This course is designed for new MDL® ISIS application developers. Participants learn how to begin building custom ISIS/Draw, ISIS/Base, and ISIS/Host applications using ISIS Procedural Language (PL).

• Introduction: Objectives, Object Library overview, OLE custom controls, Object Library help
• The Visual Basic Environment: Visual Basic (VB) overview, components of a VB application, VB IDE, objects, MDL custom controls, registering components, hands-on exercise
• MDL Custom Controls: OCX support, MDL custom control architecture, MDL Controls, design time settings, linking MDL controls, setting form box properties, hands-on exercise
• Properties, Methods, and Events: Definitions, Database Control, Form Box properties, query and data properties, Form Box methods and events, drag and drop, hands-on exercise
• The ISIS/Object Library Server: ISIS/OL Server architecture, PL intrinsics, connecting to the ISIS/OL server, registration using Object Library, hands-on exercise
• MDL Grid Partner Control: Summary, incremental fill, Grid Partner linking, Grid Partner properties, methods and events, layered tables, linking to ISIS/Draw, hands-on exercise
• OL Tools: Application building blocks, login dialog object, graphical query builder, query control, field selector, ISISField objects, list logic dialog, non-graphical OL tools, hands-on exercise
• Solutions to Exercises: Preparing VB6 for ISIS/OL, inserting the MDL Database Control, inserting the MDL Form Box Controls, detailed steps for hands-on exercises