Portal:Windows Applications
The Windows Applications Portal is the place to come for articles and tutorials on developing Windows applications with DataFlex.
Note: DataFlex was renamed from Visual DataFlex, by Data Access Worldwide in 2014.
Articles
- Visual DataFlex (covering the basic stuff)
Tutorials
- How to add Workspace Parameters using the cIniFile class
- Running_VDF_programs_as_Windows_Services
- Using On_key for undefined keys
- Passing the workspace as a parameter
- Adding SMTP Email to your application using an ActiveX control
- Run only one instance of your application
- Customize prompt lookup behavior in a dbgrid
- Print the content of an embedded IE html control
- Return data from every object in a dbView
- Print to a file using reports
- Visual Modelling of multiple visual objects
- SQL Connectivity
- Upgrading workspaces to a newer Visual DataFlex version
- Dynamic codejock menus from a database
- How to add your own items to the default Codejock Context menu
- Simulate submitting data from a web browser
- Using GIT for Dataflex Development
Advanced
- Add icons with subset of images to CodeJock CommandBars
- Programmatically edit a treeview label
- Multi-row select for Grid control
- Calculating the cost of inventory kits - Functions that call themselves
- External dependencies
- Enumerate windows fonts
- Get Datadictionary object from File Number
- Codejock Grid with ProgressBar
- Time edit grid column for cCJGrid
External Resources
- http://www.vdf-guidance.com
- http://www.dataaccess.com
- http://www.dataaccess.nl
- WASP Newsgroup search engine
- StarZen Technologies Addon Tools, Books, Magazines, Consulting
- Visual Dataflex for the Spanish speaking community HelpDesk Software, Web App and Ajax applications, Electos
- RDC Tools International Open Source, Consulting & Tools
- http://eriksven.com/
- DataFlex discord server
Requested Articles / Works in progress
new articles go here! --Jka 22:49, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
- Converting from DOS to Windows
- Using COM Objects (reuse existing functionality)
- Scanning / TWAIN components