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Helpful tool for XBasic and JavaScript

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    Helpful tool for XBasic and JavaScript

    I wasn't sure where to post this, as it is not a question but more of a fact or tip. I am not aware of a section in the message board that is set aside to post this type of information. (Hint) As this applies to all versions of Alpha 5, feel free to move it to any section of the board you may wish.

    I find myself writing custom XBasic codes or Javascript to do lots of process not included in Alpha 5. These process may be complete functions or snippets of code to do things like Open SQL Tables, Update, Insert, or Delete records. Other things would include SQL Lookup single item or list, Time stamp and action button AJax call backs or In-line Javascript.

    This information can be tough to lookup or remember. (some of it comes from videos where the hard code is not available and you have to pause the video to get the code from the screen)

    I have discovered 2 tools to help.

    I am sure the first Item a lot of people are familiar with. It is a free program called NotePad++ which allow you to paste your code in it and set your language to VB or JavaScript and save each of you code or snippets.(I recommend putting them in a directory like \XBASIC Each script or Xbasic code is a seperate file.

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    The second tool I like the most as it has a tree structure. All the code examples and scripts can be placed into one file.(unfortunately it does not have the language option) It is called Notekeeper. This has the organization that makes lookup a lot easier. (I feel if the user of alpha 5 started contributing to a notekeeper file with any Examples that are helpful this would become a really great tool.

    NoteKeeper.JPG

    Please let me know what you think
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    Re: Helpful tool for XBasic and JavaScript

    Just in case you haven't discovered it, A5 has a code library too that's pretty useful and, of course, has a lot of integration to the code editor.
    -Steve
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      Re: Helpful tool for XBasic and JavaScript

      Please explain where it is and how to cut and paste code into your own functions

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        Re: Helpful tool for XBasic and JavaScript

        Just right-click while in the code editor, and select Code Library from the shortcut menu - right near the bottom. Just explore a bit - it's pretty self-explanatory.
        -Steve
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          Re: Helpful tool for XBasic and JavaScript

          Thank you Martin, that was helpful information.
          Already familiar with NotePad++, I hadn't heard of NoteKeeper.
          Thanks for the tip.
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