Again my apologies for not using the mailing list properly. Can I make a couple
of suggestions that might have avoided my rather basic errors in using dabo :-
1/ How about a simple front end driver script for dabo. This would first
ask if a new project is to be created (and if so run the script to create the
project folder, subdirectories etc in a selected location) or ask for an
existing project to be opened. Project directory would then become current
directory. Menu would then come up to run Connection Editor, Class Designer,
App Wizard, Menu Editor etc etc. Not a full blown IDE I know, but simple, easy
to implement and providing structure.
2/ The application I am currently supporting (a simple accounting and
membership system) I wrote a couple of years back using VS2003, C# , an Access
database and Crystal Reports. It is a single user app, as many desktop
applications are. I agree single file embedded databases have their
peculiarities, but for this type of single user app they are good (and in my
case have worked well) because of :-
- small footprint
- easy installation
- no user maintenance
- no server start/stop or overheads
etc etc
I was really looking at dabo as a potential environment to rewtite my app
in a more modern, cross-platform environment. SQLite seemed to be the best
available embedded database for this.
In the case of SQLite being chosen in the connection editor it would seem
appropriate (given the front-end described above) to default both the database
location and the cxn file to the project\db folder. Again, my problems would
then be avoided.
I'm still hopeful dabo is my 'holy grail' of development environments and
I'll be back for another look in the future.
Rodgy
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