Change entity, compile forms

It is something all experienced Uniface developers know:
If you change an entity you must recompile all Uniface components where it is painted on.
Uniface uses the entity definition as found in the first component that opens the table.
It is very easy to forget a component, and it takes a long time to compile the entire application.

My colleague Karl Janowiak has made an excellent tool to help you with this.

It checks the last compilation date of the component against:
   - Last modification date of the component
   - Last modifcation date of the subtype
   - Last modification date of the entity
   - Last modification date of any of the fields of the entity

Press the download button to get a zip file with a Uniface export and a readme file.

Thank you Karl !

Mockups and prototypes

What do you use to make a rough sketch of how your User Interface should look like?

I like to draw something on a whiteboard in a meeting. When finished I take a digital photo so I can send the design to the participants. Recently I was told to have a look at an online tool called Mockingbird. I played with it for a little bit and I really like it. Any of you using other tools? Pro's and con's?

A sketch on a whiteboard

Something made with Mockingbird

Recycle Uniface icons

In Uniface small pictures, icons etc are called glyphs.

When an application  is deployed the glyphs are in a .dol file.

And since the Uniface product is also a Uniface application, it comes with a .dol file.

Yesterday I wanted to reuse some Uniface icons in my own application.

I got carried away with it a bit and made a Glyph Browser.

It finds the usys.dol file that you are using, and shows all the glyphs that are in it.

You can click on a glyph to see it bigger.

Full documentation is in the Execute trigger of the Form GLYPHBROWSER.