MSM-Workstation
Building a Non-Trivial Application
Table of Contents

• Get Started
  • Create a database
  • Mount a local database
  • Create a set of windows
    • Bootstrap
    • Create the main window
    • Add a text box
    • Add a Drop Down List
    • Add a button
    • Fill in the details
    • Initialization
    • Compile the window
    • More action
    • Test the window
    • Diagnostic messages
    • Change the mouse cursor while the program is busy
    • Create the second window
    • Add a picture
    • Initialization in the second window
    • Invoke the second window from the first
    • Test the combination of the windows
    • Fine-tune the representation of the elements in the second window
    • One sub-ordinate window, or more?
    • More fine-tuning
    • Activate the button in the first window
    • Create a third window
    • Invoke the third window from the command button in the first
    • Data Entry
  • Create an application
• PDQweb, an easier alternative?
• Interaction with the Window-Objects
  • Examples
• Import/Export File Format
• Macros
• Components
  • Active X (.ocx)
  • Button
  • Check Box
  • Combo Box
  • Date
  • Document
  • Drop Combo Box
  • Drop Down List
  • Generic Box
  • Group Box
  • Label
  • List Box
  • Lock
  • Long List
  • Picture
  • Radio Button
  • Scroll Bar
  • Spin Button
  • SQL Data
  • Tabbed Group
  • Text Box
  • Timer
• Events, high level
  • Check
  • Choose
  • CommonCode
  • Create
  • Destroy
  • Enter
  • Error
  • Exit
  • Modified
  • MoveFirst
  • MoveLast
  • MoveNext
  • MovePrevious
  • Push
  • Scroll
  • UpdateControls
  • UpdateRecord
• Events, low level
  • change
  • char
  • click
  • close
  • dblClick
  • deselect
  • drop
  • fKeyDown
  • fKeyUp
  • goBottom
  • goDown
  • goDownBig
  • goTop
  • goUp
  • goUpBig
  • gotFocus
  • help
  • keyDown
  • keyUp
  • lostFocus
  • maximize
  • minimize
  • move
  • ptrDown
  • ptrDrag
  • ptrMove
  • ptrUp
  • resize
  • restore
  • select
  • timer
• Where Does Which Action Logic Go?
  • High Level Events
  • Low Level Events
• Glossary
• Menu Structure