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Informix Dynamic 4GL.A Brief Tutorial

3/25/00


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Table of Contents

Informix Dynamic 4GL.A Brief Tutorial

Agenda

What Is D4GL?

Informix Dynamic 4GL

Meeting Your Needs

Meeting Your Needs

D4GL Flexibility

D4GL Benefits

The Alternative?

.Implementing a Dynamic 4GL Solution

Conversion Stages

Compile with Dynamic 4GL

Converting Classic 4GL

Converting Classic 4GL

Building D4GL Programs

File Suffixes Compared

File Suffixes Compared

Makefiles

Makefiles

Examples Available

Enhance Visual Appearance

Extensions in Dynamic 4GL

Adding Images

Display Bitmap - Form

Display Bitmap - Code

Dialog Boxes

Dialog Boxes – Button

Dialog Boxes – Question

Dialog Boxes – Message

Dialog Boxes – Prompt

Creating a Toolbar

Changing Button Labels

Check Lists

Radio Buttons

Using Images as Buttons

PPT Slide

Extensions to DISPLAY ARRAY

Extensions to INPUT ARRAY

Finding Attributes at Run-time

Extensions in Dynamic 4GL

More Extensive Changes

Folder Tabs – Why?

Folder Tabs – So Simple!

Folder Tabs – Form File

Folder Tabs – Form File

Folder Tabs – Code

New Features.in.Informix Classic 4GL 7.3.and.Informix Dynamic 4GL 3.0

What’s New In I4GL and D4GL

CENTURY Fields

CENTURY Fields

CENTURY Fields

SQL Blocks

SQL Blocks - Simple

SQL Blocks - Input & Output

SQL Blocks - Cursors

Future Proofing

Future Proofing

Connection Management

Connection Management

Connection Management

Connection Management

Other non-preparable statements

Dynamic Reports

Dynamic Report

Dynamic Reports

Dynamic Report

Dynamic Report

Dynamic INPUT ARRAY

Dynamic INPUT ARRAY

Dynamic INPUT ARRAY

Dynamic INPUT ARRAY

Dynamic INPUT ARRAY

Dynamic INPUT ARRAY

Dynamic INPUT ARRAY

String Concatenation Operator ‘||’

String Concatenation Operator ‘||’

Product Roadmap for Dynamic 4GL

Product Roadmap for 2000

Product Roadmap for 2000

Dynamic 4GL Version 4

Optimized Independence

Master Frame

Multiple Applications

Switch Between Applications

Tree Browser Widget

Windows Default Colors

Debugger

Print Client Features

Print Client Additional Features

Library Extensions

Informix Developers Network

Questions and Answers

Email: Jonathan.Leffler@informix.com