Re: [DUG]: Playing a blob wav sound

2000-05-19 Thread Peter Mochnacki
Hi David, This won't help but in Paradox I found it much easier to store the path of the .wav file in the database and access the .wav file using an OLE variable. It was actually quicker even with about 1000 wav files in the directory. Peter M At 03:49 PM 19/5/00 +1200, you wrote: I have an

RE: [DUG]: Playing a blob wav sound

2000-05-19 Thread Patrick Dunford
There is a field type called TBlobField. If you can get the data into that (using AsBlob I think) then it has a SaveToFile method so you can save it into the Temp directory and pass the filename to sndPlay - maybe... Patrick Dunford, Christchurch, NZ

[DUG]: Call a method of Gran-Father class

2000-05-19 Thread Lisandro Rueckert
Hi ! I have inherited a component from TCheckListBox that is inherited from TCustomListBox. IN my component I was overrided the DrawItem method to draw a custom bitmap to represent a check. I need in this method call the DrawItem method of TCustomListBox. If I use the inherited clause Delphi

RE: [DUG]: So what do people think of the Corel/Inprise/Borland not thing?

2000-05-19 Thread Nic Wise
Unfortunately, having the best products does not gaurentee a successful business. If I was a share holder in Borland, I would be mighty p.o'd with the company - too many changes, too little profit. Problem is, look who was doing the buying!! Not exactly a cash-rich, going-up company...

RE: [DUG]: So what do people think of the Corel/Inprise/Borland not thing?

2000-05-19 Thread Nic Wise
Dont forget windows - QT is VERY cross platform. Also, dont forget that most of the work in a _compiler_ is targetting the code generator to the CPU - not an easy task, especially on a RISC chip. Delphi is not just a compiler tho N -- Nic Wise - 021.676.418 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] /