The ROLLCALL demonstration application is provided as sample code by

                      Thomson Software Products

Its purpose is to illustrate various Front & Center coding techniques
in the context of a name and address book application.


The application and all of its associated files are contained in 
ROLLCALL.ZIP which can be extracted with PKUNZIP or equivalent
utility.

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HELP for ROLLCALL
                                ROLLCALL.TXT
April 6, 1995                                             Roger Ingraham 

Front & Center Demonstration Application: ROLLCALL


Installation: 
Options: 

setup a \ROLLCALL directory and make a program item in the Front & Center
program group with the directory as the working directory. (This is
recommended. Note: there is a profile.nom which starts ROLLCALL.)

 or

copy the code into your working directory 

 or 

setup a \ROLLCALL directory and add the directory to your SEARCH path.



Application Description:

The ROLLCALL application is a people tracking system which incorporates 
all of the new features of  Front & Center. It has examples of all of the 
graphical controls (called "widgets" in our jargon). This demo copy
is abbreviated from the full application which also contains the new 
LBINARY datatype and uses Object Linking and Embedding (OLE). 

This version uses Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE).

It can read and write to the Windows 
clipboard. 

It can call the Report Painter from a pulldown menu in 
reporting as well as run pre-existing reports. 

Databases: 
 ROLLCALL

Procedure Descriptions:
ROLLCALL.NOM - initial calling procedure, sets up the FC environment

ROLWMAIN.NOM  - the main form proc & menubar

ROLLMNT.NOM  - example of form maintenance procedure which contains all 
of the fields of the ROLLCALL master. It is large and requires a large 
screen space. It is designed for use on an 800x600 screen.

ROLLMNT2.NOM - also contains all of the fields of ROLLCALL, but is 
designed for use on a standard VGA resolution screen of 640x480. It 
groups fields into categories such as: Work, Home, Personal, Picture, 
Notes. All 5 groups of widgets overlap, and radiobuttons control which 
group is visible.

ROLLFIND.NOM - allows selection of records via a LISTBOX or COMBOBOX
as well as positioning controls. It allows viewing portraits via a
PICTUREAREA control or via a Visual Basic program linked by DDE. It 
can write name and address information to the Windows clipboard.

FCLISTON.NOM is a general utility procedure which allows the user to
set a ddname for &LISTON which may be file backed and "parented".

Reporting may be accomplished with menu pulldowns to select standard
reports or one may call the Report Painter from the menubar and
construct custom reports. If you use a naming convention for the
reports you build: the first two characters "RC" then there is a menu
pick which will allow you to select painter generated reports and
either view them, run them, or "Edit" them with the painter.

There are a variety of data maintenance procedures using tableboxes
with its various options. I.e. ROLLMNT2 and ROLLMNT. Also:

RCSTCODE.NOM - tablebox to update state codes master
RCUCODES.NOM - tablebox to update user codes master

ROLLTB.NOM - tablebox to update ROLLCALL master
ROLLTBA.NOM - "ACROSS" style tablebox to update ROLLCALL master

RPH.NOM - tablebox to update rollphones master- rollcall only stores up to 5
      	phones. rollphones stores unlimited phones.

RPH2.NOM - "Hierarchical" rollcall -> rollphones procedure 1 to many maintenance
        procedure for updating rollphones the view of which is restricted by
	which "parent" record in rollcall one is viewing.

ROLABOUT.NOM - A small form with about type information utilizing window
	display modal.

RC*.RP - Report Painter generated files for the rollcall (i.e. "RC" prefix) 
	application which may be selected from the reporting menu pulldown.	

CLIPBRD1.NOM - is a standalone proc which uses the ROLLCALL database to demonstrate 
	writing to and reading from the Windows clipboard using FILE DEFINE xxx
	ACCESS CLIPBOARD.