Monday, November 3, 2003
From the Edge: Designing Menu-Driven Applications Section: Designing and Deploying R:BASE 7.0 Applications Chapter: Running R:BASE Your Way! Platform: R:BASE 7.0 for Windows Build: 7.0.65.21104 and higher
Now that you have a pretty good idea about the Next Generation R:BASE 7.0 for Windows, its new interface, wizards, designers and all the built-in tools, and you have converted and/or designed new forms, reports and labels, updated all command files and EEPs to take advantage of new and enhanced commands, the biggest challenge is how to put all these together in a menu-driven application. Right? Well, no worries.
R:BASE 7.0 for Windows introduces many different ways of designing and deploying custom applications with a new look and feel. There are at least five different options available in R:BASE 7.0 for Windows to design and implement state-of-the-art applications:
. Using Application Designer . Using Design Menu Bar option in Form Designer . Using TreeView Control in Form Designer . Using Drop-Down Menu Button Control in Form Designer . Using Shape Button Control in Form Designer
Each option provides various possibilities and has its own look and feel. Technically, there are no advantages to using one style over the other. It is just a matter of user and developer preference.
This document will provide you with a quick overview and samples of all five options available in R:BASE 7.0 for Windows and is not intended to be a tutorial or step-by-step instructions on how (that will come soon).
Running R:BASE Your Way! (Part 4), the Grand Finale Application, described in this document, is also intended to help our developers, users and especially the *new* members of R:BASE community who have taken the challenge to switch from OTHER application development environments to R:BASE 7.0 for Windows.
A PDF version of this document is also available at:
From the Edge: Designing Applications in R:BASE 7.0 http://www.razzak.com/fte (R:BASE 7.0 for Windows)
For an on-line demonstration of the above applications, please visit:
http://www.rbase.com/rbg7/applications/rrbyw4 http://www.rbase.com/rbg7/applications/ShapeButtonMenus
Enjoy and make sure to have fun!
Very Best R:egards,
Razzak.
