Category: wxFileManager

File Manager Primer – Deleting Records

One of the points of the FileManager classes is they give you the same basic features as standard file access. But then can be extended to handle additional features and functions. I realized I have not written an article covering the basic file access functions and how to extend them so it seems like a … Continue reading File Manager Primer – Deleting Records →

Mapping Attribute and Class Properties

The mapping attribute is probably one of those features that many folks don't know about. It doesn't even get a lot of attention in the documentation, but it is a really handy feature that has saved my bacon more than once. Before we can talk about the mapping attribute we need to first talk about … Continue reading Mapping Attribute and Class Properties →

Extending the FileManager Classes for a Generic Search on Browses

Today we are going to discuss a feature that technically isn't part of the FileManager classes but demonstrates how you can tweak and extend them without change their core functionality, all thanks to the magic of OOP. Often on browses I like to include a generic search edit control that search multiple fields, so the … Continue reading Extending the FileManager Classes for a Generic Search on Browses →

FileManager Primer – Creating the Manager Class

For every table in your Analysis you need 2 classes a record class (a single record) and a Manager class (which manages the actual file access and hold a collection of records). Today we are going to talk about creating the Manager Class, which is relatively painless thanks to a couple of code bricks we … Continue reading FileManager Primer – Creating the Manager Class →

FileManager Primer – Child Management

Now that we got through the some basics of the FileManager classes in the articles FileManger Primer – Adding Lookups and FileManager Primer – Simple Browse/Form, we can move on the the "good" stuff. Child management is something Andy and I worked on quite a while to perfect, and it really opens you eyes to what the … Continue reading FileManager Primer – Child Management →

FileManager Primer – Simple Browse/Form

We have a number of videos, articles, example projects, you name it covering the FileManager Classes. What I will be attempting to do with this series of blog articles is breaking down some of the features of the Filemanager Classes include bite size chunks. This is intended for folks that have already made it past … Continue reading FileManager Primer – Simple Browse/Form →

FileManger Primer – Adding Lookups

Creating a record class without using the UML – Even Better Way!

Thanks to Stefano Sarcletti over on our Facebook Group, we now have an even better way to do this! This is version to of this article with the new and improved method. If you use our File Manager classes then you know we use the UML model to generate our record classes from the Analysis. … Continue reading Creating a record class without using the UML – Even Better Way! →

Creating a record class without using the UML

If you use our File Manager classes then you know we use the UML model to generate our record classes from the Analysis. This works great when you already have an analysis and you are starting fresh with record classes, but starts showing a few chinks in the armor when you need to add a … Continue reading Creating a record class without using the UML →