Re: [DUG]: Retrieving data from XML streams

2001-11-12 Thread Nic Wise
Get an XML Parser. There is the microsoft one, an IBM one, I think there are a few free ones, www.nothingbutnet.co.nz rings bells (PETER!!!), the Delphi-Jedi site - etc etc etc. Basically, if you have D6 enterprise, you can load it in from a string or file, and it puts it all nicely into a tree

Re: [DUG]: Const

2001-11-11 Thread Nic Wise
and I think you can do sName := 'something else' in the first case and not the second. If it was this: Const a = 1; Const b : integer = 2; then a would only be a byte, where as b would be an int N - Original Message - From: Stacey Verner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients

Re: [DUG]: Sending BDE dataset to Access Database

2001-11-01 Thread Nic Wise
ADOExpress was about $350-500 I think - dunno if we have it or can get it Delphi 6 Pro has the ADO stuff in it tho, so an upgrade might be a better option? Nic. - Original Message - From: Mark Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [DUG]: Midas 2 and Midas 3 on the same machine.

2001-10-22 Thread Nic Wise
run 2 instanced of the socket server on different ports - one for D6, and one for D4. Should fix the problem I hope :) N - Original Message - From: Stacey Verner To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 9:37 AM Subject:

Re: [DUG]: Multiple Socket Servers

2001-10-22 Thread Nic Wise
Um, in the properties, you can select the port (deft. is 211), but, if you are running it all on one machine, just use COM! its quicker! if you are going overa net, then use sockets. or DCOM. Or CORBAetc. - Original Message - From: Stacey Verner To: Multiple

Re: [DUG]: Setting Attributes in XML

2001-10-18 Thread Nic Wise
The unquoted value is _illegal_ in XML. You can't do it. You specify the _type_ of the variable in the XSD (XML Schema Defn) - with our XML parser / wrapper, it generated interfaces for you - as you know- and manages the types for you in there. bottom line: no XML parser should handle this a

Re: [DUG]: Setting Attributes in XML

2001-10-18 Thread Nic Wise
parser Neven - Original Message - From: Nic Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [DUG]: Setting Attributes in XML The unquoted value is _illegal_ in XML. You can't do it. You specify

Re: [DUG]: Setting Attributes in XML

2001-10-18 Thread Nic Wise
: RE: [DUG]: Setting Attributes in XML Nic Wise asked: Well, yeah - but how compliant are the other parsers? the MS one and especially the IBM one, is very compliant. Well, the OpenXML native Delphi parser is so compliant that the author has found several bugs in the actual XML standards

Re: [DUG]: Setting Attributes in XML

2001-10-18 Thread Nic Wise
- From: Nic Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 1:50 PM Subject: Re: [DUG]: Setting Attributes in XML Fair enough - and as someone asked yesterday, you could make it plug into the Borland framework, if you really

[DUG]: RAD seminars start times

2001-10-17 Thread Nic Wise
Sorry - just got back from Wellington and Christchurch - 8:30 rego, 9am start, and we have been finishing about 4-4:30 so far lunch at 12:30 :) break at about 10:30 and 3-3:30 or so. N - Original Message - From: Steve Peacocke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list

Re: [DUG]: Pascal / Delphi for Mac ????

2001-10-09 Thread Nic Wise
Nope, its just that OSX is the only version with a decient JVM for JDK 1.2 or better - OS9 I think had a JDK1.1.8, which is way lower than that JB needs. N - Original Message - From: Eion McIntosh (Christchurch) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [DUG]: Treeview with checkboxes

2001-10-07 Thread Nic Wise
Jeremy, I think Raize does: www.raize.com N - Original Message - From: Limsowtin, Philippe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 12:13 PM Subject: RE: [DUG]: Treeview with checkboxes You probably already know this

Re: [DUG]: [Q] MIDAS (Socket Connection), BDE, Threads

2001-10-07 Thread Nic Wise
yes, you do need a sepetate TSession per thread - each database usually shares a single one, hence the problem. N - Original Message - From: Donovan J. Edye [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 3:54 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [DUG]: Borland RAD Seminars - Ak, Wgtn, ChCh

2001-10-03 Thread Nic Wise
Well, skycity has a carpark if your bike is of the motor variety, if its of the push variety, email me off the list - should be able to accomodate you, being I dont like keeping my mountain bike on the back of the car when its in the carpark. :) Nic. - Original Message - From: Steve

Re: [DUG]: Missing unit ??

