Category: Desktop Application

King James Bible Reader Lesson 2: Main Form Obj Code

Jan 25, 2013

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in Append, Changing Object Property Values, Conditional Object, Desktop Application, Form Design, How To, King James Bible Reader, List Object, List Objects, Memo Fields, MultiState Button, Object Explorer, Object Method, ON Change, On Event, On Push, Operations, Posting, Progressive Lookups, Radio Object, Record List Combo, Tree View, Using goto label, Using Images on Forms, Word_Unique, XBasic Tips and Tricks

Hello everyone Today we will be looking at our main form for our reader, the objects on the form, the properties of the objects and the code which makes them work. First take a minute to watch this short video which gives an overview of what we will discuss in the blog. I hope you…
King James Bible Reader Lesson Plan Overview

Jan 16, 2013

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cdctakecharge

in Desktop Application, Form Design, How To, King James Bible Reader, Memo Fields, Posting

Hello everyone First let me say there was not much interest in the Powerball Generator game so I am ending that lesson series and starting a new one. If you have been following the powerball lessons and want answers to specific questions, contact me at NLawson@cdc-TakeCharge.com and I will be happy to try to help.…
Writing xBasic Lesson 3 Object Properties

Oct 4, 2012

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in Desktop Application, Form Design, How To, Messaging Software, Object Explorer, Object Method, XBasic Tips and Tricks

Hello Everyone Today we will examine the Log In button on our Sign in form. This code is an excellent example of managing object properties and their methods. Watch the above video to get the overview of what is being done and how it works then proceed with this lesson. In the video I talk…
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…
Writing xBasic Lesson 1 Overview:

Oct 1, 2012

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in Desktop Application, Form Design, How To, Messaging Software, Script Genie, XBasic Tips and Tricks

Hello everyone. Today we are starting a new lesson session on writing xBasic code and how it compares to Alpha Software’s Action scripting and high level commands. The video below shows the tutorial application provided by Alpha Software called ‘It’s for You’. We will use this tutorial as a guide and in the process make…
Tutorial: Lesson Eighteen Contact Mgt App Exporting notes

Sep 27, 2012

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in Contact Management Application, Converting Data Types, Desktop Application, External Report Viewers, Form Design, How To, XBasic Tips and Tricks

Hello Everyone This is our last lesson in the series; building a better and more robust Contact Management App in Alpha Software. Our next series of lessons will focus on the xBasic language Alpha Software uses as it’s programming language and contrast it with the high level action scripts and table operations. The short video…
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…
Tutorial: Lesson Fifteen Contact Mgt App Super Controls

Sep 7, 2012

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in Contact Management Application, Custom Super Controls, Desktop Application, Form Design, How To, Owner Draw, UI_Popup_Menu, XBasic Tips and Tricks

Hello everyone Today’s lesson is about our front page to our application and the components which make it up. Analog Clock Super Control Calendar Popup Style Menu The video above shows how each is created. Analog Clock: The analog clock is provided freely from Alpha Software as an example of how to do owner draw…