I am new to Alpha and could use some assistance developing a basic application / menu navigation system. I have an old concept I developed in FileMaker Pro and would like to port it to Alpha. I would appreciate any assistance on the best method of accomplishing this via Alpha5 V10.
See the attached PDF for a rough visual of the description in this post. I am completely open to ideas so please provide any and all feedback. I would like the navigation system to be clean, easy to update and would gladly share it with the forum once developed.
The concept consists of two sections; we can call the sections, menu navigation (Left) and Section layout display (right).
The menu navigation consists of a drop down showing the available modules (Rolodex, Engineering, Sales, Etc.) and when a module is selected the sections (buttons) for that module show. The Section layout (right side) simple shows the form for the selected section (Button).
In the FileMaker DB I did this by showing and hiding the various menu navigation forms (Left). Each module had its own form and when the module was selected via the drop-down that particular module form was shown and the other forms were hidden. This avoided scripting and adding a section was as easy as adding a button to a form.
Reference the PDF and the description below as an example.
In Figure 1 you can see the drop down showing the available modules (Rolodex, Engineering, Sales).
In figure 2 Rolodex was the selected module. Customers, Employees and Vendors are the available sections (buttons).
In figure 2 Customers was selected and therefore the Customer form displays on the right.
Figures 3 & 4 illustrate different examples based on the same concept.
Figure 3 - Shows the Specs form displaying after selecting "Engineering" from the drop down and clicking the "Specs" button.
Figure 4 - Shows the Call Log form displaying after selecting "Sales" from the drop down and clicking the "Call Log" button.
See the attached PDF for a rough visual of the description in this post. I am completely open to ideas so please provide any and all feedback. I would like the navigation system to be clean, easy to update and would gladly share it with the forum once developed.
The concept consists of two sections; we can call the sections, menu navigation (Left) and Section layout display (right).
The menu navigation consists of a drop down showing the available modules (Rolodex, Engineering, Sales, Etc.) and when a module is selected the sections (buttons) for that module show. The Section layout (right side) simple shows the form for the selected section (Button).
In the FileMaker DB I did this by showing and hiding the various menu navigation forms (Left). Each module had its own form and when the module was selected via the drop-down that particular module form was shown and the other forms were hidden. This avoided scripting and adding a section was as easy as adding a button to a form.
Reference the PDF and the description below as an example.
In Figure 1 you can see the drop down showing the available modules (Rolodex, Engineering, Sales).
In figure 2 Rolodex was the selected module. Customers, Employees and Vendors are the available sections (buttons).
In figure 2 Customers was selected and therefore the Customer form displays on the right.
Figures 3 & 4 illustrate different examples based on the same concept.
Figure 3 - Shows the Specs form displaying after selecting "Engineering" from the drop down and clicking the "Specs" button.
Figure 4 - Shows the Call Log form displaying after selecting "Sales" from the drop down and clicking the "Call Log" button.
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