2001-10-01 Thread Nic Wise
have a look thru the archives - this one has been done a few times before :) Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ Nic. - Original Message - From: Jeremy Coulter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [DUG]: Borland RAD Seminars - Ak, Wgtn, ChCh

2001-10-01 Thread Nic Wise
People, I'll try and fill you in tommorow - doing training today, so I'm rather flatout. Bottom line is, its Richard and my show, so its mostly going to be more technical and less marketing driven, BUT: we are a commercial entity with budgets to meet, so the end purpose is to sell more Delphi 6

Re: [DUG]: String Encryption routine

2001-09-25 Thread Nic Wise
Does it need to be 2 way, or 1 way? MD5 is very good for one-way. :) N - Original Message - From: Ross Levis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 1:30 PM Subject: [DUG]: String Encryption routine Firstly,

[DUG]: Microsoft does JDBC - officially. in sql2000

2001-09-25 Thread Nic Wise
About time, really :) Hi, Microsoft allows Java programs to connect to SQL Server 2000. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7298466.html Test JDBC Driver is available as a free. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/Press/2001/Sep01/09-25MerantPR.asp

Re: [DUG]: String Encryption routine

2001-09-25 Thread Nic Wise
Message - From: Ross Levis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 2:07 PM Subject: RE: [DUG]: String Encryption routine Nic Wise wrote: Does it need to be 2 way, or 1 way? MD5 is very good for one-way. Well I

Re: [DUG]: String Encryption routine

2001-09-25 Thread Nic Wise
Um, unless I'm mistaken, this is a pretty basic cypher - are you after encrypting something that NEEDS to stay crypted, or just scrambling something so a luser can't get at it? if its the latter, this should be fine, but a cryptographer work his salt should be able to go thru this in about 2

Re: [DUG]: Turning on/off another computer

2001-09-23 Thread Nic Wise
BackOrafice? :) Seriously, why not write a socket server, and do it that way. Then, total control! (even via telnet, if you want :) ) N - Original Message - From: Moises Lopez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001

Re: [DUG]: Scanning and Barcode Reading recommendations?

2001-09-18 Thread Nic Wise
wouldn't a scanner (call it via TWAIN?) and a barcode reader (using a keyboard block) work? 2 pieces of hardware, but the cost of the hardware should be less than your time to write a barcode recognition system. I think Gary has done something like this dude, wanna comment? Nic. -

[DUG]: test - ignore

2001-09-16 Thread Nic Wise
not even the usual smart comments, please :) -- Ive lost my dog, he went to make waffles --anon BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Wise;Nic FN:Nic Wise ORG:Borland New Zealand Ltd TITLE:Consultant/Developer TEL;WORK;VOICE:+64-9-9184-577 TEL;CELL;VOICE:+64-21-676-418 TEL;WORK;FAX:+64-9-3600-384

: Re: [DUG]: DesignEditors and Proxies

2001-09-10 Thread Nic Wise
you need to include one of the .dcp or .bpl files in your project to fix this - I dont have Delphi on this machine (I'm at home...), so I can't tell you which one. but have a look around on the newsgroups, or websites, and there is a fix for it - I'll post something tommorow if you dont

Re: [DUG]: dbExpress and MS SQL

2001-09-09 Thread Nic Wise
Rumours: yes. Actual products: No. There is an ADO one around - http://islamov.com/dbexpress/ No idea how much / how good but there is a download available. N - Original Message - From: Neven MacEwan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [DUG]: Buying Delphi

2001-09-06 Thread Nic Wise
How about: Borland New Zealand Ltd ph: 09-3600231 fax: 09-3600384 ask for Alice or Olivia. We dont have distributors anymore - we split from Sealcorp last year, and they have since gone under. :) Nic. - Original Message - From: Phil Middlemiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple

