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The second volume of the OmniScience Omnis Reference Library was released on 15 March, 2005. This volume is over 200 pages in length and is now available for sale for US$30.00. It can be purchased directly from David Swain of Polymath Business Systems by one of the following means:
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We will also have a web form and an Omnis Studio Remote Form available on this site for joining our buyers' club, David's SmartList. Credit card information left there is then in our system and all you have to do to order books or other goods or services in the future is to tell us your name and what you would like. This also gives you a small discount for future volumes and automatic delivery as long as your credit card information is current (and good) at the time of release of a new volume. Keep in mind, though, that signing on to David's SmartList is not a request to purchase a book. That request must be done separately (because some people buy a book first to try it out and then decide to sign on at a later date).
Here is a brief summary of whats included in this book:
Chapter
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The first concern in any technical discussion should be the definition of terms so that the clearest communication can be achieved involving the concepts those terms represent. To this end, let’s pin down a few important concepts regarding list variables with specific words or phrases so we can work with them. |
Chapter
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A list variable is just a shell. We can't do much with it until we prepare it for content by specifying the variables it will contain. Then again, there are still some uses we can make of an unprepared shell... |
Chapter
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We generally need to provide a list variable with collections of values. There are many ways to do this. Here are the basics. |
Chapter
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Once a list variable contains some values, we will need to access some or all of this content. There are many ways Omnis Studio allows us to query and update specific cells within a list variable as well as to derive aggregate information (counts, totals, etc.) from the contents of a list variable. |
Chapter
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There are two independent states that a line of a list variable can express. There are a number of ways we can manipulate and use these states in our applications. |
Chapter
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Omnis Studio allows us to access many aspects of a list variable through Notation. There are also a number of built-in methods for a list variable or its component parts that require notational techniques for their execution. |