Calculations The Calculations specification is an important tool in designing applications, allowing you to create new fields to work with in subsequent calculations, record selections, and external objects. Through calculations, you can create numeric and character expressions, call database functions, and perform conditional logic. Input Fields: Field Name- When creating new fields in summaries, you […]
Making Your First Application
Making Your First Application Making your first m-Power application can seem like a daunting task. However, a little bit of planning makes the process go much more smoothly. For that reason, when beginning a new application, mrc recommends that you plan out all of the screens before even creating your first screen. While no two […]
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Return Data External Object
Return Data External Object Beginning with the May 2013 update of m-Power, developers will have access to a Return Data Java external object for use within maintenance applications. This object takes in 1 parameter to find a row within a retrieval, and then returns that value(s) to your maintainer. A common example of using […]
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Regular Expression External Object
Regular Expression External Object Beginning with the May 2013 release of m-Power, developers will be able to use a Regular Expression Java external object for parsing field values. The most common example of when this would be done is with the Email Upload template, in order to grab a piece of data from one […]
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Embedded m-Power Database
Embedded m-Power Database m-Power ships with the ability to configure an embedded m-Power database. The purpose of the embedded database is to conveniently store all m-Power related meta-data outside of your licensed database. m-Power meta-data consists of all of the specifications you make (sequencing, record selection, registered fields, synonyms, etc..) while creating m-Power applications. The […]
Creating Total Level Calculations
On the m-Power hotline, we sometimes field calls from developers who are trying to compute values based on subtotal or grand total values within their Reports. As you already know, m-Power Report templates, by default, will always add values vertically to compute sub-total and grand total values. As you can see here, m-Power is […]
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Using the Revert Function
One of the best features about m-Painter is that it works very well for both less technical users as well as the more advanced users. For instance, those who are not very familiar with web languages, can choose to stay in m-Painter’s design, or WYSIWYG mode for “What You See Is What You Get”. This […]
Troubleshooting m-Power Applications
Troubleshooting m-Power Applications Debug SQL Statement Occasionally, m-Power developers need to better understand why their m-Power applications are not working as expected. At our technical support hotline, we’ve noticed that two issues come up frequently: Generated applications are not returning the anticipated record set and Dashboard applications do not render as anticipated. To help with […]
AJAX Form Submission
AJAX Form Submission This feature allows users have the option to submit all forms via an advanced web technique called AJAX. AJAX stands for Asynchronous Javascript And Xml. This technique submits and returns data asynchronously so the page does not require a reload. Your users will like this feature as it means their interaction […]
Auditing m-Power Login Activity
Auditing m-Power Login Activity m-Power developers have the ability to log end-user activity for signon/signoff of generated applications. This functionality is quite useful for a number of reasons, including: Logging which users have accessed their account, when and at what time. Logging which application a user has accessed. Logging how long someone stays active before […]
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