Novice Category

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Lasso Community Resources
A list of websites which provide tips, code and information for Lasso Developers. Most of these websites are made by Lasso developers for Lasso developers.
Created: 2008-02-16 22:27:45, Modified: 2009-10-28 04:17:27
 

[TotW] Inline Parameters
The tip of the week for May 30, 2008 discusses how an inline processes its parameters and how an array of common parameters can be used to make your code easier to maintain.
Created: 2008-05-30 11:11:01, Modified: 2009-10-21 12:32:40
 

Introduction to Inlines
This is a summary of a presentation held at the LDC in Amsterdam 2009. It's a quick tour on what you can, can't, should and shouldn't do with inlines and Lasso.
Created: 2009-09-30 16:39:17, Modified: 2009-10-12 06:06:26
 

Syntax Speed Tips for LP8.5
Tips for choosing the syntax that will execute the fastest.
Created: 2008-02-21 11:13:11, Modified: 2008-08-30 06:45:25
 

[TotW] Parameters, Defaults, Variables, and Sessions
The tip of the week for May 16, 2008 discusses a strategy for dealing with input values for a page including how to establish defaults, fetch values from sessions, override values with form or URL parameters, and validate inputs.
Created: 2008-05-16 16:40:53, Modified: 2008-08-07 23:03:14
 

[TotW] Destination-Based Sales Tax
The tip of the week for June 20, 2008 discusses the transition to destination-based sales tax in Washington (and other states) and some strategies you can use to calculate sales tax based on zip code.
Created: 2008-06-20 12:54:31, Modified: 2008-06-20 12:59:20
 

[TotW] Basics - Custom Tags
The tip of the week for May 9, 2008 discusses how to create and call custom tags in Lasso 8.5. Custom tags are Lasso's version of functions or procedures.
Created: 2008-05-09 14:29:56, Modified: 2008-06-05 06:21:11
 

Website thumbnails with WebThumb
quick'n'dirty method to get website thumbnails
Created: 2008-05-28 11:36:14, Modified: 2008-05-28 11:37:15
 

[TotW] Capture and Display Page Elements
The tip of the week for March 7, 2008 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.
Created: 2008-03-07 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-04-16 13:24:44
 

Holidays
Code for calculating U.S. holidays using Lasso's date tags.
Created: 2008-04-08 20:10:57, Modified: 2008-04-08 20:12:18
 

Action_Param Scope
Why doesn't [action_param] always return the value passed in a form or URL?
Created: 2008-03-27 08:25:00, Modified: 2008-03-27 09:51:55
 

[TotW] Images - Rounded Corners and Transparency
The tip of the week for March 14, 2008 shows how to use Lasso's image tags to create images with rounded corners and how to add transparency to a PNG file.
Created: 2008-03-14 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-03-15 10:54:29
 

New User Tips
This article is intended to give developers who are new to Lasso, pointers on technique and tips to ease the learning curve. This is a collaborative document.
Created: 2008-02-18 23:09:52, Modified: 2008-02-27 09:48:48
 

Syntax tips
This page will list tips about writing in LassoScript syntax and Classic "Brackets" syntax.
Created: 2008-02-21 09:37:14, Modified: 2008-02-21 09:47:55
 

[TotW] Using Arrays to Simplify Code
The tip of the week for November 30, 2007 presents several techniques which use arrays to help simplify your Lasso code. An array is used to help format several fields from a database. An array is used to help simplify a conditional. And, an array is used
Created: 2007-11-30 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 23:28:29
 

[TotW] Code Simplifying Tips - Conditional Expressions
The tip of the week for October 19, 2007 contains several tips using the conditional ?| operator to simplify Lasso code for better speed and readability.
Created: 2007-10-19 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:54:22
 

[TotW] Basics - Variables - Storing Temporary Values
The tip of the week for October 12, 2007 explains how variables in Lasso can be used to store temporary values. Topics include creating variables, outputting variables, modifying variables in-place, and some variables tools.
Created: 2007-10-12 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:52:42
 

[TotW] Date Comparisons and Calculations Using Math Symbols and Durations
The tip of the week for October 5, 2007 explains how the [Date] and [Duration] data types in Lasso can be used to perform date comparisons and date calculations using the familiar built-in symbols for math and string operations.
Created: 2007-10-05 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:50:50
 

[TotW] Regular Expression Challenge - Discussion and Winners
The tip of the week for August 17, 2007 announces the winners of the second Lasso Programming Challenge. Congratulations to Bil Corry and Johan Sölve. The tip includes a description of the challenge, a downloadable archive of answers to the challenge, doc
Created: 2007-08-17 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:17:51
 

[TotW] Lasso Connector for FileMaker Server 9 Preview (Updated)
The tip of the week for July 27, 2007 previews a new data source connector for FileMaker Server 9. The new connector provides better support for FileMaker queries including new field-level and logical operators. (Updated with details about FileMaker 9 sup
Created: 2007-07-27 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:08:11
 

[TotW] Parentheses Syntax
The tip of the week for December 7, 2007 discusses Parentheses syntax in Lasso. Parentheses syntax was introduced in Lasso 8 as an alternative to Lasso's traditional Colon syntax. The tip includes an overview of parentheses syntax, some justifications for
Created: 2007-12-07 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-14 19:39:54
 

[TotW] IPv6 - The New Internet Protocol
The tip of the week for December 21, 2007 includes background information on IPv6, the new version of the Internet Protocol. The network infrastructure necessary to support IPv6 is being rolled out now. Recent OS releases including Windows Vista and Mac
Created: 2007-12-21 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-14 19:37:52