Category: On Init
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Incorporating xBasic and SuperControls in Form Design 07
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.…
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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: 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 4: Desktop Widget
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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, xDialogHello 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…
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Having Fun with Graphics in Alpha Software Lesson 3: Angles
Hello everyone In our last lesson we created our Pong table, the paddle and the ball. When the ball struck the paddle, it bounced only on the horizontal plane. Today, we are going to make the ball bounce at an angle. Watch the short video to see how it works and to get an overview…
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Having Fun w/ Graphics using xBasic Lesson 2 Pong
Hello Everyone In the last lesson I said we will take what we learned and use it to create the beginning of a pong game. Now the pong game on the surface is very simple. You have a ball, a paddle and movement. When the ball hits the paddle, it bounces. If it misses the…
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Having Fun w/ Graphics using xBasic Lesson 1
Hello everyone We are changing the pace here and will be showcasing routines not widely discussed in Alpha Software; mainly graphics and automation. To start with, we will do three simple animations; draw a line on a form, move a text box across the form and bounce a ball. Each of these animations are written…
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Powerball Random Number Generator Lesson Three
Hello everyone As I mentioned in the last post we would discuss how to build a data analyzer for our Powerball Game. The principles we will discuss go beyond our game and can be used in all types of database applications. When designing an application for a business regardless of the development platform or the…
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Tutorial: Contact Management App Lesson Four
Hello everyone, it’s Monday and I hope you had a nice weekend. Today’s lesson will show you how to create a conditional object and make it appear as a tabbed form on the displayed page. A tabbed form is an excellent way to organize and display data information on the screen, but outside of that…
Custome Database Design with Alpha Software 