•You can use the RBAPP command at the R> Prompt to launch your application into the Application Designer.
Examples:
RBAPP 'TestApplication.RBA'
RBAPP SkyWriteApp.RBA
•You can use RUNRBA command at the R> Prompt or in a command file to run your application file.
RUNRBA SkyWriteApp.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 EmployeeID = @'Enter Employee ID'
WHERE EmployeeLastName LIKE @'Enter the first few characters of Employee Last Name followed by % symbol'
WHERE EmployeeLastName 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 an accelerator character "[Alt]" key combination 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~".
