Monday, May 17, 2010 Tip of the Day: Using Custom Themes in R:BASE eXtreme 9.0 (32/64)
Supported Versions: R:BASE eXtreme 9.0 (32) Supported Versions: R:BASE eXtreme 9.0 (32) Supported Builds..: 9.0.1.10511 or higher R:BASE Updates: http://www.rupdates.com Did you know that you can integrate your own custom theme in R:BASE eXtreme 9.0? There are 86 (35 old + 51 new) pre-defined themes available in R:BASE eXtreme 9.0. These themes can be applied to Internal Forms, External Forms (.rff), Applications (.rba), the Print Preview window, CHOOSE, DIALOG, PAUSE, PLUGIN (RCalculator), and PRNSETUP dialog windows. Here is a list of documented themes in R:BASE eXtreme 9.0: 01. Aqua 02. BeOS 03. Blade 04. Blue Monkey 05. Bugatti 06. Catalyst 07. Celestial 08. Chrome 09. Clear Orange 10. Convergence 11. Crystal Blue 12. Dazzle 13. Elegance 14. Eternal 15. Forest Green 16. Destiny 17. Gallardo 18. Homestead 19. iTunes 20. KDE 21. Legends 22. Luna 23. Luxor 24. Metallic 25. Mind Wood 26. Mint 27. Navy 28. Office 2007 29. Panther 30. Plex 31. Prof Skin 32. QNX 33. Radiance 34. Royale 35. Sentinel Blue 36. Sentinel Green 37. Sentinel Red 38. Sentinel Purple 39. Sentinel Silver 40. Seven 41. Sniper 42. Soft Blue 43. Swing 44. Venom 45. Vienna 46. Vista CG 47. Vista New 48. Water Color 49. Windows Media Player 11 50. Wood 51. Yrgen Style If that is not enough, now you can integrate your own custom theme in R:BASE eXtreme 9.0. Here's how: 01. Create a separate folder, such as "Styles" under the same folder with your database and application(s). 02. Copy your own custom designed theme (themename.msstyles) file in "Styles" folder. 03. Use the following PROPERTY command to load your custom designed theme in your application startup or RBASE.DAT file. -- Load Theme PROPERTY LOAD_THEME 'themename' 'Styles\themename.msstyles' -- your additional code here RETURN 04. Use the following PROPERTY command to release your custom designed theme from memory, such as application EXIT routine. -- Release Theme PROPERTY RELEASE_THEME 'themename' 'TRUE' RETURN 05. Use the following PROPERTY command to change custom theme. -- Change Theme PROPERTY CHANGE_THEME 'themename' 'filepathandname' RETURN Example: PROPERTY CHANGE_THEME NewLuna 'Styles\LunaXP.msstyles' RETURN After this command is issued, the theme NewLuna will use the styles defined in the LunaXP.msstyles file. This command parameter is provided to alter the theme file, and to avoid changing the specified "theme name" is every location within the code. 06. In a compiled application, you may embed your custom themes as built-in resource without including external files. R:Compiler 9.0 | Additional Resources | Themes Add Themes ... (*.msstyles) Load Theme(s) from Library... Note: All previously defined Forms which are redefined to use Themes should be thoroughly checked prior to putting into production, as objects and text may look substantially different. Have fun! Very Best R;egards, Razzak. P.S. To review all Themes in a live form, run the "Dynamic R:BASE eXtreme 9.0 Theme Selector" form, RBG90_ThemeSelctr, within the RRBYW16 sample database (bundled with full installation) of R:BASE eXtreme 9.0 (32) and (64). --- RBASE-L ================================================ TO POST A MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS: Send a plain text email to [email protected] (Don't use any of these words as your Subject: INTRO, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, SEARCH, REMOVE, SUSPEND, RESUME, DIGEST, RESEND, HELP) ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: INTRO ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: UNSUBSCRIBE ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: SEARCH-n (where n is the number of days). In the message body, place any text to search for. ================================================
