Scott I didn't reply publicly because you said to email you privately! That's the only reason!!
David Blocker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Salisbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 9:40 PM Subject: Re: ScottS rocked my RBase world! > I'd like to ask a question. Karen Tellef > posted about some really cool things that > can be done with R:BASE. Not a single > person (except myself) had anything to say > about it on the list. > > I know people are interested since I got > plenty of private e-mail asking questions > about it. I just wondered if anyone has any > idea about why people don't want to post > here about it? > > The methods I encourage simply add > credibility to the use of R:BASE. The > things I can show you will help you to > keep your clients running R:BASE. In > the long run everyone can benefit from > that. > > In any case, I thought I might strike up a > new thread on rStreet about this stuff. > Maybe people will feel more comfortable > talking about it there? > > If you'd like to hear about how to use free > software to extend the capabilities of R:BASE, > I encourage you to sign up on rStreet. > > Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Scott Salisbury wrote: > > > It is important to understand that these tools are free for > > the asking. Just send me a private e-mail and I will fix > > you up with the DLL, the Form Generator and all the > > information you'll need to quickly create fantastic > > looking VB applications for R:BASE. Keep in mind > > that this DLL will also allow you to create web > > applications for R:BASE. > > > > The beauty of all of this is that you can expand your skill > > set while still working with R:BASE. There is no need to > > change to another database product in order to take > > advantage of all that PHP and VB have to offer! You > > get to keep your R> prompt, you get to keep all of the > > familair R:BASE advantages. You can even use your > > R:BASE reports if you choose! > > > > tellef wrote: > > > > Using his form generator .exe, his ODBCData.dll, > > > and a template project of his, I was able within a few hours > > > to connect to an RBase database and have an attractive main menu > > > form. A button on the main menu brings up a form with a search > > > button for the clients, does an '=' search first, then a 'like' > > > if it doesn't match, puts the results in a list box. Clicking > > > on a customer showed all their invoice header data in a grid. > > > Clicking on any invoice displayed the data in an editable form > > > with complete add/edit/delete functionality. Clicking on an > > > invoice also displayed all the invoice detail and all the > > > payments in 2 separate grids on a tabbed control. There was > > > data from 4 separate tables all on this one form! And I did it > > > in probably 2-3 hours. > > > > > > I was able to easily modify the project for my own wishes, could > > > easily add a column to the edit form, etc. This is a huge selling > > > point for my RBase clients. I can write a very sophisticated VB > > > front end, yet they can still have RBase on their desks to do R> > > > prompt searches, design their own reports, etc. > > > > > > Now on the web front: > > > > > > I am TOTAL NEWBIE on this! Using free downloadable software we > > > turned my lowly Win98 laptop into a web server. Then using free > > > downloadable web app design software, I was able to modify 3 > > > template scripts Scott gave me to connect to my RBase database, > > > ask the user for search criteria and display the results in a table! > > > Probably took me 45 minutes to do this. > > > > > > I connected to the web, found out my dial-in IP address, had a friend > > > dial into my computer and he was brought right into my program and > > > was able to search my database! I would imagine that this free > > > stuff isn't as powerful as the stuff you have to pay for. Or am > > > I wrong? Until now I've never explored the freeware world! > > > > > > Anyway I'm encouraging you to check out Scott's work! > > > > > > Karen > > > > > > > Scott > > ==== > > Scott J. Salisbury > > Matrix Data Systems / The R:Street Journal > > 5114 Point Fosdick Drive NW, Suite E-272 > > Gig Harbor, WA 98335-1733 > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.MatrixDataSystems.Com > > http://www.SeaNet.Com/~sjs > > Direct Line: 206-423-7679 > > Toll Free: 888-386-5040 > > Seattle: 206-448-7975 > > Tacoma: 253-444-5166 > > Fax: 305-425-0491 > > > > ================================================ > > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > -- > > > Scott > ==== > Scott J. 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