A tutorial about learning Xbasic. Includes a number of videos and procedural guides for working with Xbasic and sql tables.

Excel files can be generated with data from Xbasic SQL queries in Alpha Anywhere.

Includes: What is AlphaDAO?, terminology, the AlphaDAO object, and creating an object,

Learn how to create Xbasic classes in these articles that discuss everything from the basics of creating a class, inheritance, and testing classes.

Looks at connection objects, SQL commands, the recordset object, updating records, inserting records

By default, the Xbasic window shows the Raw Xbasic code for the operation. Raw Xbasic means the code shown is the exact code for the currently defined operation. It's a direct translation of what's in your Operation Card. The Raw Xbasic view is great for seeing what's going on behind-the-scenes when you are creating an Operation, but Raw Xbasic has little meaning outside the Operation Card. That's where the Processed Xbasic view comes in. Using the radio buttons, you can switch the view between Raw Xbasic, Processed Xbasic, and Processed without Confirmation dialogs.

An index of pages relating to developing applications in Xbasic.

You should find the new Xbasic classes to have most of the capabilities of classes in C#, Java, and Visual Basic .NET without being too complex to understand. In general, object-oriented programming and classes attempt to make software more robust and reusable. They do this in a number of ways.

Frequently you will wish to force a user's input to a form field to be non-blank, within a range, or one of several values. You can achieve these effects with Field Rules, but you can also code them with Xbasic.