Category: WINDEV

Importer Screen with Database Storage

This week's Uncle Pete's corner will be looking at my PDF Viewer/Scanner/Importer Screen. We will be storing the images in a Hyperfile C/S database. This will be 100% native WinDev code no ActiveX or .NET required! One of my very early projects involved document storage. That was a long time ago! The documents weren't stored … Continue reading PDF Viewer/Scanner/Importer Screen with Database Storage →

Bug when translating strings in the Code Editor

Using the Google Translate Button when Translating Strings in Code does not Save Changes When you right click on a string in the Code editor and chose translate from the popup menu, then just use the Google Translate button to do the translations, the changes do not get saved. It shows them on the screen … Continue reading Bug when translating strings in the Code Editor →

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 →

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: →

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 →

Refactoring Code between WD and WB

Photo by nasrulekram Are you not taking advantage of all the refactoring features available to you in WX? Are you wasting time maintaining code in more than one place? Today we are going to use conditional target-code to refactor code between WinDev and WebDev so the Open Source Default Manager Class can be shared between both environments and avoid … Continue reading Refactoring Code between WD and WB →

Using the Open Source Default Manager Class

Photo by nasrulekram This week's Uncle Pete's corner covers the use of the Open Source Default Manager Class. This is an introductory into the Open Source Initiative for anyone that hasn't worked with projects from other developers before, as well as show some uses for the default manager class. What is the Open Source Initiative I … Continue reading Using the Open Source Default Manager Class →

NextAge Open Source Application

The NextAge Open Source Application is meant as a “teaching” tool to provide sample code and a testing bed for all of NextAge’s open source classes and code. Along with using our Open Source classes, there is a collection of miscellaneous code and procedures that may be useful, but are not something appropriate to … Continue reading NextAge Open Source Application →

Open Source – System Log

The System Log Class was created to provide standard method of recording errors in a database table. The SystemLog class has been tested in both WD and WB. The System Log Class was created to provide standard method of recording errors in a database table. Often we have users that call for support, but when … Continue reading Open Source – System Log →

Open Source – Business Rules

The Business Rule Class was created to provide a uniform method of enforcing business rules and data validation in an application. The Business Rule Class was created to provide a uniform method of enforcing business rules and data validation in an application. Furthermore it provides the ability to adjust and extend the business rules from … Continue reading Open Source – Business Rules →