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Q&A: Your Questions are answered by SpApp Experts, below.
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Question 1:
I want to develop a billing app. How to do it with SpApp?
Answer:
As a first step, plan your App logic, in terms of profiles, elements and the relationships. Then, go to SpApp's SpecGuide and specify the logic.
Then, check on Data Management by adding up some data. Test/Check properly. If you see errors, go back to SpecGuide and alter the logic properly and check again.
Once you're satisfied, go to Admin menu and Go Live. That's all to it. Of course, your Business Logic is not validated by SpApp.
For example, you may specify a Discount element value to be added up to Bill Value by mistake instead of subtraction.
SpApp goes ahead 'as is' and adds up. The Business Logic, as always, is in your hands.
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Question 2:
Managed to create an App to deal with Stores and Inventory. We do not want certain Stores Staff to see price and value data.
What do we do?
Answer:
Its easy. For certain users to see less elements than others, open Admin/Users Screen, as App Administrator.
Select the User concerned. Select the concerned profile(s) and assign partial Access. Check Elements for View or Update.
In this case, Pricing and Value elements can be left without selection. Save and exit. These elements are not shown for that user.
More options such as One-Can-See-Can't-Alter also exist.
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Question 3:
There are frequent references to someone named Administrator in Help documentation. Who is he?
Answer:
In SpApp, an Administrator is the person in charge of the Application. His/Her User Name is fixed as the App Name. The password can be
changed by him/her periodically. The Administrator is totally responsible for the maintenance and administrative activities of the App
and the users. He/She defines the users and their permissions, takes periodic backups, maintains the App, alters the App for any specific logic changes
and so on. He/She acts as the Eye of the Application. SpApp provides completely menu-driven suite of options to enable the Administrator
to maintain the App without IT staff support.
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Question 4:
I installed SpApp first and created a sample app. Then I reinstalled SpApp. The App remains. Why?
Answer:
SpApp is a formal working environment for Business Applications. Software Reinstalls only copies software files and ensures that
your Apps and data intact. This is to prevent reinstall accidents.
To remove a specific App, try Delete App option in Administration. If you really want a clean slate, delete SpApp folder after UnInstall.
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Question 5:
Thanks for giving us a wonderful tool to play with. We created a few Apps and also put in data. Now, we want to take these to MS-SQL. Any tips?
Answer:
Thank you for your kind words. If you wish to take the whole App to say MS-SQL Server, go to Spec Guide, login and choose SQL option.
You can prepare a file of SQL definitions (Tables/Fields/etc) or Data Insert statements or both, into a Text File. Even large amounts
of data get prepared as SQL statements in seconds. This file can be used suitably.
Please note RDBMS technology holds only data and complex matters like Triggers and Procedures. SpApp holds the Business Logic as an
intrinsic part of an App and not provided out. Typically, you may need to write/design forms, programs and triggers in SQL/VB or C++,
to match the results produced by SpApp.
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