Creating Modern UI PowerBuilder Framework using native objects
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The document details a presentation by Zulkifli Machmur on creating a modern UI framework using native PowerBuilder objects, discussing various UI/UX design patterns and the framework's elements. It highlights applications, demos, and resources for building UI/UX for desktop, web, and mobile applications. The presentation emphasizes community engagement within the Appeon ecosystem and provides a framework for enhancing usability and design in business applications.
Creating Modern UI PowerBuilder Framework using native objects
- 1. ©2019 Appeon Limited and its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Zulmach October 30th, 2019 Creating Modern UI Framework Using Native Powerbuilder Objects
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- 3. page 3https://elevate.appeon.com âą Typical (Common) Powerbuilder Application UI âą The search for great UI âą Business Application UI/UX Design Pattern âą Demo âą Creating the Framework âą Other Possibilities Session Agenda
- 4. Key Skills Recent Projects https://elevate.appeon.com Linkedin.com/in/zulmach Zulkifli Machmur (Zulmach) âą 2019 - Consultant. Government owned hospital, PT. Rumah Sakit Pelabuhan, Member of Indoneisa Port Companies, Jakarta âą 2018 â Consultant, Developer, Multi Finance System, PT. Astrido Pacific Finance, Jakarta âą 2017 â Consultant in Partner with PT. Intisoft Mitra Solusi. Migrate PowerBuilder Application to Appeon on State of Jakarta Owned Bank, Bank DKI, Jakarta âą Graphic Design âą Sketch & Drawing âą PowerBuilder âą SQL Author Profile page 4 twitter.com/ppowerbuilder instagram.com/pemulapowerbuilder
- 5. About https://elevate.appeon.com Itâs a Community of professional freelancers, providing Consultancy, Courses, Creation and Content that related to Appeon, PowerBuilder, PowerServer, and former Sybaseâs Products Community Profile page 5 pbdev.id Partners
- 6. page 6https://elevate.appeon.com âą Window âą Title Bar âą Menu Bar âą Toolbar âą MDI Window âą Controls Typical (Common) PowerBuilder Application UI
- 7. page 7https://elevate.appeon.com âą OCX Controls âą PBX Canvas âą Custom Controls âą Other 3rd Party âą Native Method The Search for Great UI/UX
- 8. page 8https://elevate.appeon.com ⹠Simple ⹠Clean ⹠Touchscreen ⹠Web ⹠Mobile ⹠Theme ⹠Animation ⹠and more ⊠Modern Application UI/UX
- 9. page 9https://elevate.appeon.com âą Splash âą Login âą Masthead âą Home /Dashboard âą Launcher âą Message Box âą Status Bar âą About Business Application UI/UX Pattern âą Toolbar âą Action Bar âą Search Window âą Single Entry âą Master Detail Entry âą Report /Table View âą Print Preview âą Print Page Setup
- 10. Demo
- 11. Demo
- 12. Demo
- 13. Demo
- 14. Demo
- 15. Demo
- 16. Demo
- 17. Demo
- 18. Live Demo
- 19. Mobile Demo
- 20. End of Demo
- 21. page 21https://elevate.appeon.com âą Resources âą Tools âą Design Pattern âą MDI âą Window Object âą Datawindow Object âą Expression âą Script Creating the UI/UX Framework
- 22. https://elevate.appeon.com Framework Resources page 22 âą True Type Font Icon: âą https://ionicons.com/v2/ âą https://aka.ms/SegoeFonts âą Download and Install the fonts we would like to use Ionicons TTF Segoe MDL2 Asset TTF
- 23. https://elevate.appeon.com Framework Resources page 23 âą Color References : âą https://www.materialui.co/colors âą https://materialuicolors.co âą http://www.flatuicolorpicker.com âą To copy the RGB Values Color References RGB
- 24. https://elevate.appeon.com Framework Resources page 24 âą Tools : Character Map : âą https://www.microsoft.com/en- us/store/p/character-map- uwp/9wzdncrdxf41 âą To export Specific icon character in PNG format Character Map UWP
- 25. https://elevate.appeon.com Framework Resources page 25 âą Images as Needed : âą Backgrounds âą Gradients âą Buttons âą Icons âą https://www.materialui.co/icons âą Animated GIF âą Other Images Needed Images
- 26. page 26https://elevate.appeon.com Basic Things to Know Desktop Web Mobile 1 MDI Style ï ï ï 2 Fonts ï ï ïš 3 Window Open/Close Animation ï ïš ïš 4 Datawindow Zoom ï ï ï 5 Datawindow Gradient Color ï ïš ïš 6 Transparent PNG (buggy) ï ï ï 7 Animated GIF ï ïš ïš
- 27. page 27https://elevate.appeon.com âą Framework for all : Desktop, Web and Mobile âą MDI Style Desktop only took one Taskbar Button âą MDI Frame will sits inside Browser Window (Appeon Web) âą MDI Frame will take full screen size (Appeon Mobile, with menu items hidden) âą Possible to hide MDI Sheet Titlebar âą Menu Object Can be used to Capture Shortcut Key while its hidden (Desktop and Web) Why MDI Style?
