Tag: Alpha Software
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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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Writing xBasic Lesson 7 Error Trapping
Hello Everyone Today’s lesson will cover three topics; Error Trapping and how to handle errors Restricting data entry based on data values stored in a table. Conditional Object as a means of form layout control. The form we will be using for our demonstration today are the Take Message form and the Administrator form Let’s…
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Writing xBasic Lesson 6
Hello Everyone Today’s lesson will look at controlling the sate of objects on a form using various xBasic methods. Knowing in advance what you expect from the form objects helps you write efficient and compact code. Watch the short video above to see what we mean. First lets look at the changes we made to…
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Writing xBasic Lesson 5 Changing Properties with xBasic
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…
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Writing xBasic Lesson 4 Using Variables to Control Data Views
Hello Everyone Today we are going to examine the code on the Review Message Form of our TC Message Center application. On this form there are two text boxes which display the current state of the data view and also are used to process changes made by the user to change the data view. At…
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Writing xBasic Lesson 3 Object Properties
Hello Everyone Today we will examine the Log In button on our Sign in form. This code is an excellent example of managing object properties and their methods. Watch the above video to get the overview of what is being done and how it works then proceed with this lesson. In the video I talk…
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Writing xBasic Lesson 2 Dialog Boxes
Hello Everyone As stated in the last lesson, we will discuss the creation of the dialog box which displays when you click ‘Read Me’ on the Sign In form. The video above gives a quick overview of the various ways to write the code to build a dialog box and I encourage you to watch…
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Writing xBasic Lesson 1 Overview:
Hello everyone. Today we are starting a new lesson session on writing xBasic code and how it compares to Alpha Software’s Action scripting and high level commands. The video below shows the tutorial application provided by Alpha Software called ‘It’s for You’. We will use this tutorial as a guide and in the process make…
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Tutorial: Lesson Eighteen Contact Mgt App Exporting notes
Hello Everyone This is our last lesson in the series; building a better and more robust Contact Management App in Alpha Software. Our next series of lessons will focus on the xBasic language Alpha Software uses as it’s programming language and contrast it with the high level action scripts and table operations. The short video…
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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…
Custome Database Design with Alpha Software 