Tag: Programming
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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…
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Incorporating xBasic in the Design Process
Hello everyone. Before we start this next chapter ‘Incorporating xBasic in Design’ I want to give a follow up on our Chess Program. In the last post I introduced a new table for analyzing our moves. I also discussed how the table would advance through the options i.e. protect, attack and strategize. Well I want…
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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: A New Perspective
Hello Everyone Hope the holiday season is going well for all of you. It’s been a while since my last post and that has been because I am not having the success with the direction I am taking on my min/max program that I had hoped for. For example; If white opens with e4…
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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…
Custome Database Design with Alpha Software 