AlphaSports Help Pages

Description

Pages relating to AlphaSports.

Tutorial

• AlphaSportsWeb Explained

AlphaSports Forms

• The Customer Information Form

• The CustQueryReport Form

• The Edit_Customer_Info Form

• The Inventory Form

• The Invoice Form

• The InvoiceReportMenu Form

• The Items Form

• The Main Menu Form

• The Sales_People Form

• The Vendors Form

The AlphaSports database contains a large number of sample techniques that illustrate the power and ease of use of Alpha Anywhere. This chapter reviews selected forms, controls, scripts, and variables used in the database. This chapter is not a comprehensive review of the design of the AlphaSports database, but it does cover the following topics.

Action Scripts

• Using Action Script to Select a Record and Display a Form

• Creating a Button that Calls an Action Script

• Creating and Programming Hotspots

Application

• Starting the AlphaSports Application

• Ending the AlphaSports Application

Buttons

• Creating Buttons that Run Code

• Creating a Button that Calls an Action Script

• Creating a Button with a Bitmap

• Creating a Button that Calls an Xbasic Script

Calculated Fields

• Creating and Using Calculated Fields

Combo and List Boxes

• Using Field Rules to Generate A Table Lookup

• Filtering a Browse with a Combo Box Selection

Conditional Objects

• Creating and Using a Conditional Object

Email

• Creating an Email Template

• Creating and Using an Email Smart Field

Embedded Browse

• Creating and Formatting an Embedded Browse

• Configuring an Embedded Browse

• Opening a Filtered Browse on another Form

• Filtering a Browse with a Combo Box Selection

Field Rules

• Using Field Rules to Generate A Table Lookup

Help Text

• Creating Alpha Anywhere Help Text

Hotspots

• Creating and Programming Hotspots with Action Scripting

• Creating and Programming Hotspots with Xbasic

Menus

• Creating and Using a Multi-Level pop-up Menu

• Displaying the Main Menu

• Creating the Navigation Toolbar

• Displaying the Navigation Toolbar

Multi-State Button

• Creating and Using a Multi-state Button

Record Navigation

• Controlling Table Access from a Form

• Putting Table Navigation Buttons on Your Form

Scripts

• Creating the Navigation Toolbar

Sets

• Creating the Vendors Set

Stylesheets

• Creating and Using Stylesheets

Tabbed Control

• Using a Tabbed Object to Selectively Display Controls

Toolbars

• Creating the Navigation Toolbar

• Displaying the Navigation Toolbar

• Controlling Record Navigation with the Invoice Toolbar

Xbasic

• Creating a Button that Calls an Xbasic Script

• Using Xbasic to Control Access to a Form

• Using Xbasic to Create Queries

• Using Xbasic to Select a Record and Display a Form