Tag: Technology

The Desktop PC: Design Document

Jun 17, 2013

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in Design Document, Desktop Application, Form Design, How To

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…
The Desktop PC: First Look

Jun 13, 2013

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cdctakecharge

in Design Document, Desktop Application, Form Design, How To

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…
The Desktop PC: Purpose of the Desktop

Jun 11, 2013

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cdctakecharge

in Desktop Application, Form Design, How To

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…
The Desktop PC: A New Series from TakeCharge Software

Jun 10, 2013

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cdctakecharge

in Desktop Application, Form Design, How To

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…
Having Fun with Graphics Lesson 5: Bar Graphs

May 28, 2013

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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 Tricks

Hello 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…
Having fun with Graphics Lesson 4: Desktop Widget

May 10, 2013

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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, xDialog

Hello 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…
Having Fun with Graphics in Alpha Software Lesson 3: Angles

May 1, 2013

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in Changing Object Property Values, Conditional Object, Desktop Application, Form Design, Games, Having Fun With Graphics, How To, Object Explorer, Object Method, On Event, On Init, On Key, On Push, On Timer Event, Pong, Using If Else if, XBasic Tips and Tricks

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…
Having Fun w/ Graphics using xBasic Lesson 2 Pong

Apr 11, 2013

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cdctakecharge

in Changing Object Property Values, Conditional Object, Desktop Application, Form Design, Games, Having Fun With Graphics, How To, On Event, On Init, On Key, On Push, On Timer Event, Owner Draw, Pong

Hello Everyone In the last lesson I said we will take what we learned and use it to create the beginning of a pong game. Now the pong game on the surface is very simple. You have a ball, a paddle and movement. When the ball hits the paddle, it bounces. If it misses the…
Having Fun w/ Graphics using xBasic Lesson 1

Apr 9, 2013

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in Changing Object Property Values, Declaring Variables on a Form, Form Design, Games, Having Fun With Graphics, How To, Object Explorer, On Event, On Init, On Key, On Push, On Timer Event, Owner Draw, Pong, Using If Else if, XBasic Tips and Tricks

Hello everyone We are changing the pace here and will be showcasing routines not widely discussed in Alpha Software; mainly graphics and automation. To start with, we will do three simple animations; draw a line on a form, move a text box across the form and bounce a ball. Each of these animations are written…
King James Bible Reader Final Lesson:

Apr 5, 2013

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cdctakecharge

in Changing Object Property Values, Converting Data Types, Desktop Application, External Email Client, External Report Viewers, External_Record_Content_Get, Form Design, Form Load Method, How To, King James Bible Reader, List Objects, Object Explorer, Object Method, On Event, On Push, Record List Combo, Table Open Method, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialog

Hello everyone This is our final lesson on building a King James Bible reader in Alpha Software. Below is a short video which wraps up the final pieces of object code for our application and shows the solution for our new range query function. First we will look at the code for our new range…