hello Everyone Hope the holiday season is going well for all of you. It’s been a while since my last post and that has been because I am not having the success with the direction I am taking on my min/max program that I had hoped for. For example; If white opens with e4…
Custome Database Design with Alpha Software 