Category: WX

Gmail Style Email Entry Field – Part 2

This week’s Uncle Pete’s corner will be wrapping up the Gmail Style Email Entry Field Last week we covered the requirements, and did the coding for the entry field and lookup ahead style combo box. This week we are wrapping up with the variable number and width of columns looper. Which will introduce some less … Continue reading Gmail Style Email Entry Field – Part 2 →

WebDev Publishing Parameter File

When multiple people work on a WebDev project, sometimes more than one person needs to be able to publish an update to the site. If you have ever published a site you know there are quite a few parameters and passwords that you have to get correct. Instead of having to share all of that … Continue reading WebDev Publishing Parameter File →

Gmail Style Email Entry Field – Part 1

This week's Uncle Pete's corner will be covering Gmail Style Email Entry Field We will be creating a Gmail Style Email Entry Field, which means we will be creating a type ahead style combo box and a few other features as well. In my "spare" time, I have been slowly rewriting pcReminder.com, which I originally wrote with … Continue reading Gmail Style Email Entry Field – Part 1 →

Embedding a PDF in a WebDev Page

This week's Uncle Pete's corner will be cover embedding a PDF in a WebDev Page We are working on a Electronic Parts Distributor eCommerce website and one requirement is to display data sheets for the products. Data Sheets are technical documents in PDF format with all types of technical information about a part. They can … Continue reading Embedding a PDF in a WebDev Page →

Scan to PDF

Dan Matis ask me to create a “Scan to PDF” function based on the work I had previously done on my image viewer component, and he is gracious enough to allow me to share the function with the community. You simply pass the name of the resulting PDF file to the function, and it uses … Continue reading Scan to PDF →

Uploading and Processing an Excel File

I needed to upload and process an excel file via WebDev for a recent project. To accomplish the task, several concepts covered, so I figured it would make for a great "Uncle Pete's Corner" We will be covering: The WebDev Upload Control Drag and Drop File Uploading The Native Excel Commands Updating a progress bar … Continue reading Uploading and Processing an Excel File →

The END:

Don't get to excited, we aren't talking about the END: of Uncle Pete! We are talking about the END: statement in WX. Notice the : , read on to find out what the heck that is all about. What we are really talking about today, is cleaning up after yourself, something my wife doesn't think … Continue reading The END: →

WebDev Session Timeout and Usage Stats

This week's Uncle Pete's corner will be covering the WebDev Session Timeout Issue and while we are at it we will also track the time a user spends logged onto the site to use for usage statistics later on. Session Timeout The session timeout setting in WebDev determines how long WebDev keeps track of the users session … Continue reading WebDev Session Timeout and Usage Stats →

WebDev Loopers Part 1

Photo by nasrulekram This week's Uncle Pete's corner kicks off a series of post and webinars covering all aspects of WebDev Loopers. Today's post and Webinar will be an intro to Loopers but in the coming weeks we will get into some advanced WebDev Looper Concepts Since this is a overview, there won't be as much … Continue reading WebDev Loopers Part 1 →

Conditional String Concatenation

Photo by nasrulekram This week's Uncle Pete's corner will be covering Conditional String Concatenation. This is one of those handy little tools to toss in your toolbox and pull out once in a while when you have a need for it. So what is conditional string concatenation? Well buried about half way done the online help page … Continue reading Conditional String Concatenation →