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Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4 Lesson 7

Dec 30, 2015

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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.…
Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4: Lesson 6

Dec 21, 2015

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We have created our Application and reviewed the code and today I moved it to the OneDrive Folder and opened it on my Surface Pro4 Sorry for the quality of the image, but my Smart phone is older and has a low end camera. Even with that, it looks good on the screen. Now…
Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4: Lesson 5

Dec 9, 2015

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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

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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

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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…
Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4:Lesson 2 Table and Set Creation

Nov 9, 2015

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Welcome back Today as stated in the previous lesson I am going to show how to develop the tables for our Collectibles application. Now I know even the beginners know how to create a table in design mode so I won’t go over the very basic steps, rather we will look at the thought behind…
Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4: Lesson 1

Nov 5, 2015

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Hello everyone. I know I said we would do a project manager application next and we will soon. I have received my Surface Pro 4 and I thought it would be better to do a lesson on developing an app for the tablet. I already have an order from a customer who provides field service…

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Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4 Lesson 7

Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4: Lesson 6

Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4: Lesson 5

Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4: Lesson 4

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

Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4:Lesson 2 Table and Set Creation

Using Alpha Software to Program for the Surface Pro 4: Lesson 1