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They are running a really good CDTV ad here in the UK on ITV (although I don't think it's all regions) and Channel 4. I've seen it a couple of times now. The only sad thing is there are no shops (at least here in Oxford) selling the darn thing…
Patricia, Thanks for clarifying the situation. The impression that I was getting from people here was that the 900 number was the only option (and I was prevented from callung the _US Embassy_ in London yesterday because they have an 0898 number!). This evidently is not the case. Tim (trying…
Ouch! I hope they change that policy :-/ Tim (who has just been stung by having 0898 numbers barred from the office — 0898 is the UK equivalent to 900–)
My interpretation of the original posting was that registered users get to use an ordinary number, while the "900" number was for non-registered useres (an incentive to register?), and "other questions" (whatever that means). Of course, I could be wrong… Tim
Almost right 🙂 With V1.01 and OS1.3, you can't RUN the form designer from within Superbase. However you CAN switch to FD if it is already in memory (it will still automatically pick up the form and send it back to SB) Tim.
Can you please direct your bug reports to the folks at Oxxi… I realise that Neil is in the same country as you, but apart from being a beta tester, he is not an SPC employee, so not obliged to pass on those reports to the appropriate people. In the…
No, but from their perspective, it would be dumb to pay large amounts of money for these products and then dump them… Tim.
Agreed. Tim
Well, I wrote them and they were subsequently translated into American (from English) by Bruce… Tim
I don't know for sure, but I assume they will be releasing SB2 and SBRTS. Both of these products were developed to the same state as the 1.01 release SB4 (same source, different compile flags…), and put into testing. The manuals were also written, however Precision never took them to…
I've been speaking with John Houston, Oxxi's President, since he is here in the UK at the moment (after buying SB, he can't afford the plane fare home… :-), and they have some quite definite development plans, which I'm not sure that I should divulge. However you can reasonably predict…
I understand that there is an agreement in place that will allow for future compatibility to be maintained, although I don't know the exact details or the time period that it covers. Tim.
I believe people are just waiting around for some kind of difinitive statement/press release. I know I am… 🙂 Tim.
Yes it is, although there are a couple of unsightly display artifacts. However, there are no functionality problems. Tim
That's for UK/Europe/Australasian registered users (all of which are handled out of the UK). What other marketing organisations did/are doing, I'm afraid I don't know. Tim
As far as I'm aware, the UK upgrade notices were sent out in July when the product was shipped. If you didn't get one, give them a call (081-330 7166)
Amiga specific support for Superbase is in AmigaVendor. However the main trust of generic superbase support is in our own SPCFORUM (GO SUPERBASE from any ! prompt) Since Superbase 4 Amiga and Superbase 4 Windows are highly compatible, any hints / tips / code fragments etc. are just as good…
To use the custom printer facilities, you need to have installed the custom printer files in S: (SB_printername.ini). Some samples are provided (and should be appropriately installed by SETUP). They are plain text files so are easy to create/modify. Superbase will put any of these files it finds into the…
The Dallas folks will contact you about the upgrade. There were a number of problems in 1.0 that could cause this "unfriendliness" (all fixed now!). One thing you could try is upping the stack. Both programs really require 12K, whereas 1.0 was only checking for 8 The Amiga runtime product…
What happens when he attempts to access (presumably read) these records? Does he get an error? if so what. Has he tried switching indexes and then accessing the record? Can he access the record using a blank query? We're pretty confident in the functionality of our database engine, so it's…
There are a number of things you can do to get an integer value: 1. Use the INT function. e.g. a% = INT(value) 2. Use an explicit integer field/variable. e.g. a%% = value The value is then _guaranteed_ to be an integer. If you display it and you still get…
Are you using 1.0 or 1.01? (I remember similar things in the very first 1.0 but have never see or has it reported in 1.01)
Well, according to the other amiga conferences, 2.04 should be available to mere mortals in the US this month. so having a 2000 is (in theory) no longer an objection to running 2.04. I'm not sure how you distinguish between a reported bug and a known feature. For us, a…
Neill, SCREEN=LACE and SCREEN=WORKBENCH are mutually incompatible, since the LACE option requires a custom screen. If your workbench is interlaced, simply specifying SCREEN=WORKBENCH will bring up SB laced on the workbench screen (this is how my system is set up). Specifying SCREEN=CUSTOM will also bring up a laced SB if…
1.1? What 1.1? The only upgrade I know about is 1.01, and that went out six or seven weeks ago. (at least in the UK) Tim
SPC stands for Software Publishing Corporation. They're based in Mountain View, California. Which means that I now work for a bunch of Americans… (Civilisation has finally come to an end!) Won't stop me spelling in English though… 🙂 Development and support for the full Superbase product range is continuing, although…
Based on past experience, they just start fitting 2.0 ROMs when the stock of 1.3 ROMs runs out. No announcements, nothing. The first anyone hears of the new version is when somebody gets home from the shop, switches on and says "hey I've got 2.0 ROMs" here. Commodore will probably…
Mike, Problem is, we were told by Commodore to put them there… (and I think it _is_ important to have a central location to hold parameter-type files, although I'd be happy to move them out of S: if an official repository came along) Tim.
