[DUG] Firbird from Delphi

2004-02-18 Thread Jeremy Coulter
Title: Message HI all. Like Robert I have been looking at Firbird. I have found a couple of tools to increase my Database port time, and now have all my database converted over etc. But now comes the point where I want to start to use the db in Delphi. There was some discussion and I

Re: [DUG] Firbird from Delphi

2004-02-18 Thread Robert martin
Title: Message One of the (many?) downsides to using the Delphi IB components is that newer release's will not support Firebird. Apparently Borland and the guys behind IBX have both stated that current support isincidental and will not be maintained. As Firebird is in direct competition

Re: [DUG] Firbird from Delphi

2004-02-18 Thread vss
Yeah I downloaded the demo of IBObjects too. I just wondered more than anythingsaves $$ where you can and all that :-) Jeremy -Original Message- From: Robert martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 19

RE: [DUG]: form resize and 120dpi?

2004-02-18 Thread Alan
Basically just know a positive height is a measurement in pixels and a positive size is a measurement in points. Which in turn affects how Windows draws the font. Any idea why fonts have the two attributes (height and size) is it just another way to confuse the hell out of us?

Re: [DUG] Firbird from Delphi

2004-02-18 Thread vss
What about FIBPlus? anyone tried these? They are quite pricy (200 or so €) Jeremy -Original Message- From: vss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:32:30 +1300 Subject: Re: [DUG] Firbird from Delphi Yeah I

Re: [DUG] old versions of delphi

2004-02-18 Thread Rohit Gupta
Whoops, one more comment. This is why they have insisted (at least in the past) that you either send in your CD or the front cover of the manual. However last time I think they were satisfied with the photocopy of the front of the cd. :-) A question about licensing really. Scenario:

Re: [DUG] old versions of delphi

2004-02-18 Thread Rohit Gupta
You cant, and probably you may not be able to register it either. A question about licensing really. Scenario: User has Delphi 5. User upgrades to D6 User purchases an upgrade to D7 with Upgrade advantage. User is sent D8 as part of Upgrade Advantage. All those copies of software are

Re: [DUG] old versions of delphi

2004-02-18 Thread Rohit Gupta
Could someone please try the following and tell me what I am doing wrong. This bug appears to be have always been present. I am amazed that no one else has struck it before. Its still there in D7. Create a new project, drop three Tmaskedit controls and pu the following code in formcreate

Re: [DUG] GIF Support?

2004-02-18 Thread Phil Middlemiss
Have you considered giving GDI+ a look? It supports all sorts of nice drawing functions in a very accesssible way. Cheers, Phil. - Original Message - From: Myles Penlington To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 5:57 PM Subject: [DUG] GIF

Re: [DUG] Firbird from Delphi

2004-02-18 Thread Robert martin
I know this isn't the proper place but... Rohit I am trying to set up a master detail using IBO and the VCL components. It is linking on the PK, not the key I want. Have I missed something? I am going to define a FK in my test DB to see if that fixes it. Rob Martin Software Engineer phone 03

Re: [DUG] old versions of delphi

2004-02-18 Thread Tracey Maule
Cant? cant install it? cant sell it? I am asking because i saw delphi 7 studio being auctioned and wondered how you could tell if it was an upgrade or new license. - Original Message - From: Rohit Gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List [EMAIL PROTECTED]