[AccessD] Better Looking Buttons - Basic4Android and TechBasic

Rocky Smolin rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Thu Aug 8 11:57:09 CDT 2013


Good to know.  My first 'bus man's holiday'  will probably be with B4A.

R
 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Brad Marks
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 9:20 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons - Basic4Android and TechBasic

Rocky,

I recently did some fun R&D work in the world of iDevices and Android
devices.  These realms were completely new to me.

I wanted to build a simple "tablet application" to collect a small amount of
data and then FTP the data so that I could get at it from a Windows Server
(to control an Microsoft Access "Reporting Application").

I purchased both Basic4Android and TechBasic (for the Apple realm).  Both
products are inexpensive, but quite powerful.  I was able to build the
little FTP application for both the Apple world and the Android world quite
easily.

As I recall, Basic4Android was $34 (on sale from $50)

TechBasic was only $12.00, but to deploy on additional Apple devices
requires a second $50 product and as I understand it, there is a $100/year
charge from Apple for a "Developers License".  

Anyway, I have had some fun with these two products.  I am amazed by the
capabilities of both products considering the small costs.  Both products
have the "feel" of Visual Basic. 

Brad

 
 


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of Tony Septav
Sent: Thu 8/8/2013 10:41 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons
 
Hey Rocky
I bought into Alpha Five and everything Arthur has said is true, it blows
the socks off of Access (what ever version). The only problem I find with
the company, is once they have you hooked they want you to upgrade to their
new products at a "price".  I have seen this before and I do not like it. 

Tony Septav
Nanaimo, BC
Canada



-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: August-07-13 11:22 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons

OK - that's the kind of advice I was looking for.  I wanted to go for tuba,
but it went with a divorce so I dropped that idea.

R
 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John R Bartow
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 4:24 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons

Were I you, I'd go with a woodwind next ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 6:00 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons

I've got a full Alpha as well as Basic 4 Android.  If I wanted to develop a
fairly simple app, no database, to deploy on tablet and phone, which one
would be best to learn?

R


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John R Bartow
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 9:06 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons

Arthur,
Good job! I've had a client ask me to upgrade an app "so its work like a
browser does".
jb

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 7:03 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons

You are right about that Gustav! I have tended to go for the "URL-like"
path in recent apps, and it seems to work. Users surf the net constantly and
the more they surf, the better they appreciate my efforts to resemble that
experience.

Speaking of which, you have to check out the trial of Alpha Anywhere. This
is the killer app for multi-platform (desk, web, tablet, phone) development.
You can get a trial at alphasoftware.com. I think there is no better
development platform than this.


On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:

> Hi Rocky
>
> Except if your current buttons are ugly, which I guess not, you should 
> advise him to spend his limited time on more important things - items 
> that will raise productivity for example.
> Users want neat not fancy design, and 3D buttons are so much yesterday
> - like those of Access 1.x and 2.0. Even Apple with their revised UI 
> design for the next iPhone knows this.
>
> I still recall the ugly standard buttons Borland came up with in 
> Delphi
...
> those with a big green checkmark and a big red cross cartoon-style 
> overlay for the OK and Cancel buttons.
>
> /gustav
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Rocky Smolin
> Sendt: 7. august 2013 02:35
> Til: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Emne: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons
>
> Dear List:
>
> A client writes: "I would like to try and make the various buttons 
> more three dimensional looking.  Examples from Apple are in Exhibit K.
> Can we do something like this?"
>
> He's looking to give the command buttons a little sizzle.  He's 
> considering making the app I wrote to run his business into a 
> commercial
app.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> MTIA
>
> Rocky Smolin
> Beach Access Software
> 858-259-4334
> www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/> www.e-z-mrp.com 
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