Uncle Pete’s Corner – Avoiding Image Cache Issues

Have you ever had a WebDev site, that allows the user to upload and set the logo for their account? Have you had issues with the logo not changing when they upload a new one because of the browser cache? Well if so you are in luck, this week we will look at the pcReminder.com … Continue reading Uncle Pete’s Corner – Avoiding Image Cache Issues →

Coming Attraction – Uncle Pete’s Corner – Avoiding Image Cache Issues

Have you ever had a WebDev site, that allows the user to upload and set the logo for their account? Have you had issues with the logo not changing when they upload a new one because of the browser cache? Well if so you are in luck, this week we will look at the pcReminder.com … Continue reading Coming Attraction – Uncle Pete’s Corner – Avoiding Image Cache Issues →

Variables declared in a Loop

Ran into a very subtle issue today with variables declared in a loop. For pcreminder.com, I have an outer loop that gets all the reminders that need to be sent for all users. Within that loop, there is a second loop that loops through all the receipts for the reminder and sends the actual reminder. … Continue reading Variables declared in a Loop →

Flexible Comparison Statements

A few weeks ago I gave someone an answer that included code similar to this: IF Nospace(MyString) = "TestString" And Wolfgang Kirsch pointed out the flexible comparison operators in the online help. So the statement can be written as IF Mystring ~= "TestString" I have been trying to use this more as I feel it … Continue reading Flexible Comparison Statements →

WinDev Dashboards

This week we will be covering the new v19 WinDev Dashboard features. This was one of the Devcon presentations, so those that attended Devcon have had the benefit of this information for over a month now! In this webinar we will go over all the functions available via the Dashboard features. And look at the … Continue reading WinDev Dashboards →

Combobox issue with & Character

We ran into an odd one this morning. Location names were not showing up correctly in a combo box control. Freezer R&D was showing up as Freezer RD It appears that the combo box control has some logic to create hot keys for the choices using the & character, just like there is for captions. … Continue reading Combobox issue with & Character →

Simplified SWITCH Statement

Just a quick one today that might help you clean up some code somewhere. I have a process where we are importing some glossary terms for 5 different languages. All of the logic is identical except for the LanguageID. So I have a simple FOR loop that runs 5 times, the problem is that the … Continue reading Simplified SWITCH Statement →

Multiple Return Values from a Function

One of the new features of v19 is the ability to return multiple values from a procedure. That came in real handy for me this week! While working on the JQuery Slider date selection control that some of you have seen, I needed to be able to find the begin and end dates for a … Continue reading Multiple Return Values from a Function →

Structured Array Short Hand

I used structured arrays a lot! No I mean A LOT! In fact, I generally have a class called FixedLookups that contains several Hardcoded Structured Arrays for things that are necessarily user configurable, but still easier for me to code a combo box using a structured array instead of hardcoding into control properties via the … Continue reading Structured Array Short Hand →

A Couple of WebDev Tips

This week we are going to look at a couple of WebDev tips. First we will look at some issues with AJAXExecute and the values of edit controls, and then we will look at how to avoid a long report timing out when you run it from WebDev. First let's talk about AJAXExecute. AJAXExecute allows … Continue reading A Couple of WebDev Tips →