| Visual xHarbour IDE: First Part |
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Getting to know your development environment is crucial when starting to write software. New VXH users will notice that our architect has made numerous efforts to
make the IDE as easy to use as possible. And we'd like to think he did a great job! The simplicity of the design and easy to use components inside the designer quickly
make you forget the old days. This instructional movie demonstrates the basics about VXH.
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| Visual xHarbour IDE: Second Part |
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In the first movie we covered the very basics about VXH and it should make you feel more at home. This movie will elaborate on that subject making VXH a tool that feels
like you've been using it forever.
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| Visual xHarbour IDE: Third Part |
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Previous movies demonstrated the look and feel of the VXH form designer and the overall IDE. It's about time we showed where the actual code goes.
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| Visual xHarbour Forms |
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VXH (the name says it all) is all about applications with a visual interface for the users. The strength of VXH is that creating a visual appealing interface is done
in just a matter of minutes. Just add some objects to a Form and you're on your way. Therefore it's important to know how to handle Forms and other objects. This movie
demonstrates the use of Forms inside VXH.
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| Visual xHarbour ImageList |
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The ImageList objects is a great tool to manage your .ico and .bmp images. They are often used to beautify toolbars, menus or simply to add an icon to your application.
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| Visual xHarbour PictureBox |
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Today's software isn't dull and grey anymore. VXH's answer to this? The PictureBox! Dragging this component to your Form is the hardest part. Just add an image to it and
your application looks a whole lot more appealing. The possibilities are virtually limitless: custom made buttons, splash screens, graphs, ...
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| Visual xHarbour Tab |
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Settings and preferences often expand during the time you develop your software. When too much preferences can be set, a TabControl comes to the rescue. It allows you do
double the place you have on a Form by adding only two forms. Imagine what six tabs can do ...
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| Visual xHarbour ToolBar |
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Toolbars are indispensable when developing userfriendly software. It allows you to offer the most commonly used actions of your application to the user in a clear and quick
fashion. In combination with the ImageList, you can add images to it in order to make your software more attractive.
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| Visual xHarbour Dialogs *NEW* |
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One-window-applications aren't that common. You'll soon find yourself creating a splash screen, a window filled with settings and preferences or the software keeps expanding and
there seems to come no end to the number of forms in your project. This movie demonstrates the use of Dialogs, Forms supporting data exchange with users.
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| Visual xHarbour MemoryTable *NEW* |
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To quickly handle a limited amount of data, it's prefered to use a MemoryTable. Just drag and drop the component on your form. Link the data file and you're done.
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| Visual xHarbour MemoryTable *NEW* |
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Updating and adding information to the MemoryTable is the next step. This demo movie shows you the basics about adding and editing data in the MemoryTable.
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| Visual xHarbour DataTable *NEW* |
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To manage stored data, VXH offers a very easy to use object: DataTable.
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| Visual xHarbour DataTable *NEW* |
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The DataTable enables us to use stored data in our VXH project easily. With the use of the DataGrid, the data is stored in a professionally looking grid..
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| Visual xHarbour DataTable *NEW* |
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This demo movie shows how to edit a record from a DataTable using a dialog window.
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| Visual xHarbour DataTable *NEW* |
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Much like the previous movie, this demo shows how to edit the information inside a DataTable using more complex objects.
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