You have heard it many times: coding with Xojo is not just powerful and fun, it is fast, really fast! This is thanks to the fact that you have at your disposal the powerful Xojo Framework, with a lot of classes ready to use doing the hard work behind the scenes. In fact, this article shows you how can create a multi-platform RSS Reader…writing just 33 lines of code!
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The web framework got some love in Xojo 2016r2… General Changes First, the Web Framework now has support for Retina/HiDPI in supported browsers. All controls…
Comments closedAn interesting thread on the forums turned up something that more of us should consider when working in any cross-platform tool, Xojo included. What was discovered was perhaps…
Comments closedEarlier I posed the question about why these two similar bits of code do slightly different things: dim path1 as string = “””C:\users\ieuser\desktop\new folder””” path1 =…
Comments closedHere’s a riddle for you! Suppose you are in the habit of using “function chaining” like this to reduce your lines of code: path2 =…
Comments closedIn iOS, a view can contain two separate toolbar areas: a Navigation Bar, which displays at the top of the view, or a toolbar which…
Comments closedIn addition to the iOS Table Features I blogged about earlier, Xojo 2016r2 includes these additional powerful iOS features:
- Location
- Motion
- PicturePicker
- ScrollableArea
- SharingPanel
Making iOS apps just got a lot easier with the updates and enhancements to to the Table control in Xojo 2016r2. New features include:
- Scroll to a specific row in the table
- Row actions
- Row re-ordering
- Row editing
- Custom cells
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Using databases with web apps is not much different than using them with desktop apps, but there are a few things to keep in mind. The most important thing to note is that a web app allows multiple users. This means you’ll want your database connection to be unique for each user that connects to the web app, rather than global to the app itself (as is common in desktop apps). The simplest way to ensure this is to create the connection to your database in the WebSession.Open event handler, saving a reference to the connection as a property that you add to WebSession.
6 CommentsPaul talks with Tom Catchesides of Light Blue Software about how he started using Xojo, the experience of migrating a FileMaker app to Xojo, surnames and retro computers. Don’t miss this fun-filled episode!
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