Hi Charles,
Version 2.6x supports commandline arguments to import a file in a DP
Transaction Log format. /EI-filename So for example if you had an application
that you wished to import data from, you could take its output massage it into
the Transaction Log format and directly import it into DP. I use this for
dynamic web application with DP as the backend database... It brings the
reliability power and simplicity of DP as a multiuser database and allows you
to do things that were unimagineable with the previous versions.
If you are using DP for any production of HTML reports, then the new feature of
conversion of the ampersand symbol and other standard XML entities to their web
form makes life alot easier. For instance when using the ;W field print
indicator on am alphanumeric field contain an "&" charcter it is converted to
& in the ouput which will be correctly interpreted in a browser. It makes
creation of XML files a breeze which means you can use DP together with many
more applications.
You mentioned that you are worried about having to rework reports... I can't
remember having to do that, except for a minor bug relating to creation of
WordPerfect merge files. But it is a simple thing to get around.
Regards
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: Charles G. Wolf
To: Dataperfect Users Discussion Group
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Upgrading from 2.3c
Hi back to you Brian,
Nice to hear from you.
In 2.3c, panel links are restricted to the related child records. There's an
old saying that says, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." When I read about
others having to rework reports, etc., I got gun shy.
What are the improvements? What do you mean by an alternate means of
importing records with web potential?
Charlie
Brian Hancock wrote:
G'day Charles,
One issue would possibly be the traversing of Panel Links with the F5
key... In 2.3c is gave you access to all records in the target/child panel
link and not just the ones related to the displayed record.
I can't think of anything else, except to say that I am surprised you
hadn't upgraded long before now.... and why wouldn't you move up to the
lastest version 2.6x, which give you an alternate means of importing records
with web potential, as well as a few other nice things.
Bye
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: Charles G. Wolf
To: DataPerfect Users Discussion Group
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 8:16 AM
Subject: [Dataperf] Upgrading from 2.3c
Hi Everybody,
I have to make some changes to a database I built years ago. I thought
the might be the right time to upgrade from 2.3c to 2.6h. But before I did so,
I wanted to find out what the differences are, and whether it would necessitate
changing reports. I read that there were report changes that had to be made
when upgrading from the 2.2x series.
Thanks.
Charlie Wolf
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