- 28. https://elevate.appeon.com Framework Design Pattern page 28 MDI Frame MDI Sheet ï Modules Launcher ï Masthead ï Message Bar ïAction List ïŻ ï ï ï ïToolbar
- 29. https://elevate.appeon.com UI Framework Building Blocks : MDI Frame Window Object : w_bed page 29 âą mdi! type Window Object âą Act as container âą Attached Mandatory Menu Object with Hidden items that can capture shortcut key âą With no toolbar (pleaseâŠ) âą Handle common MDI Frame functionalities (eg: resize) MDI Frame Window Object MDI Frame
- 30. https://elevate.appeon.com UI Framework Building Blocks : MDI Sheet Window : w_sheet page 30 âą popup! Type Window Object âą Might have Menu Object with Hidden items that can capture shortcut key âą Custom Sliding open and close animation (default animation properties only work on desktop) MDI Sheet Window MDI Sheet
- 31. https://elevate.appeon.com UI Framework Building Blocks : Splash Window : w_splash page 31 âą Inherited from w_sheet âą Put Datawindow Control âą Create Datawindow Object âą GIF Animation only works on desktop âą Use Image Sequence and Timing to Simulate the animation Splash Window MDI Sheet
- 32. https://elevate.appeon.com UI Framework Building Blocks : Login Window : w_Login, dwo_login page 32 âą Inherited from w_sheet âą Datawindow Object âą With nice login image âą External columns to get input âą Create user event to handle Login Processing Login Window
- 33. https://elevate.appeon.com UI Framework Building Blocks : Masthead Datawindow : dwo_title page 33 âą External Datasource Datawindow Object âą Displaying Title of current Active Module Window âą Navigation to Modules Launcher âą Access to Common Actions âą User Profile, Logout, Exit, etc. Masthead Dataindow Object ï Application Identity ï
- 34. https://elevate.appeon.com UI Framework Building Blocks : Module Launcher : w_modules, dwo_modules page 34 âą Inherited from w_sheet âą Hidden menu items to capture shortcut key âą Datawindow Object with Database table data source for modules list âą Module Name âą Module Window Object Name âą Used to limit userâs access to modulesModules Launcer ï Modules Launcher î»
- 35. https://elevate.appeon.com UI Framework Building Blocks : Toolbar Datawindow Object : dwo_toolbar page 35 âą External Datasource Datawindow Object âą With Columns for Toolbar placeholder âą Icon Name âą Icon Picture âą Event Name âą Expressions and Scripts to handle placement Toolbar datawindow Object ïŻ ï ï ï ïToolbar
- 36. https://elevate.appeon.com UI Framework Building Blocks : Action List Window : w_action, dwo_action page 36 âą Inherited from w_sheet âą External Datasource Datawindow Object âą With Columns like Toolbar placeholder âą Icon Name âą Icon Picture âą Event Name Action List Window ïAction List
- 37. https://elevate.appeon.com UI Framework Building Blocks : Message Bar Window : w_msgbar, dwo_msgbar page 37 âą Inherited from w_sheet âą External Datasource Datawindow Object âą With Columns âą Icon Picture âą messagetext Message Bar Window ï Message Bar
- 38. https://elevate.appeon.com UI Framework Building Blocks : Welcome (Home) Window : w_home, dwo_home page 38 âą Inherited from w_sheet âą Put Datawindow Control âą Create Datawindow Object âą Displaying User Info âą Other info : âą Reminder âą Notification Home Window ï Module Name
- 39. https://elevate.appeon.com UI Framework Building Blocks : Master Sheet Window : w_mst, dwo_mst page 39 âą Inherited from w_sheet âą Masthead Datawindow âą Toolbar Datawindow âą Datawindow for Input Master Data Master Sheet Window Master Sheet ï Module Name ïŻ ï ï ï ïToolbar Master Datawindow Object
- 40. https://elevate.appeon.com UI Framework Building Blocks : Master List Window : w_mst_list, dwo_mst_list page 40 âą Inherited from w_sheet âą Datawindow Object with query to database table âą Put a search box that might be used for filtering data Master List Window ïMaster List ï
- 41. https://elevate.appeon.com Expressions and Scripts page 41 âą Expressions in datawindow will take effect immediately âą Not all functions can be use in expression âą Need to script at Window or DWControl Events âą run the application to see if the script works Expressions & Scripts
- 42. How to
- 43. https://elevate.appeon.com Other Possibilities page 43 âą Ribbon âą Tiles âą Cards âą Graph âą Carousel âą More to UI/UX and Usability using only native Objects UI/UX for Usability
- 44. https://elevate.appeon.com Design Limitation : (Disk) Space is the Final Frontier page 44 âą Creativity is without limit âą There will always more storage spaces âą Limited by PB Features? There will be workaround or it became features that Eventually will be released on next version (ex: Theme, RibbonBar, etc) Space is the Final Frontier
- 45. https://elevate.appeon.com Notes from UI/UX Experts page 45 âą UI Design Principles âą Structure âą Simplicity âą Visibility âą Feedback âą Tolerance âą Reuse Seek for Guidance
- 46. https://elevate.appeon.com Souvenir for attending : Framework Source Code page 46 âą Download from : âą http://pbdev.id/elevate2019 âą Youtube channel : âą https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbn3 GqvzKeneDQuy8JvoSIQ?sub_confirmati on=1 âą Instagram : âą instagram.com/pemulapowerbuilder/ âą Twitter : âą twitter.com/ppowerbuilderThis Framework is for Giveaway
- 47. https://elevate.appeon.com Using Local Fonts page 47 function long AddFontResourceExW( readonly string as_FontFile, ulong aul_FontCharacteristics, ulong aul_Reserved ) library "GDI32.dll" alias for "AddFontResourceExWâ function boolean RemoveFontResourceExW( readonly string as_FonfFile, ulong aul_FontCharacteristics, ulong aul_Reserved ) library "GDI32.dll" alias for "RemoveFontResourceExW" constant long FR_PRIVATE = 16 constant long FR_NOT_ENUM = 32 AddFontResourceExW("pathtofontsyourfont.ttf",FR_PRIVATE + FR_NOT_ENUM,0)
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