How To Tutorials |
The How To Tutorials section consists of a list of tutorials (in alphabetical order) with step-by-step instructions on how to use some of the development tools provided in PxPlus.
Use these links to access a particular tutorial.
How To |
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How to add color to Menu definitions to easily update the appearance of a PxPlus application for both NOMADS and non-NOMADS environments. (Additional options for defining menu colors were added in PxPlus 2024.) | ||||||||||||||||
How to use the Copy Theme utility to copy and create Themes. (The Copy Theme utility was added in PxPlus 2024.) | ||||||||||||||||
How to Customize the Progress Bar appearance. Includes examples on how to set the five progress bar global variables to further customize the appearance. (The ability to customize the progress bar appearance was added in PxPlus 2025.) | ||||||||||||||||
JSON Object |
Several How To Tutorials are available:
(The JSON object *OBJ/JSON was added in PxPlus 2025.) | |||||||||||||||
.NET Interface |
Several How To Tutorials are available:
(The .NET Interface was added in PxPlus 2025.) | |||||||||||||||
Projects |
Several How To Tutorials are available:
(The Projects menu in NOMADS Session Manager was added in PxPlus 2025.) | |||||||||||||||
How to set and apply a Toolkit Theme to the development toolkit. (The Toolkit Theme option was added in PxPlus 2024.) | ||||||||||||||||
How to set up the PxPlus Extension in Visual Studio Code, as well as edit a PxPlus program and create a new program using this extension. (The PxPlus Visual Studio Code Extension was added in PxPlus 2024.) | ||||||||||||||||
How to speed up grid loading and processing. Includes different ways to load data into a grid, retrieve grid contents, and how to get/set various grid properties. | ||||||||||||||||
How to use the Enhanced Layout in the File Maintenance Generator to create new NOMADS panels and/or Webster+ HTML pages. (The Enhanced Layout was added in PxPlus 2024.) | ||||||||||||||||
How to use the Library Bulk Edit and Search Utility to find controls with specific characteristics, bulk edit the filtered controls and use the Search Library functionality to view records. | ||||||||||||||||
How to use PxPlus query definitions in non-NOMADS (and NOMADS) environments to: |
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