2009-11-11 08:36:16, shiv shivaji: > Point is, however, that CB could easily change the format at any time and > all work was in vain. It is kind of unlikely though as they spread the > format that widely that they'd really get some nasty posts from their > customers... (Especially as there is no alternative to CB to read a CB > file.) I doubt there is any risk of that. First, they need to allow users of older CB version to read database, second, I believe they get more money selling all kind of commercial databases than CB application itself. Changing formats will limit profit from these databases
> I'd suggest not to go that way directly but to do the loop over some easily > portable commandline tool helping other apps as well. > SS: Command line wrapper is good as other projects can use it as well (e.g. > chessx). Agreed. -- Michal Rudolf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