Re: [DUG]: Midas performance and maybe BDE Threading

2001-09-06 Thread Nic Wise
Incase Chris is busy, I'll jump in, as I think I know the project he's talking about 1stly. Did the system originally use a file based DB like Paradox. If the answer is yes, is the new app using TTables or TQueries. This is the first bottleneck and relates to C/S developement in

Re: Re: [DUG]: Midas performance and maybe BDE Threading

2001-09-06 Thread Nic Wise
I wonder if the Midas caching of the master dataset is forcing full population of all the child datasets. Unless Campbell has changed it, yes, it does :) One of the datasets also has a couple of blob fields so that could also be causing overwork. Not to the degree that this is, AFAIK. N

Re: [DUG]: Accessing mulltiple Interbase databases

2001-09-02 Thread Nic Wise
Mike, are you doing this thru something BDE-specific? or is it going direct to interbase? I'm not sure if IB support hetrogenious use of databases (I thought I saw reference in the help file once, but I can't find it anymore), but the BDE will do it, pretty much as you showed below. I doubt

Re: [DUG]: Accessing mulltiple Interbase databases

2001-09-02 Thread Nic Wise
Hadn't thought of that - I've tried it - it's working for some tables and not for others. Can't see why some aren't working - columns map corrrectly. might be a FK conflict or something - whats the structure / constraints etc on the table?

Re: [DUG]: xfer between PCs

2001-08-28 Thread Nic Wise
Sorry, been on holiday Yes we can do that, I guess - we dont have a protocol for it tho, but I can find you a key :) Call me at work tomorrow AM - 09-3600231 N - Original Message - From: C Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[DUG]: Intermediate / Advanced Delphi developers wanted

2001-08-03 Thread Nic Wise
[ed's note: DONT reply to me or the list - I'm just relaying the info. XSol are located in Parnell Road in Auckland.] Exciting New Development for Senior/Intermediate Software Developers

Re: [DUG]: Kylix problems

2001-07-30 Thread Nic Wise
kylixpath is a script - if you use the dot infront, it runs it under the context of the current shell - basically, the same as typing in the commands that are in the file onto the command line, unlike if you execute a shell script, then it gets its own copy of the shell, and most path etc changes

Re: [DUG]: Kylix problems

2001-07-30 Thread Nic Wise
problems *grin* actually, that was one I didn't. Seems a somewhat stupid way to do it thou, as you often use . as part of the path, to run a script or something in the current directory $ ./setup.sh or somesuch. --On Tuesday, July 31, 2001 10:05 AM +1200 Nic Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [DUG]: Kylix OE and database

2001-07-30 Thread Nic Wise
OE is basically standard version - and like Delphi standard, there are NO database components. Nothing wrong with your install - thats how its ment to be. Nic - Original Message - From: bernard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday,

[DUG]: Technical FAQ for new Linux users

2001-07-28 Thread Nic Wise
From Slashdot - might be handy for people who are trying Kylix out, and coming from a windows background http://slashdot.org/articles/01/07/28/2158211.shtml http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-faq/?t=gr Nic. -- Videogames dont effect kids. I mean, if PACMAN effected us as

Re: [DUG]: Kylix now Free for Open Source Projects

2001-07-26 Thread Nic Wise
of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [DUG]: Kylix now Free for Open Source Projects Nic I've never met anyone brave enough to use IANAL - good for you :-) Neven - Original Message - From: Nic Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients

Re: [DUG]: Kylix now Free for Open Source Projects

2001-07-26 Thread Nic Wise
to pay for the no-nonsense licence. Fortunately all the Kylix components are available in either licence (right?) so switching will be painless at least with respect to the Borland code in your app. Nope, just the ones in the OE. The ones in the other versions (that are not in the OE) are

Re: [DUG]: Kylix now Free for Open Source Projects

2001-07-25 Thread Nic Wise
WOW! I wounder if the slashdot crowd have realised THAT one Somehow I think they might have missed it. N - Original Message - From: Nello Sestini [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [DUG]:

Re: [DUG]: Alternative list hosting?

