On 1/7/10 10:23 PM, "Bernard Devlin" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Bernard, > I recently decided to take a fresh look at Valentina. As the licensed > copy I had was quite old, I upgraded to 4.3 > > On Vista with RevEnt 4.0, I decided the easiest way to learn more > about Valentina was using Trevor's LibDatabase library. (I know that > it's kind of 'old hat' compared to SQL Yoga, but LibDatabase appeals > to me). > > I'm kind of confused about how externals are supposed to be registered > these days. I ran the Valentina installer, and it made no changes to > the Revolution program directories (i.e. it did not add itself to the > list of externals in the Externals text file, nor add the drivers to > the folder containing database drivers). > > I got the example stack provided by Paradigma to work by adding the > V4Rev.dll file to the external references of the Examples main stack. > > When it comes to making use of LibDatabase, the only way I could get > it to work was by adding V4Rev.dll to the externals of the library). > I was getting an error at at the point where LibDatabase calls > Valentina_Init. It seems to me that the main stack of an application > should be where the externals are set, not in a library stack. I am > sure that if LibDatabase required a reference to any relevant > externals, Trevor would have said so (he's a thorough kinda guy). Yes I think Trevor can answer this, and most probably this is describe in some docs. > Also, does anyone know how to get an error string back from Valentina? ** If you will look into V4REV/Examples you will see how to work with Errors codes and strings. ** This is entry point of Valentina for REV docs in WIKI <http://valentina-db.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=valentina:products:adk:v4rev:v 4rev> Here you can find simple steps how to install, Tutorial, PDF of API, ... -- Best regards, Ruslan Zasukhin VP Engineering and New Technology Paradigma Software, Inc Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information http://www.paradigmasoft.com [I feel the need: the need for speed] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
