Thacker Network Technologies Inc. MobileApp Designer Guide For Palm OS® & Pocket PC Handhelds 2 Satellite Forms 8 Development Guide Legal Notice No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any computer language, in any form or by any means, without the express written permission of Thacker Network Technologies Inc. Satellite Forms, and the Satellite Forms logo are trademarks of Thacker Network Technologies Inc. All other company names and product names are trade names, trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Palm OS and HotSync are registered trademarks of Palm, Inc. Palm is a trademark of Palm, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Satellite Forms is protected by U.S. Patent Nos. 5,392,390, 5,666,553, 5,684,990, 5,701,423, 5,943,676, 6,044,381, 6,141,664, 6,212,529, 6,330,568, and 6,405,218. Other patents pending. Copyright © 2005, 2010 Thacker Network Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. Thacker Network Technologies Inc., 5338 - 51 Ave., Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1N5 Canada. http://www.SatelliteForms.net Document revision history: 2005-04-28 -Updated references from Intellisync to Thacker Network Technologies Inc., version V6.0.1 release. 2005-10-26--Updated for SatForms 6.1.0 release. 2006-02-16--Updated for SatForms 6.1.1 release. 2006-10-10--Updated for SatForms 7.0 release. 2007-11-19--Updated for SatForms 7.1 release. 2008-05-23--Updated for SatForms 7.2 release. 2010-07-12--Updated for SatForms 8 release. Contents i Chapter 1 Contents Preface Who should read this guide. .1 What this guide contains . .1 Satellite Forms documentation . .2 Document conventions . .3 Technical Support . .3 Contacting Technical Support . .4 Chapter 1 What’s New What's New in Satellite Forms Version 8 . .5 What's New in Satellite Forms V7.2 . .8 What's New in Satellite Forms V7.1 . .11 What's New in Satellite Forms V7.0 . .15 Chapter 2 Satellite Forms Overview Introducing Satellite Forms. .19 Major components of Satellite Forms . .20 Licensing Satellite Forms . .20 Relational databases and Satellite Forms . .21 How Satellite Forms uses tables . .21 How Satellite Forms uses forms . .22 Controls used in Satellite Forms . .24 Multiple forms and pages . .26 Navigating between pages and records . .27 Scripting . .27 Extensions: SFX plug-ins and SFX Custom controls . .27 Targets and Platforms . .28 ii Satellite Forms 8 Development Guide Chapter 3 Installing Satellite Forms System requirements . .29 Satellite Forms development computer . .29 Satellite Forms runtime engine. .30 Upgrading from previous releases. .31 Installation overview . .31 Installing the Satellite Forms engine on handheld devices. .32 Uninstalling Satellite Forms . .36 Chapter 4 Quick Tour Overview . .39 Step 1. Opening a new project. .39 Step 2. Creating the CtvCustomers table. .41 Step 3. Creating the Main form. .47 Step 4. Creating the Notes form . .54 Step 5. Assigning actions to the buttons . .58 Step 6. Setting project properties . .60 Step 7. Downloading the application to a handheld and testing . .63 Step 8. Uploading changes and verifying . .64 Conclusion . .65 Chapter 5 MobileApp Designer Reference MobileApp Designer main window . .67 MobileApp Designer menus . .78 MobileApp Designer File menu . .78 MobileApp Designer Edit menu. .80 MobileApp Designer View menu. .85 MobileApp Designer Handheld menu . .88 MobileApp Designer Build menu. .89 MobileApp Designer Window menu . .92 MobileApp Designer Help menu . .93 MobileApp Designer toolbars . .93 General toolbar . .94 MobileApp Designer Control Palette toolbar. .95 MobileApp Designer Misc toolbar. .97 Contents iii Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Creating your Application Planning your application . .99 Overview: phases of application development . .100 Phase 1 – Working with MobileApp Designer. .101 Phase 2 – Integrating applications with your database management system .102 Phase 3 – Deploying your application . .102 Phase 1: Working with MobileApp Designer . .103 Working with tables . .103 Creating a new table . .104 Importing tables . .108 Editing table data . .113 Creating and editing forms . .114 Form design window . .114 Form properties. .116 Working with menus . .118 Working with Menubars. .118 Menu Properties . .119 Menu Item Properties . .123 Using controls . .124 Working with controls . .124 Control Properties. .125 Configuring application properties . .170 Creating and Assigning a launcher icon image for your application . .171 Creating a splash screen . .174 Installing the engine and downloading the application. .175 Testing the application . ..