>From my email yesterday: " If there is going to be a mechanism in Oterro to be able to host an extraneous program allowing visual displays, it would have to be added to Oterro.
Not to say that it won't be done or isn't being done, but the version you have is not going to work for you." I don't use Oterro as a matter of course, but I had an earlier version that I used for the workaround that I prescribed. I will say to you, with complete confidence, that "IF" you found this problem in a current version, the good folks at RBTI would be on a fix for it immediately, as you must admit, they always do. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 2:55 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Oterro / Stored Procedure question Mike, You indicate that if I had 9.5 Oterro I would be able to accomplish the task. " I am pretty sure if you were up to date, we wouldn't be having this exchange of ideas for a kludge to make your program work the way you want" Are you saying that Oterro 9.5 will Launch as I need or there is some other function available in it. I will certainly look into Oterro 9.5 if it will do what I need and it can work with a v8 database. (It still uses the RX1..4 file extensions) Upgrading our entire system to 9.5 is not an option at this time, but Oterro 9.5 might be the answer if it will Launch and work with a v8 database or you know of another method that will work with 9.5. I certainly do not want any kludges in my program. Thank you, -Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Byerley <[email protected]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:46:28 -0000 (UTC) Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Oterro / Stored Procedure question The Oterro instance is NOT in the Rbase Instance. That's why there is no GUI. If you remember, Oterro was created as an Extract from RBase as everything RBase except the GUI part. If there is going to be a mechanism in Oterro to be able to host an extraneous program allowing visual displays, it would have to be added to Oterro. Not to say that it won't be done or isn't being done, but the version you have is not going to work for you. The best you can do is create something that polls for the marker file at whatever period of time works for you and if the marker file is present, display it then. The following is just my .02, which may be discarded or pondered.. I'm not going to belabor the issue of keeping current with the software, but it always amazes me that there isn't a second thought about getting the latest and greatest OS on a computer. I know there are holdouts that are still running XP, heck I have XP on the box I work on, the only holdback for me is the mountain of software installed on it takes me a day to install when I change the OS. But having said that, ALL the software I depend upon for my business IS up to date, including Visual Studio 12 and Delphi XE. I am pretty sure if you were up to date, we wouldn't be having this exchange of ideas for a kludge to make your program work the way you want. That's about all I can figure for you at this time. MIke -----