Wayne, You have to bear in mind that SPC is a fairly traditional DOS / OS/2 company, and until Precision came along, they'd never heard of an Amiga (Says something about Commodore's penetration into the business community IMHO). It takes a while for these things to sort out… I wouldn't…
It's not so much a matter of product visibility as how much it hurts when you drop it on your foot 🙂 Also, I think you might be a trifle upset if you bought a 400 quid database product and what arrived was two disks (sorry, doodars!) in a jiffy…
You also get a nice big box (which is useful for storing books etc in the attic), another box inside that, which I haven't yet found a use for, a do-it-yourself manual kit (really good for the cold winder evenings…) and some blue square doodars which can be used for…
Richard, If your major problem was with the dongle, and we removed it (now several years ago), I don't see that you still have a problem. Of course, if you just never got around to sending for the appropriate update… I'd like to know on what you base your assertion…
Vic, That depends on whether you listen to the Commodore Engineers, or believe the sight of your eyes… Tim.
Well, if you listen to the ramblings of CBM employees on Usenet, they've been saying 2.0 _IS_ released for about the last year… (albeit only on A3000s) Tim.
Be aware that that's only the _1.3_ includes and autodocs. AFAIK you can only get the 2.0 autodocs if you are a registered developer. Tim.
There's no _requirement_ in Superbase (4) to use a mouse – especially in programmed applications. (some of the dialogs in the native front end Most things at the front-end level have key equivalents, and if you're programming the app, driving it from the keyboard is real easy. Tim (Precision Software…
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Alan, I took a look at your report, and basically the program file is completely screwed. I'm guessin here, but it looks like it has been saved from within Superbase and then edited within another product that strips the high bits from characters with them set. The end result is…
I don't know what version of Superbase you are using, but yes, the earliest releases of 4 definitely did have problems with the Form Designer crashing. I can also confirm that _every_ case of crashing that we heard about here in Abingdon is fixed. Most of them were fixed in…
You can make the vertical (and horizontal) grid spacing any (absolute) size you like. Simply specify it in terms of 1/8th or 1/16th or 1/100th of an inch (or centimetre or whatever). If you specify the grid to be in "characters", then yes it will only resolve down to 1…
I wonder, could you lharc (or whatever) all the required files and email them to me? I think the best way to proceed is if I can actually run them on my system… Tim.
I just re-read your original problem. Am I right in thinking that you get the error when you open the _FORM_? If so, can you open the form in the form designer? If not, the problem is a corrupt form (.SBV) file. Throw it away and simply run the program.…
Did you try reorgani[sz]ing the file? When you do, specify the same filename – Superbase will recreate the file in the SB4 file format, but keeping the same name. That's the safest way.
1. We'll look into it. 2. Fixed V1.01 3. It is not possible to perform a lookup into thesame file that you are entering in (it would of necessity destrou your data entry, since any kind of lookup (or request 20/24/25) has to select records. You would need to have…
What kind of printer are you using? There is an alternative to using the prefs printer, by specifying a different printer in the Set Printers dialog. That gives you an alternate set of page layout controls, and the ability to use more of the fonts that come with your printer.…
I got the impression Steve was still awaiting his upgrade from Pro to 4, not from 4 to 4.01… (could be wrong 🙂 Tim
Since I'm in a completely different country, I can't really help you, other than to suggest you email the US folks on 76702,774, or give them a call at (214) 929 4888. There is a toll-free number, but sorry I don't know it. You probably spoke to either Michael or…
Actually, although we don't specifically do that, we _do_ have a system whereby an "update" product us useless to anyone that doesn't have a previously installed original. You will be pleased to know that the 1.01 release is actually smaller than the orignal (499K vs. 530K)! The changes are probably…
Not a clue, sorry. Hopefully one of the US sales guys can comment… Tim
Thanks, I have now spoken with Ben Williams, and I shall start looking at this area in a few weeks time (I have other priorities right now 🙂 Tim.
I guess all things han be added as options. Especially if there is a way to do it without affecting the front end (i.e. dialogs), since that invokes the translation cycle, which gets real tedious for nine languages! Anyway, we'll take a look. Tim.
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