Category: Table Open Method
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Programming Chess in Alpha Software:Lesson 8
Hello everyone As mentioned in the previous post, I have started in a new direction for our chess engine. If the program is to think like a human then we must first look at how a human plays the game. Now I am not the best chess player in the world, in fact I consider…
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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…
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King James Bible Reader Final Lesson:
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in Changing Object Property Values, Converting Data Types, Desktop Application, External Email Client, External Report Viewers, External_Record_Content_Get, Form Design, Form Load Method, How To, King James Bible Reader, List Objects, Object Explorer, Object Method, On Event, On Push, Record List Combo, Table Open Method, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialogHello 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…
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King James Bible Reader Lesson 5: Code Branching
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…
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King James Bible Reader Lesson 4: Searching Memo Fields
Hello Everyone Today we are discussing how to build a list of records based on the values found in a memo field. As an example, we will look at the search feature of our King James Bible Reader. The short video below shows how the Search feature works and gives an overview of the code…
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Writing xBasic Lesson 8 Controlling Code Flow with object Properties
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…
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Tutorial: Lesson Seventeen Contact Mgt App using For Each Next…
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…
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Tutorial: Lesson Fourteen Contact Mgt App ZipCode Tbl Lookup Dialog
Hello everyone In the previous lesson I intended to include the zip code table look-up function but forgot to include it. This short lesson will address just that routine. If you are creating a look-up form a zip code database based on city, the return value will most likely include more than one result. For…
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Tutorial: Lesson Thirteen Contact Mgt App Controlling Data Entry
Hello everyone It’s Labor Day and I hope all are having fun. Today’s lesson is about controlling data entry on the form’s you create for your application. An important aspect in program design is controlling the data entry process for the end user. Regardless of how attractive a form may be, if the data entry…
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