In this lesson we want to make a new window with folder tabs.

Start by creating a folder.per with:
DATABASE FORMONLY
LAYOUT
FOLDER
PAGE(text=”Information”)
GRID
{
Name: [mx1 ]
Last Name: [mx2 ]
Age: [mx3 ]
Birth: [mx4 ]
}
END
END
PAGE(text=”Adress”)
VBOX
GRID
{
Street: [mx5 ]
City: [mx6 ]
Zipcode: [mx7 ]
Country: [mx8 ]
}
END
END
END
END
ATTRIBUTES
mx1 = FORMONLY.name;
mx2 = FORMONLY.lname;
mx3 = FORMONLY.age;
mx4 = FORMONLY.birth;
mx5 = FORMONLY.street;
mx6 = FORMONLY.city;
mx7 = FORMONLY.zipcode;
mx8 = FORMONLY.country;
Now we have two new commands “FOLDER” and “PAGE” FOLDER creates our new tabs and
PAGE declares the name for the new tabs.
Compile this form with “fcompile -xml folder.per”
The next step is to create our main program folder.4gl
MAIN
DEFINE name CHAR(50),
lname CHAR(50),
age CHAR(50),
birth CHAR(50),
street CHAR(255),
city CHAR(255),
zipcode CHAR(255),
country CHAR(255)
CALL ui.Interface.loadActionDefaults(”default”)
CALL ui.Interface.LoadStyles(”default”)
CLOSE WINDOW screen
OPEN WINDOW w_1 WITH FORM “m_folder”
CALL aclfgl_sendfile_to_ui("default.4st")
CALL ui.Interface.setText(”Folder example”)
MENU “Navigation”
COMMAND “Ok”
COMMAND “Edit”
CALL edit()
COMMAND “Exit”
EXIT MENU
END MENU
END MAIN
FUNCTION edit()
DEFINE name CHAR(50),
lname CHAR(50),
age CHAR(50),
birth CHAR(50),
street CHAR(255),
city CHAR(255),
zipcode CHAR(255),
country CHAR(255)
OPTIONS INPUT WRAP
INPUT BY NAME name,
lname,
age,
birth,
street,
city,
zipcode,
country
END FUNCTION
Our folder window is now finished.
You can compile this example with “4glpc folder.4gl -o folder.4ae”





