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http://www.fivetechsoft.com http://forums.fivetechsupport.com Fivewin Official Forum - Come here for support and/or discussions James Bott's Fivewin Stuff - Contains a number of interesting articles and utilities for download A repository of FW ...text/html2010-08-25T17:38:11+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@189.201.122.52)fivewin_fivewin_report_engine - created
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All the reports have the following construction: LOCAL oReport REPORT oReport ... COLUMN ... COLUMN ... END REPORT ACTIVATE REPORT oReport ... As you can see the basic construction is very simple. Here is the complete sy...text/html2010-08-25T17:25:12+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@201.103.141.4)fivewin_managing_the_printer_as_an_object - created
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FiveWin manages the printer as an object, so controlling the printing process is as easy as manipulating, from an object oriented point of view,the printer object. · How to create a Printer object ? FiveWin provides a TPrinter Class to manage the ...text/html2010-08-25T17:21:55+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@201.103.141.4)fivewin_quick_printing_techniques - created
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Besides the sophisticated FiveWin Report Engine, FiveWin offers you RAD (rapid application development) techniques to quickly prototype your printouts, with no work at all on your side!: · Generating a full report from the current workarea: Just ...text/html2010-08-25T17:21:12+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@201.103.141.4)fivewin_basic_concepts_about_printing_in_windows - created
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The major difference between managing the printer in MsDos and in Windows is the fact that in Windows we manage the printer in graphical mode. This means that we are going to manage different sizes of fonts, that we are going to manage text and dra...text/html2010-08-25T17:18:43+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@201.103.141.4)fivewin_documentation
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http://www.fivetechsoft.com http://forums.fivetechsupport.com Programming guide Introduction Organizing Your Working Desktop FiveWin Installation Required Tools The components of Windows applications The business-application point of vie...text/html2010-08-24T02:00:44+01:00hua (hua@60.50.100.126)xbrowse
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Please put in this page any notes with regards to xBrowse that might be useful Specify Header Alignment oCol:nHeadStrAlign := AL_CENTER // or AL_LEFT ( default ) or AL_RIGHT Add Button to a Column oCol:nEditType := EDIT_BUTTON oCol:bEditBlock := ...text/html2010-08-23T11:32:42+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@201.99.31.253)fivewin_browsing_everything_you_want
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The major advantage of FiveWin TWBrowse (strongly based on Clipper TBrowse model) is the capability of browsing anything you may need. FiveWin TWBrowse is a generic browser machine capable of browsing information of any type, though as DataBase bro...text/html2010-08-23T11:27:58+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@201.99.31.253)fivewin_browsing_arrays - created
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// Reviewing arrays - using FiveWin TWBrowse #include "FiveWin.ch" //------------------------------------------------------------------// function Main() local oDlg, oBrw local aSample := { &q...text/html2010-08-23T11:26:21+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@201.99.31.253)fivewin_drawing_bitmaps_inside_browses
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FiveWin requires that all expressions to be shown on a browse to be of character type. The reason for this is that if you specify a number we understand it is a handle of a bitmap so there you want to show a bitmap: See SAMPLES\FwBrow.prg: @ 1, 1 L...text/html2010-08-23T11:22:35+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@201.99.31.253)fivewin_using_fivewin_indexed_filles_select_clauses - created
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FiveWin Browses implement a powerful feature that allows us to retrieve just a part of a DataBase similar as a FILTER, but based on Indexes which makes it extremely fast and efficient (Clipper SET FILTER must not be used with medium-big DataBases). ...text/html2010-08-23T11:19:56+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@201.99.31.253)fivewin_placing_browses_in_resources
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How to place a FiveWin Browse in a DialogBox: 1. Select the custom control toolbar button (it shows a little key on it). 2. You will be prompted for the name of the custom control to use: Write TWBrowse. 3. Draw the browse area on the Dialog Box...text/html2010-08-22T15:37:40+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@189.253.41.194)fivewin_fivewin_own_twbrowse_class
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FiveWin implements its own browse which has some important differences from the traditional MsDos Clipper TBrowse. This difference is based on the fact that we wanted FiveWin browsers to execute as fast as possible. Windows is a graphical environmen...text/html2010-08-22T10:53:54+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@189.253.41.194)fivewin_network_programming - created
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If you have never design a NetWork application with Clipper, don’t be afraid! They are not so difficult. There are some rules you have to follow: 1. All DataBases will be opened ‘SHARED’ by default, except if you specify ‘E...text/html2010-08-22T10:52:43+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@189.253.41.194)fivewin_databases_and_non-modal_programming
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If you choose to develop your application using a Non-modal style you may be aware of certain design rules: 1. What is a Non-modal application ? If you use MDI windows in your app, or if you use DialogBoxes with the clause NOWAIT, then you are im...text/html2010-08-22T10:39:14+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@189.253.41.194)fivewin_using_fivewin_database_objects - created
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FiveWin DataBase objects have been designed with the purpose of reducing the size of your code when you have to manipulate a DBF. They simplify very much all the work required to work with DataBases and they are totally compatible with the standard ...text/html2010-08-22T10:30:33+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@189.253.41.194)fivewin_reusing_all_your_msdos_designs - created
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FiveWin imposes no restriction at all to your current DataBase designs and techniques acquired in MsDos. You may feel free to continue working as you normally do with DataBases. There are just some points you should keep in mind for a better unders...text/html2010-08-22T10:23:26+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@189.253.41.194)fivewin_multimedia_applications - created
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Multimedia applications typically refers to applications that extensively use sound and vision to interact with the final user. But, in fact, a multimedia application may use more ways to get a better interaction with the final user mainly using new...text/html2010-08-19T11:43:30+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@189.135.215.94)fivewin_exe_resources_vs_dll_resources
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There are two main ways to store the resources of your applications: 1. Inside your .EXE file 2. Inside an external DLL Both systems are very powerful, but there are some important differences you should know: 1. The biggest benefit of storing...text/html2010-08-19T11:34:14+01:00Hector Garcia (hector_garcia@189.135.215.94)fivewin_what_are_resources
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Resources are one of the most important parts of Windows programming.To understand them you should consider that your program can be divided in two parts: · What the program does -behaviors- · The different pieces used to build the program -Data- ...