Contents

 
• 0.1 Copyright and Warranty
• 0.2 Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Overview
  • 1.2 Software structure
  • 1.3 History
  • 1.4 Feedback
• 2 Getting Started
• 3 Generic user interfaces
  • Text-based user interfaces
  • 3.2 Graphical user interface: nxqddb
    • 3.2.1 Data entry
    • 3.2.2 Adding new tuples
    • 3.2.3 Simple searching
    • 3.2.4 Expert search
    • 3.2.5 Modifying a tuple
    • 3.2.6 Configuration
• 4 Qddb files, structures and algorithms
  • 4.1 The stable and the slippery
  • 4.2 Stabilization
  • 4.3 Structure files
• 5 Compiling and installing Qddb
  • Machine-specific notes
  • 5.2 Problems, bugs, and suggestions
• 7.1.1 Schemas
  • 6.1 The format
  • 6.2 Complex data: some advice
• 7 Writing Qddb Applications in Tcl
  • 7.1 Data abstractions
    • Schemas
    • 7.1.2 Keylists
    • 7.1.3 Tuples
    • 7.1.4 Rows
    • 7.1.5 An example
    • 7.1.6 Views
  • 7.2 QTcl Commands
    • 7.2.1 Schemas: qddb_schema
    • 7.2.2 Searching and keylists: qddb_search and qddb_keylist
    • 7.2.3 Tuples: qddb_tuple
    • 7.2.4 Rows: qddb_rows
    • 7.2.5 Views: qddb_view
    • 7.2.6 Instances: qddb_instance
  • 7.3 Searching
  • 7.4 Retrieving and displaying rows
    • 7.4.1 Producing rows for display
    • 7.4.2 Updating records
      • Example:
    • 7.4.3 Tuple manipulation by rows
  • 7.5 Importing data from conventional relational databases
    • 7.5.1 Single tables
    • 7.5.2 Multiple tables with a unique key
• 8 Designing Custom Qddb Interfaces with the Fx Toolkit
  • 8.1 Requirements
  • 8.2 The tools
    • 8.2.1 Fx:Init
    • 8.2.2 Fx_Menubar
    • 8.2.3 Fx_Frame
    • 8.2.4 Fx_Entry
    • 8.2.5 Associating Fx_Frame and Fx_Entry with the Fx_Menubar
  • 8.3 A simple example
  • 8.4 Implementing custom features
    • 8.4.1 Naming itcl_classes, procedures, and global variables
    • 8.4.2 Augmenting/creating menus
    • 8.4.3 Interfacing with the search results
    • 8.4.4 Calculated fields
    • 8.4.5 Generating unique identifiers
    • 8.4.6 Designing an application for a Setup relation
  • 8.5 The design and implementation of nxqddb(1)
    • 8.5.1 Building a generic screen with Fx
    • 8.5.2 Implementing nxqddb's look and feel
      • Vertical scrolling and resizable windows
      • Fixed-width entry boxes
• References
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• 0.1 Copyright and Warranty
• 0.2 Acknowledgments