2001-07-11 Thread Nic Wise
Currently my system allows you to get a web based 'digest' of the last month, last week, or todays list mail. I would add a search, but currently I'm the only one using it... if you do, Peter, look at Lucene (www.lucene.com) - its a VERY cool full-text-index package for Java.

Re: [DUG]: Alternative list hosting? - maybe the final word for a while

2001-07-11 Thread Nic Wise
Hi people, OK, I've looked thru this, and I think I may know of a solution, but I need a little time (and approval from Annie and Richard) to do it (to say I'm busy at the moment is a little bit of an understatement - but you all know THAT one). I just need to check if ezmlm will do what we

Re: [DUG]: MIDAS Primer....

2001-07-11 Thread Nic Wise
Donovan, IMO and IME, dont treat it as a TTable replacement - its so much more than that, and you can do effective distributed systems with it very easily. Make sure you know that you call methods on the appserver (not just connect to tables) and such. Basically, throw your old knowledge

Re: [DUG]: D6 installation

2001-07-11 Thread Nic Wise
Works for me. Usual rules apply - install the latest BDE AFTER installing the last version, eg if you install 6, then 5, then 4, install BDE5.11 ( whats the latest?) after you install 4. you may wanna do a reg install of your prefered one after, too, to update the .dfm and .pas associations.

Re: [DUG]: Delphi 6 Registration

2001-07-11 Thread Nic Wise
Its possible Sanctuary is down (the registration server). You DO need to be online to do it tho. All I can recommend is, try, try again :) Failing that, call Olivia on 09-3600231 and she shoudl be able to atleast provide some way for you to get your rego number via the phone/fax/email, tho I'm

Re: [DUG]: Delphi 6 Registration

2001-07-11 Thread Nic Wise
]: Delphi 6 Registration If that would be illegal, how come MS can do it with their activation stuff? And what happens if you don't have net access? (or, email only access). --On Thursday, July 12, 2001 10:25 AM +1200 Nic Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are not required to register (this would

Re: [DUG]: Delphi 6 Registration

2001-07-11 Thread Nic Wise
in with no other intervention required Eion -Original Message- From: Nic Wise [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 12 July 2001 10:26 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: Re: [DUG]: Delphi 6 Registration You are not required to register (this would be illegal

Re: [DUG]: Delphi 6 Registration

2001-07-11 Thread Nic Wise
Borland, its windows you see, and that darn blue screen meant I had to reinstalled Windows 42 (#*($ times, its only on one machine *mutter* :P --On Thursday, July 12, 2001 11:54 AM +1200 Nic Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: then I guess we call you and ask you why you've installed 1 copy of d6

Re: [DUG]: Delphi 6 Registration

2001-07-11 Thread Nic Wise
wants to learn Linux, and I should really obligue :) Nic. - Original Message - From: Peter Harrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 2:28 PM Subject: Re: [DUG]: Delphi 6 Registration Nic Wise wrote: Even the usual

Re: [DUG]: similar type is used. [virus warning]

2001-07-08 Thread Nic Wise
They promised them? Not that I recall. Might have been a we would like to... but not a we will The list software that is used can't do it, and is still in use.. N - Original Message - From: Patrick Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL

Re: [DUG]: similar type is used. [virus warning]

2001-07-08 Thread Nic Wise
Maybe they didn't promise anything, but there was certainly a proposal to upgrade the software, and I remember it being discussed. yup, it was discussed, but as there are around 150 domains on the mail server (last time I looked, which was about a year ago), moving it over to a new server is

Re: [DUG]: similar type is used. [virus warning]

2001-07-08 Thread Nic Wise
A few lines of text at the bottom of a message that you can easily ignore. last time I checked, they were at the top. Well that's interesting. I don't get any spam to the addresses I have signed on. I get lots. There were some other issues raised like archives, address munging, digest

[DUG]: new educational pricing

2001-07-05 Thread Nic Wise
Hi people, For all those poor (AHEM) students out there :) (yes, valid student ID's are needed). All of these carry a no-commercial-use license, I beleive. If your making money off it, you need to pay retail - sorry, but I like eating and being paid at the end of the month :) . NOTE: All

[DUG]: comparison white paper VB6 vrs Delphi 6.

