Category: APP Development

The Original Internet Language

MENU SET TOOLBAR

Syntax MENU SET TOOLBAR ([NOT] SUPPRESS) Where if is not entered, all toolbars are suppressed or not suppressed.

FORM SET SAVE

Allows the recording of keystrokes during FORM INPUT. Syntax FORM SET SAVE ON|OFF Comments The command FORM SET SAVE ON initiates capturing the keystrokes and storing them in a script called zfmkeys in the database directory. The command FORM SET SAVE OFF stops capturing the keystrokes. For more information, please consult Capturing_and_Replaying_Form_Input.

WINDOW SET MOUSEPOINTER

Display a user-defined cursor when the mouse hovers over a graphical formfield widget. Syntax WINDOW SET (MOUSEPOINTER ) [] Parameters A string or an expression that evaluates to a string; the string must be a valid cursor file name. An optional window name. The default is the current window. Comments Every graphical formfield widget can…
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FORM SET INPUT

Allows or disables the replaying of stored keystrokes during FORM INPUT. Syntax FORM SET INPUT ON|OFF Comments The command FORM SET INPUT ON initiates replaying the keystrokes stored in a script file called zfmkeys in the database directory. The command FORM SET INPUT OFF stops replaying the keystrokes. For more information, please consult Capturing_and_Replaying_Form_Input.

Designing Tool Strips

Main Characteristics of Tool Strips A tool strip can have the following items: ✓  From the toolbox tab, add a toolstrip object to the existing form

Opening Existing Objects

Opening Objects through the Database Tab Page. ✓   In Zim IDE, the Database Tab Page can be accessed by clicking the Database Tab at the bottom-left of the screen or the Database Tab Page Icon on the View Menu bar. ✓   The Database Tab Page will become visible on the left side of the Zim IDE…
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Designing Form Fields

Note: when painting displays you must add one or more forms to the display first before adding fields.  Forms are the only object that can be directly added to a display. ✓   From the toolbox tab, select the type of object that you wish to add to the current form: ✓   Using the mouse, draw the outline…
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Importing Forms into Displays

✓   When painting a diplay , you can import another form into the current view. To do this, select the form you want to import, right-click.A node will appear, select the import option.

Working with Tab Controls

Introduction to Tab Controls and Tab Pages A tab control defines an area of the form in which several tab pages of the same size can coexist. Tab pages within the same tab control are visually represented as a stacked group of frames, since at any time, only a single tab page can have be…
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Designing Menus

✓   From the Database tab, open an existing menu by double clicking on the menu name or From the main menu (File -> New, or the “New” icon in the menu toolbar), create a new menu object or Open a form/display with an associated menu. ✓    Add a menu item. Click on the menu…
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