>The question I have regarding this subject, and your product, is that
>if I put together an application which would require the user to import
>their own CSV database, (using p-rad for example), how would I
>distribute the app without p-rad?
Sorry, that wasn't clear from your initial question (or I didn't read
it carefully enough).
PDB-Def is a developer tool for creating databases, not bundling as
part of an application. If that's what you need to do, PDB-Def the
wrong tool. You can use the PDB-Def library in an application. That
would make it easier for you to write an application that imports CSV
data, because it has functions that convert ASCII strings into binary
data values, and vice versa, and other related capabilities, but it
wouldn't solve the problem for you.
If you want the user to be able to create the file, they could buy
PDB-Def and use it, perhaps with a database definition that you
create for them. As a developer tool, however, it doesn't coddle the
user with friendly terminology and concepts. That might be a bit
tough for them.
>For these types of utilities, what is the general practice?
Hard to say. I don't look at most of these. I suspect that most of
the PDB-creation tools out there have a similar limitation--designed
for creating PDBs, not for creating end-user applications that create
PDBs. Designed for developers, not end users.
Perhaps a conduit would make the most sense, but it seems like
overkill. You might want to look at JFile, FileMaker, HandiBase, and
other similar tools if their feature sets and UI components would
work for you. Perhaps they have APIs (FileMaker doesn't) that you can
use to access databases created by them in a C-based application.
That's what PDB-Def gives you.
>I've seen the many utilities out there, but those would be just for my use
>and not redistribution.
This seems to contradict what you say earlier. Are you creating a
program to use on behalf of a user, a program for a user, or a
program to use for yourself?
Regards,
Steve Mann
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