On Dec 11, 2007 5:24 AM, Dave Crozier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To All, > OK, the time has come to get into Dabo with avengeance - so here I am. I > guess I'll really bug you all in the near future with the regular stupid > newbie questions etc. regarding Dabo - so for that I apologise in advance. > <BG> > > I have a project here at work which would seem to be ripe for use with Dabo > as a first introduction, even though I have tracked the Dabo project from > day 1 - as Ed and Paul will know. What I have always needed is an opening to > get into the product as well as some spare time, both of which are now > available. > > The application to generate is a Timeclock system which is currently written > in VFP using native VFP 9 tables (no autoinc fields or anything special that > isn't VFP7 compatible in terms of table structures)) and a screenshot of the > front end of the application is on my website: > > www.replacement-software.co.uk/Dabo/timeclock_main_screen.png > > 1. Obviously my first question to ask is where isit best to start, but > before I start I'll explain the setup here. > > 2. Development system is Windows XP with Komodo IDE which seems to work > really well with Python as I'm used to it for PHP development even though I > do have a copy of the Wing IDE available - any comments as to the > benefits/drawbacks of each when it comes to Python would be welcome. > > 3. I have loaded the full Dabo system with SVN as well as Tortoise and can > run all the demos and application builders no problems. I have also looked > at the Wiki and taken in as much as I can without getting into some code > cutting. > > 4. Would it be better to start with the Application Wizard Generated code > and work backwards to what I want or start with a blank page and simply cut > code from scratch using the calls into Dabo? Bear in mind that I've been > used to VFP as an integrated Visual IDE for - well let's say it is probably > far too long! > > 5. Has anyone successfully managed to access VFP data (read and write) using > anything other than the PHP ADODB software > > http://phplens.com/lens/adodb/adodb-py-docs.htm > > in addition to the mxODBC software > > http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/ >
if you need odbc support I would also try ceODBC package. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/dabo-users/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
