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Virtual EIP
Version 1.4c Gold
(c) 2004 by Telford Software Solutions
homepages.paradise.net.nz/alantelf/
Updated Tuesday 14 December 2004

Virtual EIP Templates (Overview)

What are the benefits of FORMS over standard EIP (Edit-In-Place)

Enter VEIP (Virtual edit in place) templates.

Other Advantages of VEIP

Limitations

Download Demo

Where to Buy

Documentation (how to use the VEIP templates)

What are the benefits of FORMS over standard EIP (Edit-In-Place)

File-Loaded Drop Box template (no hand coding)
File-Loaded Drop Combo template (no hand coding)
FieldLookupButtons – Trigger an Entry Control Lookup
Field Priming on Insert template prompts, or use the ThisWindow.PrimeUpdate method
TakeCompleted method for doing something just before/after the record is written to disk
Standard record validation embed points, and AcceptAll mode on a form
Easy setting of REQ required field attribute
Easy setting of UPR or CAP, for upper case or capitalize entry fields
More understandable as the form update code is in a separate procedure from the browse code

 Wouldn’t it be nice to have all these benefits on your EIP browse? Especially without all that hand coding?

Enter VEIP (Virtual edit in place) templates.

 Simply design your form like you normally would using all the above benefits, then when you’re ready, drop the VEIP extension template onto the browse and form and you have instant VEIP.

VEIP automatically resizes the form window at runtime over the listbox row, and handles Up/Down arrow, Tab/ShiftTab and Enter keys just like a normal EIP browse.  

VEIP is available for both C55 and C5b ABC and legacy templates.  

Other Advantages of VEIP

Standard EIP is disallowed on ClarioNET
VEIP is a standard form so it works with ClarioNET (Actual testing indicates that speed of opening/resizing window may be an issue)
ENTRY fields will not display double byte characters (eg Chinese) when using internationalization, so this prevents using any string ENTRY fields in EIP
VEIP is a separate form, so you can design your entry fields with a TEXT control allowing the double-byte characters to display
Some doubt has been expressed on newsgroups whether EIP implements proper concurrency checking on a network. 
VEIP is a standard form so handles this correctly.

Limitations:

You must layout the form fields in the exact same order as the browse.
If you dynamically reorder the browse fields, then you must do likewise to the form fields
You cannot have more fields in the browse that will show in the listbox row. i.e. horizontal scrolling of the listbox is NOT supported.
You cannot click on another listbox row to complete the form. 
You must use the keyboard or the Optional OK, CANCEL, HELP buttons to complete the form.

Download Demo

Download standalone C62 ABC demo (708kb - 4 Aug 2005)

Download standalone C55 ABC demo (577kb - 1.4a - 7 January 2004)

Download standalone C63 Legacy demo (602kb - 11-Jan-2008)

Where to Buy

Cost USD$ 99 for either ABC or Legacy version.  USD$149 for both.