Developer Functions
Alpha Five provides the following functions that will be useful to the Alpha Five application developer.
|
Method |
|
Description |
|
V5 |
Returns the name of the master database if the workstation is shadowed. | |
|
V5 |
Returns the filename of the current database. | |
|
V5 |
Displays an ASCII lookup table and returns a value. | |
|
V7 |
Determines whether an ActiveX control is installed and registered. | |
|
V5 |
Displays the Compile Script Library dialog box. | |
|
V5 |
Displays the Create Shortcut Genie dialog box. | |
|
V6 |
Returns the version of the application. | |
|
V7 |
Displays the Expression Builder and returns an expression. | |
|
V6 |
Installs Alpha Five printer drivers. | |
|
V6 |
Reports whether any database is open. | |
|
V5 |
Returns .T. if the Alpha Five Runtime version is running. | |
|
V7 |
Returns .T. if the Alpha Five Runtime Plus version is running. | |
|
V6 |
Determines if the current application is the Alpha Five Home Edition. | |
|
V5 |
Indicates whether the MDI child window is maximized. | |
|
V6 |
Returns the version number of the installed Microsoft Data Access Components. | |
|
V6 |
Counts the number of concurrent users in a multi-user application. | |
|
V6 |
Sets the application's version number. | |
|
V5 |
Displays a dialog box with tabs showing the values of each of the currently defined variables. | |
|
V5 |
Returns the version number of the installed addin functions. | |
|
V6 |
Returns the name of the file that contains the temp file list. | |
|
V6 |
Compiles .ALB library files into .AEX format. | |
|
V6 |
An alternative way to define and invoke functions. | |
|
V5 |
Returns the description of a function. | |
|
V5 |
Returns the limitations of the named function. | |
|
V5 |
Returns the prototype for the named function. | |
|
V5 |
Returns a list of functions. | |
|
V5 |
Turns on an hourglass cursor to indicate to the user that a task is being performed. | |
|
V5 |
Loads the named library (.AEX file). | |
|
V5 |
Returns a CR-LF delimited list containing the fully qualified filenames of the eight different most recently used databases. | |
|
V6 |
Registers code to run when Alpha Five is idle. | |
|
V5 |
Plays a sound file (.WAV extension). | |
|
V5 |
Begins the profiling of a script. | |
|
V5 |
Ends the profiling of a script. | |
|
V5 |
Returns a CR-LF delimited list of user variables in the variable frame referenced by Pointer. | |
|
V5 |
Returns the name of the variable frame (if any) of the referenced variable. | |
|
V5 |
Returns a CR-LF delimited string of variable names in the variable frame referenced by Pointer. | |
|
V5 |
Returns the version number and other information about Alpha Five. | |
|
V6 |
Defines an error log for a thread's code. | |
|
V5 |
Terminates writing Xbasic debug information to a file. | |
|
V5 |
Starts writing Xbasic debug information to a file. |
|
CPUCount() |
V8 |
Returns the number of available CPUs in the computer. |
|
PrimaryProcessor() |
V8 |
Returns the index of the primary processor. |
|
SetPrimaryProcessor() |
V8 |
Sets the processor that will run Alpha Five. |
See Also
Script Functions, TRACE Functions and Methods, System Functions