Category: Changing Object Property Values

Having Fun w/ Graphics using xBasic Lesson 1

Apr 9, 2013

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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…
King James Bible Reader Final Lesson:

Apr 5, 2013

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Hello everyone This is our final lesson on building a King James Bible reader in Alpha Software. Below is a short video which wraps up the final pieces of object code for our application and shows the solution for our new range query function. First we will look at the code for our new range…
King James Bible Reader Lesson 5: Code Branching

Mar 5, 2013

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Hello Everyone Today’s lesson is about code branching in xBasic based on user choices. For our example we have created an open ended search feature in our King James Bible Reader. Based on the user’s input into the search fields, the code branches and searches the correct table for the requested bible verses. The video…
King James Bible Reader Lesson 3: Building Text Filter Strings

Jan 30, 2013

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Hello everyone. As I stated in the previous lesson we would look at the life issues portion of the King James Bible Reader as a separate lesson. This is that lesson. To start, you should watch the short video below to see how the Life Issues portion of the application works. Hope you liked the…
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…
Powerball Random Number Generator Lesson Three

Dec 17, 2012

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in Changing Object Property Values, Form Design, How To, List Objects, Object Method, On Event, On Init, On Push, PowerBall, Using Query’s, XBasic Tips and Tricks

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…
Powerball Random Number Generator Lesson Two

Dec 11, 2012

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Hello everyone. Today’s lesson is about using the Rand() function in Alpha Software to generate the random numbers needed for our Powerball generator. Powerball rules are you need to pick 5 numbers from 1 to 59 for the white ping pong balls and pick one red ball number which ranges from 1 to 35. If…
Writing xBasic Lesson 8 Controlling Code Flow with object Properties

Nov 16, 2012

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in Append, Changing Object Property Values, Fetch, Field Rules, Form Design, How To, List Objects, Messaging Software, Object Explorer, Object Method, On Arrive, ON Change, On Event, On Push, Operations, Progressive Lookups, Record List Combo, Table Open Method, XBasic Tips and Tricks

Hello Everyone Today’s video looks at how you can user property values on objects to modify or change the actions of an on push event. Also we demonstrate the high level append operation and setting a field type to Record List Edit Combo Box. Watch the video then continue with this blog lesson for the…
Writing xBasic Lesson 5 Changing Properties with xBasic

Oct 17, 2012

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in Changing Object Property Values, Form Design, How To, Messaging Software, Object Explorer, On Event, On Fetch, XBasic Tips and Tricks

Hello everyone If you watched the above video, you saw an example of changing object properties on a form using xBasic code. We have discussed this before using a more complex system to control object properties so now I want to show you a simple method for doing the same. Remember from our previous discussion…