Where do you get vreview.exe, and who is Robert Rugelo? And......can you give me any example of how to use the SHOW VAR command with BLOBS?
Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Troy Sosamon Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 12:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: BLOBS I forgot to mention that block of code could be changed for the the RB Windows portion to use the Launch command, but the Launch command still is not in R:base for DOS as far as I know. The procedure I posted should work in any version of R:base that supports blobs going back to I think version 5.0. My workaround for Launch not working in DOS is you can start explorer.exe and pass the file and it will open the Windows program for that file type. For my application, I like to control what viewer is being used for some file types and not count on the Windows default application for it. Personally, I like to view graphics whith vreview.exe (from Robert Rugelo). It loads fast and has lots of nice functionality. This brings up the subject that it would be nice to have a function to determin the file type so we don't have to allocate a field in the database to do it. Troy Sosamon ===== Original Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] at 7/24/02 10:10 am >At 09:47 AM 7/24/2002 -0600, Troy Sosamon wrote: > >>I select the file out of the db into a variable, write the variable out to a >>file and then zip out to another program to view it. > > >Troy, > >If you are using the Windows version of R:BASE 6.5++, you don't need >to ZIP out using another program to view the BLOB data. > >If another program to view the BLOB is installed correctly with appropriate >association of file extension, then, all you need is LAUNCH FileName.ext >to view that BLOB or ANY external file as long as you have the correct >file extension and the appropriate program installed on your workstation. > >For more details on LAUNCH command: http://www.RSyntax.com > >On the other hand, The Magical R:BASE 7.0 for Windows, includes the >built-In BLOB/VARCHAR/Note Viewer/Editor! > >Enjoy! > >Very Best Regards, > >Razzak. > > > >================================================ >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/ ================================================ 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/