2001-07-02 Thread Nic Wise
to do this. Cheers, Nic Wise. Borland New Zealand. --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [DUG]: PC Speaker

2001-07-01 Thread Nic Wise
... or go out and spend around $20 on a cheep soundcard and a pair of headphones or speakers! :) N - Original Message - From: Max Nilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 1:04 PM Subject: RE: [DUG]: PC Speaker

Re: [DUG]: The Long and Winding Road

2001-06-24 Thread Nic Wise
1) If I was to program in CONSOLE mode, would I have access to graphics commands like LINE or RECTANGLE (or the Delphi equivalents) ? No, but you can manually open a window and draw on it. 2) In Standard mode, do you need to keep strictly to an OBJECT style ? It would make it easier if I

Re: [DUG]: TCP/IP

2001-06-17 Thread Nic Wise
I found the TCP components that ship with Delphi to be a real pain to use. If you're comfortable installing components, have a look around the net for either ICS by Francois Piette or WinShoes. There are a bunch of different opinions out there about which is best, but those two are the most

Re: [DUG]: TCP/IP

2001-06-17 Thread Nic Wise
Sergi, Indy is still free, and AFAIK, works with D5, D6 and Kylix. :) Nic. Thank you gents, I'll look at them. Though I don't have access to D6 and it'll have to be some 3rd party. Sergei. either ICS by Francois Piette or WinShoes. There are a bunch of different opinions out

Re: [DUG]: Interfaces

2001-06-12 Thread Nic Wise
I design with them now - much easier, from my POV. They are used extensivly in Java as well, so its good practice if you are ever going to move. Nic. On 13 Jun 2001, at 10:46, Neven MacEwan wrote: Sandeep Simple Answer - HUGE Only one reply so far, so should I assume that there

Re: RE: [DUG]: Interfaces

2001-06-12 Thread Nic Wise
Ok, give a poor C++ programmer a hint... what are we talking about here? G I think you lot call them pure virtual classes - ie a class with no implementation. In Delphi, you can inherit from more than one of them, which is a big advantage. Specifically, I've seen many definitions for

Re: Re: [DUG]: Tuning SQL

2001-06-10 Thread Nic Wise
Nope, the code has been bought back inhouse for IB6.x and beyond. What was released as free and opensource is still that way - future stuff may not be. Firebird IB - it might have at v6.0, but not beyond that - the code forked almost immediatly. Nic. - Original Message - From: James

Re: Re: [DUG]: Tuning SQL

2001-06-10 Thread Nic Wise
The Interbase site makes scary statements about the Open version being a work in progress which will not be supported by them. Not sure whether one should be concerned with this or not. How stable is the current Open source version? Very :) It would not be a good look to have commercial

Re: Re: Re: [DUG]: Tuning SQL

2001-06-10 Thread Nic Wise
Nope, the code has been bought back inhouse for IB6.x and beyond. What was released as free and opensource is still that way - future stuff may not be. So they made IB6 free, got a bunch of people using it, then decided that it could turn a profit again? That's almost funny : Well, yes

Re: Re: Re: [DUG]: Tuning SQL

2001-06-10 Thread Nic Wise
Borlands behaviour over the entire open sourcing of InterBase has been somewhat curious to say the least, and the relationship between the open source project and the Borland project is currntly somewhat strained. But Thats a polite way of putting it, Max :) (see references on

Re: Re: Re: [DUG]: Tuning SQL

2001-06-10 Thread Nic Wise
OK, so PGSQL outperforms Oracle in some tests - does it scale as well? Is it as well supported and known in the industry? Does it run on as many platforms? Does it recover well if you pull the plug on the machine (ok, so Oracle doesn't either, but IB does :) ) N - Original Message -

Re: [DUG]: Delphi 5 Free

2001-06-10 Thread Nic Wise
Its on the PCWorld with Fortress PC and the knights on the cover (ie, June 2001). It IS, however, not upgradable and the standard version (ie, not pro :) ) Its still good tho :) Nic. - Original Message - From: Glenn Bull [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL

