How To Tutorials

The How To Tutorials section contains step-by-step instructions on how to use some of the development tools provided in PxPlus. Use these links to access a particular tutorial:

Tutorial

Description

How to Create and Edit a Project

How to create and edit a Project, which is useful for organizing and managing the tasks and settings used in application development.

How to Copy a Project

How to copy an existing project to a new project.

How to Delete a Project

How to delete a project.

How to Copy a Theme

How to use the Copy Theme utility to copy and create Themes.

(The Copy Theme utility was added in PxPlus 2024.)

How to Set a Toolkit Theme

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 and Use the PxPlus Visual Studio Code Extension

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 Use the Enhanced Layout in File Maintenance Generator

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 PxPlus Query Definitions in Non-NOMADS Environments

How to use PxPlus query definitions in non-NOMADS (and NOMADS) environments to:

     Display a Lookup Table

     Read a Query Dataset

     Load List Box and Grid Controls

     Create Charts

     Generate Spreadsheet Data

     Print a Simple Report

     Supply Data to the PxPlus Report Writer

     Display Information in a Browser

     Display Data in Webster+

How to Use the Library Bulk Edit and Search Utility

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 Add Color to Menu Definitions

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.)