•You can use the RBAPP command to launch your application in Application Designer.
Examples:
RBAPP 'Test Application.RBA'
RBAPP MyApp.RBA
•You can use LAUNCH command at the R> Prompt or in a command file and/or EEP to run your application file.
LAUNCH MyApp.RBA
•While building Actions, after selecting a form, report or label and building your WHERE clause and/or ORDER BY clause, if you would like the option of adding a user input dialog, use the '@' symbol.
Examples:
WHERE EmpID = @'Enter Employee ID'
WHERE EmpLName LIKE @'Enter the first few characters of Employee Last Name followed by % symbol'
WHERE EmpLName CONTAINS @'Enter Part of Employee Last Name'
•If you use the hyphen character "-" for the caption of an Action, this will create a separator bar that you can place between Menu Items to create an organized appearance.
•You can add an ampersand (&) in front of a letter in the caption field to create a "[Alt]" hot key for a Main Menu item. This places an underline beneath the appropriate letter when the application is run and the [Alt] key is pressed.
•During application development, R:BASE can create backups of your RBA files. To enable this feature, select Settings" > "Application Designer" > "Create Backup Copy" from the main menu bar. The backup copy will reside in the same folder as the original file, only the file extension will contain ".rb~".
•For an application designed using the Application Designer, look for the following file in the ConComp sample directory:
Test Application.RBA