Re: [DUG]: Delphi 5 Free

2001-06-10 Thread Nic Wise
My question, is whats the legalitie of redistributing this? i.e. is it legal for me to make a CDR of the PCW coverdisc for someone? Well, I can't _See_ anything to the contry, but I'd guess that you can only do it in NZ without violating the agreement or something but I dont really know -

Re: Re: Re: [DUG]: Tuning SQL

2001-06-10 Thread Nic Wise
My point was a single Swallow does not a summer make... Very true. My opinion is that amongst the open source DB's PostgreSQL is prob the leader In some areas, yes, it is. Not in all of them, tho - and IMO, all OSS DB's are blown out of the water by MSSQL, Oracle, Informix etc. As for

Re: Re: Re: [DUG]: Tuning SQL

2001-06-10 Thread Nic Wise
Prob as sure as you are on IB. Oh, I _know_ IB does not scale past 50 or so users on intel (well, 100, if you design the app right). Oracle goes into the 1000's on decient hardware (note, tho, I've never run IB on a Solaris box) There has been a bit of barny recently re PostgreSQL WAL

Re: [DUG]: Union

2001-06-10 Thread Nic Wise
Sorry to interrupt the great Nic and Nev debate but ... ;-) hehe, oddly enough, we got on rather well in real life. Does Delphi have an equivalent to the Union statement in C++. I have some C++ code I want to convert to Delphi um: blah = record case integer of 0 :

Re: Re: Re: [DUG]: Tuning SQL

2001-06-10 Thread Nic Wise
What do you mean by got :-). Ok, allow me to re-word it: we got on, and still get on, fine :) well, I think we do, anyway. I could be sarcastic and say what was it doing down in the first place! Got to be suspicious of a product that has really good crash recovery :-) Nope, gotta be sus.

Re: [DUG]: IB Downloads

2001-06-10 Thread Nic Wise
http://www.borland.com/devsupport/interbase/opensource/ you will need: windows server, optionally windows client (client is in the server, and can be installed on its own) linux binaries if you want them Interclient 1.6 if you plan to to Java stuff - otherwise, dont bother. 2.0 is only a

Re: [DUG]: Interbase/Delphi Stored Procedure

2001-05-29 Thread Nic Wise
CREATE PROCEDURE PRO_GETSLPRTY RETURNS (ID_SLPRTY INTEGER) AS BEGIN ID_SLPRTY = gen_id(GEN_SLPRTY, 1); um, dont you need a SUSPEND; right about here? Or is that just for ones you execute with select * from PRO_GETSLPRTY ?? Thats because u r trying to pass a input parameter

[DUG]: more on kylix pricing

2001-05-29 Thread Nic Wise
on theregister.co.uk, no less. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19283.html --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send

[DUG]: Delphi 6 launch TOMMOROW (and Wednesday and Thursday)

2001-05-27 Thread Nic Wise
Hi everyone just a reminder that the Delphi 6 - and JBuilder 5 - launch is tomorrow in Auckland, Wednesday in Wellington and Thursday in Christchurch. If you haven't registered, its not too late - or, alternatively, just turn up :) More info at http://register.borland.co.nz/ebusiness Nic.

Re: [DUG]: Kylix price drop?

2001-05-23 Thread Nic Wise
Well, NZ price = US price x exchange rate, so I guess so, but call the office to be sure (09-3600231), but its just a special price until august 23rd in the US. Nic. Is this new pricing? http://shop.borland.com/Product/0,1057,3-15-CQ100479,00.html Steve

Re: [DUG]: Kylix price drop?

2001-05-23 Thread Nic Wise
yup, its only the "desktop" edition. - Original Message - From: Cooke, Andrew To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 10:36 AM Subject: RE: [DUG]: Kylix price drop? Like I am when I go to the supermarket each week and find

Re: [DUG]: Kylix price drop?

2001-05-23 Thread Nic Wise
No idea - call the office, they should know (I'm onsite at the moment :) ) 09-3600231 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nic. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [DUG]: Kylix price

Re: [DUG]: Kylix price drop?

