[RBASE-L] - Re: R:BASE 7.5 March Madness Upgrade Offer

[William Stacy]

Ok I ordered the upgrade offer but while I'm waiting to try it out, I'm 
concerned about what Karen writes below.  I have several reports that I 
print to the same piece of paper by not allowing a form feed after each 
one 'til the last one.  Will that method be impossible or nearly so with 
the upgrade?  I'm now using 4.5++

Thanks
bill

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Duncan:

Probably the biggest code "conversion" you'll find you have to do is 
when you are printing reports.  You currently go to a printer using:
   OUTPUT PRINTER
   PRINT report
   OUTPUT SCREEN

7.x will ignore the "output printer" command and instead print the 
report to the screen.  However, from the screen you can choose to then 
go to the printer (or a PDF file, etc.).  This is the way that most 
programmers have decided to program.

But if you have a report that HAS to go to the printer immediately, 
you would have to change your code to:
   PRINT report OPTION PRINTER


Karen


Good Morning Duncan,

Your tables, views, forms, reports, and labels will convert from 
R:BASE 6.5++
to R:BASE 7.5 for Windows. The tables and views convert instantly and 
won't
give you any grief as long as no reserved words are used for tables 
and column
names. For more details, please review the R:BASE 7.5 for Windows 
"Frequently
Asked Questions" http://www.rbase.com/support/faq.php

There are conversion considerations for the forms, reports, labels,
application
code. Based on how you use R:BASE, these may or may not effect you. 
For these
considerations, please download the R:BASE 7.5 Getting Started Guide:
http://www.rbase.com/rbg75/RBG75_Getting_Started_Guide.pdf

As far as your code below, there are only a few small changes that 
require
your attention, but are not serious.

The command: "SET RBGSIZE CENTER CENTER 640 480" is no longer needed. 
Now, you
can specify your form size in the Form Property settings, and if 
needed, alter
the form size dynamically using the PROPERTY command. Simply removing 
this
line
and editing your form resolution to 640 480 will get this code working
right away.

The PAUSE and DIALOG parameters for "AT CENTER CENTER" are no longer 
required
as R:BASE now displays the message windows to the center of the 
screen by
default.
If you leave the "AT CENTER CENTER" in the command file, the code will
still run.
If by chance you would like to alter where the window displays, you 
can always
use the TOP LEFT parameters to move that location. Example:

PAUSE 3 USING 'Now Reloading the Database ...' OPTION TOP 35|LEFT 35

You will find that nearly all of your original syntax is still 
supported, only
there are a few more commands and great enhancements to several; like 
PRINT,
SELECT, GATEWAY, CHOOSE, DIALOG, PAUSE, and more...

For a review of the new commands, features and enhancements:
http://www.rbase.com/rbg75/RBG75_Features_And_Enhancements.pdf

John