Thanks. I'll get the trial version of Valentina and give it a go. Jim Humphrey
06/08/2002 2:44:24 PM, "Tuviah Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From: "Tuviah Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject:Newbie project > Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 14:44:24 -0400 > > > > >I have some concern about the objects available for > >data access in RR. Are there objects that are the > >equivalent of the flexgrid, datagrid and data > > >controls that are part of VB? If not, are there > >uncomplicated ways to duplicate their function? > You can use a list field to display data. Anything that you can do with the > data controls or the recordset object can be done using the revolution > > database library. Drag&drop database support is planned. > > >If I use my existing Access database, must I use ODBC? > Yes. > > >I have used ADO and DAO with VB in the past. > As I understand it ADO uses ODBC to do it's magic. > > >Lastly, will the limitations of the RR trial version > >restrict what I can do to the point of making it > >impractical? > No. Please check out the software database demo which can be found at > http://www.runrev.com/revolution/developers/devel operdownloads/ > usercontributions.html > > and look at the VB to Rev comparison by Ken Ray at > http://www.runrev.com/revolution/info/compare/vis ualbasic/vb-vs-rev/ > index.html > > You may wish to go with Valentina over MS Access. It's a very fast cross > platform single user database. > > As for the starter kit limits below is a 3 line script for displaying data > in a fictional database. > > put revdb_connect("accessdn","","","") into dbconn #connect to ms access > database using dsn > put revdb_querylist("","",dbconn,"select * from emp where empno = 5") into > field "datatable" > #display tab delimited data into field. > get revdb_disconnect(dbconn) > #disconnect from database > > The same 3 lines can be used to display data in a Valentina database, only > Valentina will work cross platform, and is much faster. > > Tuviah > > Tuviah Snyder ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Runtime Revolution Limited - The Solution for Software Development > http://www.runrev.com/ _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
