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Lansa Composer Overview
I’m going to start a Composer section of this blog. I am calling this an overview because I wish to remain objective and I am not going to post my opinion of this product, if you would like to know my...
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UPS Address Validation
One of my projects that elicited numerous inquiries at the Lansa Solutions Summit was using SOAP for validating and classifying street-level addresses. The builtin-function below is how I perform this...
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Managing Treeview Checkboxes
It’s been several months since my last post. I have taken a new position with an ISV located in Atlanta, Georgia. My new position has afforded me the conundrum of having more to blog about and less...
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A Microsoft Word Style Rich Text Memo Box
A Microsoft Word style Rich Text Memo Box has many possible uses within applications. When I first created this component it was to be used in a product specifications system where text instructions...
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Multi-Calendar Component
A recent post on the Yahoo Lansa Group asked about a date picker with a two month display. While there was not an easy way of using the Calendar primitive I had previously created a dynamic calendar...
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Poll Results: Lansa Version 12
Below are the reults for the recently posted poll regarding new features in Lansa Version 12: I think that it is interesting that new SQL Database features head the list. I think this reflects the...
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Understanding Component Scope
In Visual Lansa the concept of component scope is often misunderstood. I have come across many component definitions that misuse the scope parameter. Often, it is because definitions are copied...
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Running Lansa as a Windows Service
I have seen the question of how to run a Lansa function as a Windows Service posted may times in various online forums. The Lansa executable (X_RUN.exe) does not have the entry and exit points for the...
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Using Field Visualizations
Visual Lansa’s field visualization capabilities are very powerful. I have come across many areas in code where the visual display of data is manipulated in code within forms and reusable parts…only to...
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