2001-05-23 Thread Nic Wise
We will do the desktop price - $199US - as a close-enough-to-direct $US - $NZ price translation. thats _approx_ $450NZ + gst etc. Annie just confirmed it with me about 2 seconds ago. Thats on Desktop only tho, not server. I'm not sure the office people know about it, but they will shortly

Re: [DUG]: Kylix price drop?

2001-05-23 Thread Nic Wise
do you know if the webbroker components in kylix server are available as upgrade from desktop? Sorry, AFAIK there are no addons to Kylix :( Nic. --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [DUG]: IDSN Modem

2001-05-17 Thread Nic Wise
No the ISDN modem does not use D.U.N. I am not entirly sure what thos go is. I have an ISDN modem, a network hub, and a Cisco I think it might be a router, but not sure. Anyway, I entered an IP address for my machine, and a gateway to the Cisco unit, and then when I try to navigate, it

Re: [DUG]: IDSN Modem

2001-05-17 Thread Nic Wise
Oh, and BTW: the Nokia M10 - and M1122 I guess - DO do SNMP, and you can get the IP from it, which is very handy when you want to use your dynamic IP and push it up to a dynamic DNS server to appear to be a fixed server. :) Friend of mine did it, and it works really well, but he _does_ have

[DUG]: Borlands Business is your E-Business - JB5/D6 Launch

2001-05-16 Thread Nic Wise
** for more infomation and FREE registration, please visit http://register.borland.co.nz/ebusiness ** # Enterprise Solutions Breakfast - Dr Kevin McIsaac, from Meta

Re: [DUG]: A few more delphi 6 articles.

2001-05-15 Thread Nic Wise
framework? --On Wednesday, 16 May 2001 1:15 p.m. +1200 Nic Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.comp-buyer.co.uk/index71/newnews/newsarticle.php3?id=2124 -- - New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL

Re: [DUG]: d6 - pricing, mutter...

2001-05-09 Thread Nic Wise
As an aside, this is one reason why Java has done so well - it transcends the heterogeneous nature of the enterprise. Note that the entrance cost of the JDK (and its labour saving class libraries) is very low. The enterance cost of the JDK, in $ terms, is low, but the productivity without a

Re: [DUG]: d6 - pricing, mutter...

2001-05-09 Thread Nic Wise
Yes. Definatly. It also has ADO (dbGo- noone can use the name ADO), and dbExpress, which is the new, crossplatform, lightweight db access framework. N - Original Message - From: Mark Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 10,

Re: [DUG]: d6 - pricing, mutter...

2001-05-09 Thread Nic Wise
of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 1:31 PM Subject: RE: [DUG]: d6 - pricing, mutter... Pro full upgrade - $890+ . . . This also from version 2? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nic Wise Sent: Wednesday, 9

Re: [DUG]: Fw: Borland Unveils Industry's First RAD Web Services Development Platform

2001-05-09 Thread Nic Wise
Its Kylix Desktop (ie, pro) only. Would the D6 + Kylix deal include D6.Upgrade + Kylix.Full @ half price Cheers, Nahum. -Original Message- From: Nic Wise [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 08:54 AM To: Multiple recipients of list

[DUG]: Fw: Borland Unveils Industry's First RAD Web Services Development Platform

2001-05-08 Thread Nic Wise
well, its official - Delphi 6 is out of the hat - the XML stuff, BTW, hassupport for XSD, but I couldn't say anything until this was out :) Also, we have a special on Kylix + Delphi 6 - buy Delphi 6 (well, preorder it :) ) and get Kylix for 1/2 price :) Call the office (09) 3600-231 for more

Re: [DUG]: d6 - pricing, mutter...

2001-05-08 Thread Nic Wise
Nic, would be good to get thee NZ pricing out asap - I have budget money for Delphi allocated before July and could going on the red tape. I'll get it ASAP - Alice, who has the info, is currently in transit to the computerworld expo, so I'll get it from her as soon as she gets there and calls

Re: [DUG]: d6 - pricing, mutter...

