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Discovering DataFlex 2016 is the most comprehensive resource available for learning the DataFlex programming language and application framework. The book, delivered as a PDF file, teaches you how to write DataFlex Windows applications. Many of the core concepts of the DataFlex language and framework, like the use of Data Dictionaries, apply equally to developing web and mobile applications.
Programmers of any level can use this book to learn the DataFlex language; no prior knowledge of the product is required. Discovering DataFlex 2016, written in English, is an excellent tool for self-learning, it is also used as the curriculum in training classes around the world.
A combination of reading and doing is the best way to learn and practice a programming language and framework so, in Discovering DataFlex 2016, you will find labs, practical exercises and questions, that will help you become a productive DataFlex programmer at your own pace. The comprehensive learning material, over almost 700 pages, can help you become proficient in the world of DataFlex to a medium level or above.
About the author: Vincent Oorsprong is the manager of support & training at Data Access Europe in Hengelo, The Netherlands. Vincent has worked with DataFlex since 1984 and is an acknowledged expert in all things relating to DataFlex. He has trained many developers across Europe and the world and is a respected speaker at conferences and other events.
Discovering DataFlexs Table of Contents, shown below, illustrates the scope and depth of information available in the book.
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Table of contents:
- Introduction
- The goal
- Tools
- Workspace
- Language
- Create a new project
- The database
- Creating and modifying tables
- Create a windows project
- Create views
- The view source code
- Confirmation questions
- Data dictionaries (Part I)
- Create selection lists
- The selectionlist source code
- Menu
- Use of parent tables
- Validation
- Use of child tables
- Data dictionary finds
- Save and delete
- Key assignments
- Use of filters
- Validation tables
- Error handling
- Other DD settings
- Controls
- Running totals
- Other data dictionary events
- The focus
- Batch processes
- Creating classes
- Floating menus
- How to build resizable programs?
- Importance of container objects
- A list oriented data entry approach
- Skinning
- Periodic actions
- Templates
- Libraries
- Sequential I/O
- Import and Export
- Reporting
- Add bells and whistles
- Toolpanel
- Storing user settings
- Troubleshooting
- Deployment
- Appendix A (Class palettes)
- Appendix B (Values & Items)
- Index
License
The Discovering DataFlex 2016 book is a PDF document licensed to a single person.
No part of the PDF document may be copied or distributed, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any human or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, manual, or otherwise, or disclosed to third parties without the express written permission of Data Access Corporation, Miami, Florida, USA.
The training material is meant to be used by any licensed user of DataFlex.
Use of this material for any form of fee-based training without the express written permission of Data Access Worldwide is strictly prohibited. For information about commercial use of this material, contact the nearest Data Access Worldwide regional office.