Tag: Programming
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PC Desktop: Building a Play List
Hello Everyone When designing, one must always consider the three F’s Form Function Features To see the truth in this, you only need to look at the Smart Phone. When cell phones first became available, the were big and bulky and performed the function they were designed for. Making calls. As the market opened up…
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PC Desktop: File Management System Source Pane
Hello everyone An important part of our desktop application is the file management system. I believe the reason most computer users have cluttered desktops is because the process of managing and organizing their data is confusing for most. If you ask the average user where a particular program is store they believe is is on…
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PC Desktop: Setup Wizard
Hello Everyone Hope you had a Great 4th of July. Like most people, there is nothing I hate more than getting something new and being forced to go through some sort of setup before I can begin enjoying my new product. With that in mind, our Desktop App will ship with the ability to run…
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The Desktop PC: Design Document
Hello Everyone I’m sure most everyone saw the title, thought boring and clicked away. Hopefully you did not and will read this short but important entry. In the software world when someone says Design Document, programmers shudder. At the beginning of this blog I wrote of the value of a design document. What programmers need…
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The Desktop PC: First Look
Hello Everyone Today we will look at a broad overview of what I propose for our New Desktop. Our desktop will provide quick access to all Windows free Desktop software and through a setup wizard allow the user to substitute free or paid for software for each of Windows desktop apps. The setup wizard will…
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The Desktop PC: Purpose of the Desktop
Hello Everyone The main purpose of a desktop computer is to have a personal computer in a centralized location. Having a more powerful computer in an accessible location like home makes up for its lack of transportability. Because of it’s greater power, more sophisticated software programs can be utilized providing a wider range of types of…
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The Desktop PC: A New Series from TakeCharge Software
Hello everyone it is June the 10,2013 and we are starting a new series about the future of desktop software for the PC. When you look on the web there are hundred’s if not thousands of articles discussing whether the time for the Personal Computer is over. With the rise of the tablet and increased…
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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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Having fun with Graphics Lesson 4: Desktop Widget
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in Autoexec Script, Changing Object Property Values, Custom Super Controls, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, Form Design, Form Load Method, Having Fun With Graphics, How To, Object Explorer, Object Method, On Event, On Init, On Push, On Timer Event, Owner Draw, Using Eval function, Using If Else if, Writing Array’s, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialogHello everyone At the end of lesson three, I said we would work on a CAD Design style application but it is taking some time to put together so in the mean time, I thought I would post this fun and useful lesson. To start, watch this short video to see the widget work and…
Custome Database Design with Alpha Software 