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If web programming is your main interest, see Web Application Development with Visual LANSA.

The following exercises are included:

FRM015A - Getting Started with Forms Programming – Part A

FRM015B – Getting Started with Forms Programming – Part B

FRM025 - Insert a Database Record

FRM035 - Maintain a Simple Database Table

FRM045 - Using LANSA Debug

FRM055A - List Component Basics – Part A

FRM055B – List Component Basics – Part B (Optional)

FRM065 - Using List ComponentsFRM065 - Using List Components

FRM075 - Using a Working List

FRM085 - Maintain Employee and Notes

FRM090 – Using a Tree View

FRM095 - Tree View which loads on demandFRM100 - Calling a Function

FRM100 - Calling a Function

FRM105 - A Tree that Controls the Detail Shown

FRM110 - Check Out / In to IBM i

Before you begin

If you are familiar with coding LANSA's functions, you need to understand there is a fundamental difference between forms and functions in the programming paradigm.

• Functions are procedural programs that execute in a "top to bottom" fashion.
• Forms use an event-driven paradigm based on graphical user interfaces. The form waits for a specific event to occur and then executes the event. Once the event has is completed, control is passed back to the interface. Hence, the location of the event routines in a form's code is not important to the execution of the program.

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