Tag: software
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Object Events: Where do I put my code?
Hello Everyone If you have been following along, you know I write a lot of object code on forms rather than putting code in the code library. I was recently asked; How do I know what object should get what code? This is a fair question and deserves a look. To start with lets look…
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Designing a Custom Form Query
Hello Everyone Today we are looking at how to design a custom form query for the simple form we created in the last session. Alpha Software provides a Query by Form option on the drop down Query Menu.This option will display the query toolbar and blanks all fields on the form allowing the user to…
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Making the Object Spell Checker work
Hello Everyone and Happy New Year This session was supposed to be about our desktop tape calculator and I am currently writing that lesson but I recently had a customer request which I found interesting and wanted to share. The customer has an application which has migrated form DOS to their current version of Alpha…
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PC Desktop: Email Account Manager
Hello Everyone, It’s been a while and I do apologize, but sometimes life gets in the way of life and I for one believe you should go with the flow. Today we are looking at the Email Account Manager and the code for attaching single or multiple files to an email. First, lets watch this…
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PC Desktop:Zip File Manager
Hello Everyone Today we are looking at the punch list for our File Manager Module. As we have discussed, the File Manager will also double as the Start Menu for our desktop. Therefore, we must consider both applications when working on our punch list. Initially our list for this module was fairly short but as…
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PC Desktop: Web Bookmark Manager
Hello Everyone Today we will be looking at our Web Bookmark Manager. Our Bookmark manager is designed on our weblist table and has three separate yet related functions. Provide a method for managing our Web Bookmark Menu Provide a means of searching the Web using the major search engines Provide a Browser interface for all…
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PC Desktop: Controlling the User Interface
Hello everyone Along with error handling and event trapping the programmer also needs to control user interaction with the program. Now this presents itself in many ways which include but are not limited to; Data Entry Forms Conditional Objects Field Rules Controlling Object Properties Using Forms as Dialog boxes xDialog Boxes I will discuss each…
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PC Desktop: Document Manager
Hello everyone. As I stated at the end of the last session, we are finally going to look at the Document Manager. For a long time now business has used Document Managers to control the flow of information through their staff and offices. No one however, has created a Document Manager for the personal computer at…
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PC Desktop New Search Features:
Hello Everyone Searching the hard drive for files and folders should be simple. On our desktop we will have a link from our Clock Calendar Menu to take the user directly to the File Search Utility and there will be a link on the File Manager as well. When the Search Utility loads it will be…
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Having Fun with Graphics in Alpha Software Lesson 3: Angles
Hello everyone In our last lesson we created our Pong table, the paddle and the ball. When the ball struck the paddle, it bounced only on the horizontal plane. Today, we are going to make the ball bounce at an angle. Watch the short video to see how it works and to get an overview…
Custome Database Design with Alpha Software 