2001-05-08 Thread Nic Wise
OK, pricing (all are +freight +gst): enterprise full $6670 + gst upgrade $5330 + gst pro full $2220 + gst upgrade $890 + gst order before 30 june and get a discount pro $815 + gst (upgrade) ent $4930 + gst (upgrade) wow, the NZ$ does suck (and our prices in the US have gone up a bit too.)

Re: [DUG]: Fw: Borland Unveils Industry's First RAD Web Services Development Platform

2001-05-08 Thread Nic Wise
Would the D6 + Kylix deal include D6.Upgrade + Kylix.Full @ half price Cheers, Nahum. -Original Message- From: Nic Wise [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 08:54 AM To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: [DUG]: Fw: Borland Unveils Industry's First

Re: [DUG]: d6 - pricing, mutter...

2001-05-08 Thread Nic Wise
, 2001 11:19 AM Subject: RE: [DUG]: d6 - pricing, mutter... It doesn't such THAT much! -Original Message- From: Nic Wise [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 9 May 2001 11:00 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: Re: [DUG]: d6 - pricing, mutter... OK, pricing (all are +freight

Re: [DUG]: d6 - pricing, mutter...

2001-05-08 Thread Nic Wise
else mentioned unbundling... this was done a bit with the last version, eg ADO add-on, any info on unbundling with D6?? Regards Colin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nic Wise Sent: Wednesday, 9 May 2001 11:00 am To: Multiple recipients

Re: [DUG]: d6 - pricing, mutter...

2001-05-08 Thread Nic Wise
That maybe so, but its tools like gcc (especially gcc) that make people use Delphi and Kylix in the first place. It may cost you $6K for the enterprise verison of the Delphi 6, but how long _extra_ (at, for eg, $80/hr) would it take to write an app in gcc? Hell, how much extra time would it take

Re: [DUG]: d6 - pricing, mutter...

2001-05-08 Thread Nic Wise
Jed: Kylix = Delphi 5 on the linux platform. Its almost feature-for-feature, but without the BDE (pretty much), and a few Linux-centric extras, eg Apache support. Hell, 1/2 of the dialogs even LOOK the same! N - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of

[DUG]: Fw: Help us stress test the chat server! (and talk about next gen web services)

2001-05-07 Thread Nic Wise
this is, I think, 3pm NZDT wednessday, but I'm not sure. The site is not up quite yet, tho :) On May 8, 2001, at 10:00am PDT (1700 GMT) we will be hosting a moderated live chat on the Borland Community Web Site. The subject of this chat will be Borland's Next Generation Web Services

Re: [DUG]: Fw: Help us stress test the chat server! (and talk about next gen web services)

2001-05-07 Thread Nic Wise
oops, its 1700GMT, which is, I think, 5am NZT? My bad. - Original Message - From: Nic Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 10:08 AM Subject: [DUG]: Fw: Help us stress test the chat server! (and talk about next gen web

Re: [DUG]: Fw: Help us stress test the chat server! (and talk about next gen web services)

2001-05-07 Thread Nic Wise
) Why don't they just use an IRC server and a java irc client, and let those using BitchX or mIRC or XChat use that, getting problems at 100 users? eeep :P --On Tuesday, 8 May 2001 10:08 a.m. +1200 Nic Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (A little background) For the Kylix launch chat, we had about

[DUG]: Fw: Visibroker 3.3 Available for Delphi 5

2001-05-06 Thread Nic Wise
VISIBROKER 3.3 FOR DELPHI 5 - SERVER CLIENT EDITION, leading the way to the fastest CORBA development is now available from http://www.borland.com/visibroker/delphi/ Updated questions answers are available at http://www.borland.com/visibroker/delphi/qanda.html and the latest whitepapers

[DUG]: marketing Fw: More Kylix white papers available at http://www.borland.com/kylix/papers/

2001-05-06 Thread Nic Wise
The second series of Kylix white papers have arrived! - The Kylix Evaluators Guide - RADical Performance Linux Application Development (http://www.borland.com/kylix/papers/eval_guide.pdf) This guide provides an overview of the Kylix product line, its major features and benefits, and a look

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