LassoSoft Technical Article Library
These Articles give practical use advice as well as exploring the fundamentals behind Lasso code and how this interrelates with other system, databases and applications.
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This page is a summary of best practices for coding Lasso sites. It contains tips about how to code your site so that you can catch errors easily and create the most efficient code possible. Conditio...
Updated: Mar 03, 2011 @ 08:13 AM
Displaying records - sideways Displaying a number of records / images in horizontal direction. Using loop_count and the mod operator 0.000000<table> <tr> <td> <table> <...
Updated: Mar 03, 2011 @ 08:05 AM
This article describes how to create a Javascript widget using Lasso. It allows people to place a single line of Javascript on their website and the html contents of your widget will appear on their w...
Updated: Mar 03, 2011 @ 07:49 AM
Using jQuery and JavaScript to add unlimited rows to a form, and Lasso to process the submission. Introduction We are often faced with the problem of building a form with an unknown number of rows f...
Updated: Mar 03, 2011 @ 07:44 AM
This article explains how you can control a Filemaker Server via the Lasso [OS_Process] tag Controlling FileMaker Server via Lasso Using the Lasso [OS_Process] tags it is easy to control a Filemaker...
Updated: Mar 02, 2011 @ 09:40 AM
This article shows how to capture portions of a page and display them in a different order. Specifically, a number of HTML elements can be re-displayed in random order. Background I was working on t...
Updated: Mar 02, 2011 @ 09:31 AM
This article includes some information about how to optimize code using regular expressions by using the [RegExp] type rather than individual string tags. Introduction Regular expressions provide a ...
Updated: Mar 02, 2011 @ 09:12 AM
Additional XML template codes not provided by the Java Designer. ChartFX XML Templates ChartFX controls chart-creation via an XML template. But not all controls are accessible via the Java Designer ...
Updated: Mar 02, 2011 @ 08:31 AM
How to display lasso files via Leopard's Quick Look feature Quick Look is a feature in MacOSX 10.5 which allows you to select a file in the Finder and display it's contents without opening th...
Updated: Mar 02, 2011 @ 08:24 AM
This article discusses how to create and call custom tags in Lasso 8.5. Custom tags are Lasso's version of functions or procedures. Introduction One of the most important features of LassoScript...
Updated: Mar 02, 2011 @ 08:10 AM
