Category: On Fetch
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Programming Developers Diary – 14
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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, Fetch_Last, fetch_Next, Form as Dialog, Form Design, Form Load Method, Functions, Games, Having Fun With Graphics, Hot Spots, How To, Left, List Object, List Objects, Object Method, ON Change, On Event, On Fetch, On Push, Operations, Programming A Chess Game, Right, Right, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using If Else if, Using Images on Forms, word, XBasic Tips and TricksFebruary 27 2017 This past weekend I once again spent time working on my chess program. As you may recall, if you have been following along, I last discussed using collections as a means of determining the attack path and squares of white to determine the best possible defense against said attack. I discovered two…
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Programming in Alpha Software Magic Cube Lesson 4
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in Append, batch_Begin, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, Fetch_Prev, Form as Dialog, Form Design, Form Load Method, Games, Having Fun With Graphics, Hot Spots, How To, List Object, List Objects, Object Explorer, Object Method, On Arrive, ON Change, On Event, On Fetch, On Push, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, TC Magic Cube, Using Images on Forms, XBasic Tips and TricksAt the end of our last session we were looking at the code for the onPush event of our ‘Open Move Tracker’’ button. form.load(“TC_MC_MoveTracker”,”dialog”,””,”right”,”middle”) TC_MC_MoveTracker.Activate() TC_MC_MoveTracker.Show() TC_MC_MoveTracker.close() if CName <> “” then movestate = “Return” dim record_count as N t = table.open(“tcrubixmoves”) t.fetch_first() record_count = t.records_get() t.fetch_last() for…
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Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4 Lesson 7
For our final lesson on designing for the Surface Pro 4 we will examine the purchase and sale transaction form. On our main form we have two buttons , Record Purchase and Record Sale. The name clearly identifies the action that will be taken and the form for the most part is straight forward.…
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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 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 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: Lesson6
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in Changing Object Property Values, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, Form Design, Form Load Method, Games, Having Fun With Graphics, How To, List Objects, Object Method, On Event, On Fetch, On Init, On Push, Programming A Chess Game, Record List Combo, Table Open Method, Tree View, Using If Else if, Using Query’s, Writing Array’s, XBasic Tips and TricksHello Everyone Today we will be looking at the opening book for our chess program and the code for all the functions related to the opening book. Before we begin please take a moment to watch this short video which demonstrated the use of the opening book and the new features we are adding to…
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Having Fun with Graphics Lesson 5: Bar Graphs
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in Changing Object Property Values, Converting Data Types, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Form Design, Form Load Method, Having Fun With Graphics, Hot Spots, How To, List Objects, Object Explorer, Object Method, On Event, On Fetch, On Push, On Timer Event, Record List Combo, Table Open Method, Writing Array’s, XBasic Tips and TricksHello everyone Today we are continuing our lesson plan on controlling graphics in Alpha Software just using objects on a form and xBasic code. As I was preparing the CAD application lesson I thought of a more practical application for managing objects and graphics on the screen which is building a bar graph. Bar Graphs…
Custome Database Design with Alpha Software 