May 9th, 2007
Summary
This episode will further explore the built in controls of the REALbasic IDE. We will be building a contact application, using PagePanels, EditFields, Radio Buttons, Bevel Buttons, Popup Menus, etc. The application will then collect the data into properties using custom methods, format the data, then send an e-mail to a designated e-mail address. This episode will allow users be comfortable writing methods, adding properties, and getting and setting property values.
Show Notes
- Explain the project we are going to be creating
- Explain what a PagePanel is and how it works
- Add GUI elements to pages of PagePanel
- BevelButton
- EditField
- StaticText
- RadioButton
- PopupMenu
- Discuss a property and how it is useful
- Add properties for each of the fields in the project
- Learn how to reference the data within each control and apply it to the appropriate property
- Discuss methods, reasons to use methods, how methods work
- Explain what a variable within a method is and how it differs from a property
- Create the methods to retrieve and format the data from the controls
- Format the data and send the collected data in an email.
Downloads
Download the rb project file (20 kB) here
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Watch the tutorial (91,2 MB) as a QuickTime movie
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