Portal:Windows Applications

The Visual Dataflex Portal is the place to come for articles and tutorials on developing Windows applications with Visual DataFlex.

Before beginning the more advanced stuff you should consider reading Vincent's book or attend a 5 days training. Now - on with the show:

Articles

• Visual DataFlex (covering the basic stuff)

Tutorials

• to add Workspace Parameters using cIniFile
• Running_VDF_programs_as_Windows_Services
• Using On_key for undefined keys
• Passing the workspace as a parameter
• Adding Workspace Parameters using the cIniFile class
• Adding SMTP Email to your application using an ActiveX control
• Run only one instance of your application
• Customize prompt lookup behavior in a dbgrid
• Print the content of an embedded IE html control
• Return data from every object in a dbView
• Print to a file using reports

Advanced

• Add icons with subset of images to CodeJock CommandBars

External links

• http://www.visualdataflex.com
• http://www.visualdataflex.ru (Russian)
• http://www.dataaccess.com
• http://www.dataaccess.nl
• WASP Newsgroup search engine
• StarZen Technologies Addon Tools, Books, Magazines, Consulting

Requested Articles / Works in progress

• Converting from DOS to Windows
• Using COM Objects (reuse existing functionality)