Tag: Technology
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Programming Developers Diary – 03
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in .queryrun, Declaring Variables on a Form, Design Document, Desktop Application, Developers Diary, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, Form Design, Handling Errors, How To, On Event, On Push, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using goto label, Using If Else if, Using Query’s, XBasic Tips and TricksJanuary 13,2017 Hello everyone. I have completed the receivables module upgrade for my customer and did the thing I hate most but must do which is check my work. Typically I test my work as I go along but those test work on the norm rather than the exception. We all know in the business…
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Programming Developers Diary -02
January 12, 2017 Today I am continuing work on the customer upgrade from yesterday and a simple routine is needed to insure the invoices selected do not exceed the check total for the batch. To do this we need two calculated fields and one variable variable field. InvTTl vCkTotal xBalDue InvTTl (total of all invoices…
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TakeCharge App Manager Lesson 04: Time and Billing
Hello everyone and Merry Christmas If you have been following my blog on programming in Alpha Software, you know it has been several months since my last post. In fact, it has been close to half a year. I make no excuses or offer now apologies. It is what it is. After the New Year…
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TakeCharge App Manager Lesson 03
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in *html_to_plain, Append, bin_to_rtf, character conversion, Converting Data Types, Desktop Application, External Email Client, Form as Dialog, Form Design, Form Load Method, How To, HTML memo field, Memo Fields, On Push, rtf_to_html, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using If Else if, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialogCurrently I am still working on the routine for editing scripts and weighing the best possible solutions. So in the meantime, lets look at some of the Modules which will accompany our application. One module which I left out of the original list is an email manager. If you are developing for clients, a common …
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TakeCharge App Manager Lesson 02 Using A5 Enumerations
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in Append, Autoexec Script, Conditional Object, Declaring Variables on a Form, Desktop Application, Fetch, fetch_Next, Fetch_Prev, Form Design, How To, HTML memo field, List Object, List Objects, Memo Fields, On Event, On Push, Operations, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using If Else if, XBasic Tips and TricksA key component to our project application is to list all objects in the application development queue. We could simply provide data tables with a data entry form and have the user manually enter all the object information, but in truth that would not be a good solution since everyone today wants everything instantly. So…
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Programming in Alpha Software Black Jack 05 Final Punch List
Our blackjack program is coming to a close and I decided to review the items left to do and give an overview of the solution. Lets look at our design document. As you can see, not much is left to do. So lets review. 1. Push goes to the house. Our win loss control is…
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Programming in Alpha Software Black Jack 04 Game Mechanics
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in Append, batch_Begin, Blackjack, Changing Object Property Values, Declaring Variables on a Form, Design Document, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, Fetch_Prev, Form as Dialog, Form Design, Form Load Method, Games, Having Fun With Graphics, How To, Object Explorer, Object Method, On Event, On Push, Operations, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using Eval function, Using goto label, Using If Else if, Using Images on Forms, Writing Array’s, XBasic Tips and TricksProgramming our Black Jack Game will be a success only if the game mechanics make sense and work similar to the real world. What I mean by this is users know the Black Jack game and are familiar with how it works, so our game must work the same or users will lose interest and…
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Programming in Alpha Software: Black Jack 03
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in batch_Begin, Blackjack, Changing Object Property Values, Declaring Variables on a Form, Design Document, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, Fetch_Prev, Form Design, Form Load Method, Games, Having Fun With Graphics, How To, Object Explorer, Object Method, On Event, On Push, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Using goto label, Using If Else if, Using Images on Forms, XBasic Tips and TricksWelcome back. In this session we are looking at the deal, but before we do; lets look at our design document to see what we have accomplished so far and what still needs to be done. As you can see, we are moving right along and should be done in a few more sessions. Now…
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Programming in Alpha Software Black Jack 02
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in batch_Begin, Blackjack, Changing Object Property Values, Declaring Variables on a Form, Design Document, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, Form Design, Form Load Method, Games, Hot Spots, How To, List Objects, Object Explorer, Object Method, ON Change, On Event, On Push, Operations, Randomize Numbers, Script Genie, Table Open Method, Tables and Sets, Update, Using goto label, Using Images on Forms, Writing Array’s, XBasic Tips and Tricks, xDialogWhen we left off at the end of session 01 I said we would look at New Game Control Controlling the Number of Players Shuffling the Deck. If the lesson does not get too long I will review the animation of dealing a card as well. I created this short video to show where we…
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Programming in Alpha Software Magic Cube Lesson 3
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in Append, batch_Begin, Changing Object Property Values, Declaring Variables on a Form, Design Document, Desktop Application, External_Record_Content_Get, Fetch, fetch_Next, Form as Dialog, Form Design, Form Load Method, Games, Handling Errors, Having Fun With Graphics, Hot Spots, How To, List Object, List Objects, Object Explorer, Object Method, ON Change, On Event, On Init, On Push, Operations, Pong, Table Open Method, tablecount, Tables and Sets, TC Magic Cube, Using Images on Forms, XBasic Tips and TricksThe primary focus for today’s session is how to animate the cube moves. If you saw my lesson on Having Fun with Graphics: Pong you know we can move objects on the screen by changing their position property value. We are not going to do that here. Instead we are changing the color value of…
Custome Database Design with Alpha Software 