MUIbase

A relational programmable database

Version 1.0

03 October 1998

• MUIbase Copying Conditions
  • Registration
    • Registration fee
    • Payment methods
    • Ordering
    • Method of delivery
  • Distribution
  • Disclaimer
  • MUI
  • BetterString & TextEditor
  • Additional custom classes
  • Icons
• Welcome to MUIbase
• Getting started
  • Installing MUIbase
    • Required hardware
    • Required software
    • Starting the installation
    • Key-file
  • Starting MUIbase
  • Quitting MUIbase
• Tutorial
  • How MUIbase works
  • Starting with a project, the structure-editor
  • Adding a table
  • Adding an attribute
  • Displaying the project
  • Adding two reference attributes
  • Adding records
  • Filter
  • Queries
  • Adding a table with a memo and a button attribute
  • Programming MUIbase to do a pedigree
  • Programming MUIbase to list a person's children
• Basic concepts
  • Projects
  • Tables
  • Records
  • Attributes
  • Attribute types
    • String attributes
    • Integer attributes
    • Real attributes
    • Bool attributes
    • Choice attributes
    • Date attributes
    • Time attributes
    • Memo attributes
    • Reference attributes
    • Virtual attributes
    • Buttons
  • Table of attribute types
  • Memory consumption
  • Relationships
    • One to one relationships
    • One to many relationships
    • Many to many relationships
  • User interface
    • Windows
    • Masks
    • Panels
    • Attribute objects
    • Text objects
    • Images
    • Space objects
    • Groups
    • Balance objects
• Managing projects
  • File format
  • Info
  • Clear project
  • Open project
  • Save project
  • Delete project
  • Close project
  • Swap records
• Preferences
  • Record memory
  • Record delete requester
  • External editor for programming
  • Icon creation
  • Formats
  • Icon tool name
  • External editor
  • External viewer
  • Confirm save & reorg
  • Confirm quit
  • Program output file
  • Project dependent settings
  • MUI
  • Loading and Saving of preferences
  • Empty display image
• Record-editing
  • Active object
  • Adding records
  • Changing records
  • String attributes with pop-up button
  • Entering bool values
  • Entering choice values
  • Entering date values
  • Entering time values
  • Memo context menu
  • Entering reference values
  • Entering NIL value
  • Deleting records
  • Browsing records
• Filter
  • Record filter
    • Filter expression
    • Changing filters
    • Filter examples
  • Reference filter
• Order
  • Empty order
  • Order by attributes
  • Changing orders
• Search for
  • Search requester
  • Forward/backward search
  • Search pattern examples
• Import and Export
  • File format
  • Sample import file
  • Importing records
  • Exporting records
• Data retrieval
  • Select-from-where queries
  • Query editor
  • Printing queries
  • Query examples
• Structure editor
  • Table management
    • Creating tables
    • Changing tables
    • Deleting tables
    • Sorting tables
  • Attribute management
    • Creating attributes
    • Type specific settings
    • Label editor
    • Changing attributes
    • Deleting attributes
    • Sorting attributes
  • Display management
    • Display field
    • Panel editor
    • Attribute object editor
    • Type specific settings
    • Text editor
    • Image editor
    • Space editor
    • Group editor
    • Window editor
  • Print structure
• Programming MUIbase
  • Program editor
  • Preprocessing
    • #define
    • #undef
    • #include
    • #if
    • #ifdef
    • #ifndef
    • #elif
    • #else
    • #endif
  • Programming language
    • Why lisp?
    • Lisp syntax
    • Kinds of programs
    • Name conventions
    • Accessing record contents
    • Data types for programming
    • Constants
    • Command syntax
  • Defining commands
    • DEFUN
    • DEFUN*
    • DEFVAR
  • Program control functions
    • PROGN
    • PROG1
    • LET
    • SETQ
    • SETQ*
    • FUNCALL
    • IF
    • CASE
    • COND
    • DOTIMES
    • DOLIST
    • DO
    • FOR ALL
    • NEXT
    • EXIT
    • RETURN
    • HALT
    • ERROR
  • Type predicates
  • Type conversion functions
    • STR
    • MEMO
    • INT
    • REAL
    • DATE
    • TIME
  • Boolean functions
    • AND
    • OR
    • NOT
  • Comparison functions
  • Mathematical functions
    • Adding values
    • Subtracting values
    • 1+
    • 1-
    • Multiplying values
    • Dividing values
    • DIV
    • MOD
    • MAX
    • MIN
    • ABS
    • TRUNC
    • ROUND
    • RANDOM
  • String functions
    • LEN
    • LEFTSTR
    • RIGHTSTR
    • MIDSTR
    • SETMIDSTR
    • INSMIDSTR
    • INDEXSTR
    • INDEXSTR*
    • INDEXBRK
    • INDEXBRK*
    • REPLACESTR
    • REMCHARS
    • TRIMSTR
    • WORD
    • WORDS
    • CONCAT
    • CONCAT2
    • UPPER
    • LOWER
    • ASC
    • CHR
    • LIKE
    • SPRINTF
  • Memo functions
    • LINE
    • LINES
    • MEMOTOLIST
    • LISTTOMEMO
    • FILLMEMO
    • FORMATMEMO
    • INDENTMEMO
  • List functions
    • CONS
    • LIST
    • LENGTH
    • FIRST
    • REST
    • LAST
    • NTH
    • APPEND
    • REVERSE
    • MAPFIRST
    • SORTLIST
    • SORTLISTGT
  • Input requesting functions
    • ASKFILE
    • ASKDIR
    • ASKSTR
    • ASKINT
    • ASKCHOICE
    • ASKCHOICESTR
    • ASKOPTIONS
    • ASKBUTTON
    • ASKMULTI
  • I/O functions
    • FOPEN
    • FCLOSE
    • stdout
    • PRINT
    • PRINTF
    • FPRINTF
    • FERROR
    • FGETCHAR
    • FGETCHARS
    • FGETSTR
    • FGETMEMO
    • FPUTCHAR
    • FPUTSTR
    • FPUTMEMO
    • FFLUSH
  • Record functions
    • NEW
    • NEW*
    • DELETE
    • DELETE*
    • GETMATCHFILTER
    • SETMATCHFILTER
    • RECNUM
    • COPYREC
  • Attribute functions
    • ATTRNAME
    • MAXLEN
    • GETLABELS
    • SETLABELS
  • Table functions
    • TABLENAME
    • GETORDERSTR
    • SETORDERSTR
    • GETFILTERACTIVE
    • SETFILTERACTIVE
    • GETFILTERSTR
    • SETFILTERSTR
    • RECORDS
    • RECORD
    • SELECT
  • Gui functions
    • SETCURSOR
    • GETDISABLED
    • SETDISABLED
    • GETWINDOWDISABLED
    • SETWINDOWDISABLED
    • GETWINDOWOPEN
    • SETWINDOWOPEN
  • Misc functions
    • EDIT
    • EDIT*
    • VIEW
    • VIEW*
    • SYSTEM
    • STAT
    • TODAY
    • NOW
    • CHANGES
    • MESSAGE
    • GC
  • Pre-defined variables
  • Pre-defined constants
  • Functional parameters
  • Type specifiers
  • Semantics of expressions
  • Function triggering
    • onOpen
    • onClose
    • onChange
    • New trigger
    • Delete trigger
    • Attribute trigger
    • Programming virtual attributes
• ABConvert
• Acknowledgments
• Author
• Function index
• Concept index

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