HELLO WORLD tutorial - missing info

[jprieto]

there are 2 things that are missing from the HELLO WORLD tutorial

#1 - when you RUN the program, there is a splash screen
       how do you modify the info in it?

#2 - i got it work in the RUN mode  
      now how do you create a STAND-ALONE exe of it?

also ... it would be nice if the tutorial also explains how to...

#3 - How can the button display HELLO WORLD in the screen itself
       rather than the pop-up window?


  this program looks promising, i hope i can learn it and contribute in this forum.

but the tutorial definitely needs to explain the first two things i indicated above.

anyone can help me with these?

thank to all in advance -

[Malkom]

I'm sorry for the poor documentation but hope these forums can help you.

#1 - when you RUN the program, there is a splash screen
       how do you modify the info in it?

Here are some posts about modifying the Splash Screen - the Analyser project has a picture in its Splash Screen

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=143

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=62

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7

#2 - i got it work in the RUN mode  
      now how do you create a STAND-ALONE exe of it?

Here are some posts on making an executable:-

viewtopic.php?f=22&t=98

viewtopic.php?f=22&t=102

also ... it would be nice if the tutorial also explains how to...

#3 - How can the button display HELLO WORLD in the screen itself
       rather than the pop-up window?

A button’s text can be set to “Hello World” using the toolbar (Creator Properties) - its usually on your right hand side of the screen.

Select your button then on the toolbar select the Value tab and enter your text into the edit field.

[jprieto]

Hi Malkom,

Thank you for taking time to help me out -- God bless you for it!

Well, I am convinced .... I am sticking with this program till I become good at it.

Therefore, please forgive my asking questions, I meam no harm.
i just want to be more than mediocre at this ... I aim to be the best at it.

Here is what I want to do with this program right now:

where i work i pay for minor things in cash, then the boss reimburses me at the end of the week.

So i want to make a program that has 5 entry fields and a TOTAL field.

I want the program  to either

A) calculate and update the TOTAL field as I enter the five daily ENTRY fields,

or (if A is not possible)

B) ADD all five ENTRY fields then calculate the TOTAL field when i press a button

then

Allow me to print the report

THAT'S ALL

it will look like this

======================================
   WEEKLY CASH EXPENSE REPORT
======================================

MONDAY          $ ___________
TUESDAY         $ ___________
WEDNESDAY     $ ___________
THURSDAY       $ ___________
FRIDAY            $ ___________

TOTAL CASH EXPENSE IS $ ___________
=======================================

Once I learn how to do this ... the next step is to learn HOW to store this data in a DATABASE
.... but thats for later, suffice it for now to learn how to code the CARD with the ENTRY field and generate the TOTAL and PRINt the report

The ideal scenario is for a good samaritan to either provide a STEP-BY-STEP tutorial .... or code the whole thing and send me in a zip file the whole project folder

Once i learn this, I can pretty much learn the rest on my own.

MY AGENDA for learning this program is to write a program that allows me to manage a CHARITY wherein needy people would provide manual labor or their expertise in return for FOOD (grocery). I want my charity to be cashless in order to preserve its legitimacy and credibility. I know what it is to be middle class yet go hungry for days, it's aweful.

And to know there are parents out there who hear daily the hunger cries of their kids, even infants, yet not be able to do anything about it -- breaks my heart. I lived it, and still have days where that experience repeats. But there usually shows up good people to the rescue. Now I want to trade watching TV for feeding others.

I learned some BASIC, PHP, and MySQL --- so I love to program. I want to polish my programming skills with HyperNEXT (I cant afford any other program now).

So for the sake of feeding the needy, I want to put my pride aside and learn to program HyperNEXT by asking for help, lots of it. Thereafter I can write a program to administer my CHARITY in my own unique way of operating it.

Perhaps after months of reading and researching I can learn to program HN ... by it is urgent i learn it fast .... so with all due respect to members of this board, I kindly ask that you bear with me and forgive me if my request in this post is considered "asking too much".

But if someone here find it in his or her heart to provide the tutorial I requested, myself and all those who will benefit from it, will forever be grateful -- and hope one day I can return the favor.

Thanks for your time.

[Malkom]

Hi jprieto

Its interesting to see what you are trying to do with HyperNext and clearly its a very important application and crucial that it works reliably.

As you already know the basics of programming the quickest way to make progress is to follow the examples in the QuickStart PDF. Its best not to rely on receiving answers from our forums as often posts aren’t answered for several days and complex posts not in detail. There are already many posts in the forums directly related to what you are doing so they may save you time.

Before you start though - I see that your app has to print results so before you do anything else check that HN can indeed print on your printer. The printer handling in HN is very rudimentary and buggy. There is a project called “Printing”, its number 25 on our projects page.

If the printing works then you can move onto working with fields, then making your internal database - see the Books project for that.

Best of luck
Malkom

[sparkythex]

I'm sorry for the poor documentation but hope these forums can help you.

#1 - when you RUN the program, there is a splash screen
       how do you modify the info in it?

Here are some posts about modifying the Splash Screen - the Analyser project has a picture in its Splash Screen

<!-- l -->viewtopic.php?f=4&t=143<!-- l -->

<!-- l -->viewtopic.php?f=12&t=62<!-- l -->

<!-- l -->viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7<!-- l -->

I know this is the new forum & the links seem to be for the old forum.
but I can't seem to find the pages for the splash screen set up, even using the new search.

I have tried to search for splash screen & not finding more then this post.

[Malkom]

I'm sorry for the poor documentation but hope these forums can help you.

#1 - when you RUN the program, there is a splash screen
       how do you modify the info in it?

Here are some posts about modifying the Splash Screen - the Analyser project has a picture in its Splash Screen

<!-- l -->viewtopic.php?f=4&t=143<!-- l -->

<!-- l -->viewtopic.php?f=12&t=62<!-- l -->

<!-- l -->viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7<!-- l -->

I know this is the new forum & the links seem to be for the old forum.
but I can't seem to find the pages for the splash screen set up, even using the new search.

I have tried to search for splash screen & not finding more then this post.

Unfortunately the conversion from the old forums (phpBB3) to new ones (SMF) wasn't completely successful and it seems some posts were lost and some links were definitely broken.

The Splash Screen and About Box can be modified via the two menu options on the Windows Menu.
The options each fetch up a simple designer where text can be placed.

If you need an image in your Splash Screen or About Box then it should first be placed into the Image Library - again this option to open the Image Library is available on the Windows Menu. Once in the image library the image will become available for selection in the designer.