Tag: lesson session
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Incorporating xBasic into Form & HTML Document Design: 12
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in bin_to_rtf, Changing Object Property Values, character conversion, Conditional Object, Contact Management Application, Converting Data Types, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, file.to_string, Form Design, Form Load Method, How To, HTML memo field, List Object, List Objects, Memo Fields, ON Change, On Event, On Fetch, On Init, On Push, rtf_to_html, SuperControls, Table Open Method, tablecount, Tables and Sets, Using If Else if, XBasic Tips and TricksHello everyone Today we will be looking at further enhancements to our Desktop App by building a custom Report Viewer. Looks interesting right. Well to see it in action watch this short video then follow along to see how it is done. I hope you enjoyed the video. Lets get started. As I mentioned in…
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Incorporating xBasic into Form Design: 10
Hello Everyone As stated at the end of our last session we will look today at enhancing our File Utility Module in our PC Desktop Application created using version 10 of Alpha Software. Take a moment to watch this short video showing the new module in action, then follow along below to see how it…
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Incorporating xBasic in Form Design: 09
Hello everyone We have been looking at enhancing form design in Alpha Software by incorporating xBasic into the design process. We have also discussed how even older versions of Alpha Software can benefit from this approach. So it may come as a surprise to many of you that I want to encourage everyone who has…
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Incorporating xBasic in Form Design: 08
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in Changing Object Property Values, Conditional Object, Desktop Application, dir_put, Fetch, fetch_Next, Form Design, Having Fun With Graphics, How To, Object Explorer, On Event, On Fetch, On Push, sys_shell, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using Eval function, Using If Else if, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialogHello everyone Today we will continue our session on incorporating xBasic into our form design in Alpha Software by looking at the Application Launcher module in our TakeCharge Desktop v2 software written in Alpha Software v5. Before we get into the details of how this module works, I have included a short video demonstrating how…
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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 05
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in .queryrun, Append, Changing Object Property Values, Custom Super Controls, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, Fetch, fetch_Next, Form Design, How To, List Objects, ON Change, On Event, On Push, Operations, Posting, Table Open Method, tablecount, Tables and Sets, Using Query’s, XBasic Tips and TricksHello everyone Designing forms in Alpha Software is very easy using the Drag and Drop tools and simple set design wizard. Forms designed this way are bound to the underlying table which is OK based on the use of the form. For example, data entry forms should be bound to the table so as to…
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Incorporating xBasic into Design 04
Hello everyone Today we will continue from the last session looking at our Recipe Builder application. We will start this session with copying data from a website and adding it to the recipe memo field on our form. To accomplish this we are using the function clipboard.get_data() In the not to distant past many websites…
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Incorporating xBasic into Design 03
Hello everyone. Today we will continue our lesson of Incorporation xBasic in Design and will look at another simple application I wrote. A Recipe Catalog. Our focus today is controlling data entry using xBasic. Often when a form is created it is for a single purpose; presenting a menu, data entry, query views or record…
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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…
Custome Database Design with Alpha Software 