Scott, I have had pretty BAD luck using ODBC that comes with Rbase trying to go back and forth between two different databases...very slow and not very reliable. Is this likely a problem with using VB as a front end to Rbase??
Mike Sinclair Scott Salisbury wrote: > Mike Young wrote: > > > There are some things that just cannot be done in R:Base. I have a client that >wanted a > > full sized monthly Calendar ....... There are probably 100 buttons and 400 fields >on > > one page. There is only ONE form and it gets changed > > completely every time they change to a new month or a new schedule. > > I do want to make it clear that neither > Mike nor I (nor anyone else) are pushing > VB as a *replacement* for R:BASE. > VB is a strong compliment to R:BASE and > very nicely rounds out what you can do > with R:BASE. > > > ... At least I have my foot in the door and will hopefully be able to > > convert them to R:Base one day. > > Since VB is back-end independent, you > can develop in Access and later move to > R:BASE. It's the perfect intro for R:BASE. > > > VB is fast and the tools Scott has developed for it make rapid application a > > reality. You really don't have to be a rocket scientist to get started. He has > > much to offer if anyone wants to expand their skills. I am glad I learned from > > him and have his tools available. I am a much more versatile programmer for > > it. > > I've been surprised at just how productive > a person can be with VB. VB gets you > around all of the work-arounds you have > to do once you exceed the capabilities of > R:BASE's GUI development environment. > > I would go so far as to say that many of the > GUI related questions asked on this list > would be well served by a look into using > VB as a front end to R:BASE. > > 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/ ================================================ 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/
