#Paradox Engine
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Your definitions were just what the doctor ordered. Amazing what can go
wrong with a few misplaced "as" and "dim"s. Thanks -.
My application is an engineering model (storm water detention). I wrote the
original in Turbo Pascal (2,3,4,5,6…). VB is a dream!
Instead of saving data files to disk as ASCII (about 200 bytes each) I use
Paradox to hold each "file" as a record. This way the user can search for a
run by "description" (a string field) instead of a cryptic 8 character
name. Also saves on disk clutter. More elegant to distribute one .db file
than 100 small ASCII files.
I am not a died in the wool Paradox fan. I used Emerald Bay before they
went broke. Wayne Ratliff (Mr. dbase) backed off and let Emerald Bay rise
from the ashes a few weeks ago and guess who is working on an Emerald Bay
DLL – Wayne Ratliff.
I have a Turbo Pascal toolkit for making AutoCAD DXF files. I understand
that TP for Windows lets you compile to a DLL. I know I saw a file on here
somewhere that included TP6 source but I can't remember where. Any
thoughts?
Thanks again!
David Dorosh
Again – thanks for your help!
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David,
Glad I could help with your Paradox engine problem. Sounds
like an interesting application you are working on. Although,
with all of your TPascal experience I'm a bit surprised that you
went with VB for this app instead of TPW. VB is amazing though
isn't it? Applications really come together quickly. As the
glue between multiple Windows apps I think we are going to see
some incredible solutions to some pretty sticky business
problems. I know I've got so many ideas, AND soooo little
time…
john k
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I know the feeling. Doing the interface is fun it seems that that part gets
done and then the guts are left! I've got 3 or 4 on the go. One problem –
any idea if you can print .BMP files to the printer without the PRINTFORM
method? You can load them to a picture window at runtime and copy them to
the clipboard but I haven't seen a way to print them. People in the office
are always asking for title pages for their engineering contracts. They are
a standard format but have a logo on them. The logo is from Corel. I have
Corel so I keep doing the title pages. Really simple but for the logo.
Anyway I figured I could do a little VB app that took in a few lines of
text and printed a title page – if only I could print that bit map… Any
thoughts?
The problem…
Any idea if you can print .BMP files to the printer without the PRINTFORM
method? You can load them to a picture window at runtime and copy them to
the clipboard but I haven't seen a way to print them.
The application…
People in the office are always asking for title pages for their
engineering contracts. They are a standard format but have a logo on them.
The logo is from Corel. I have Corel so I keep doing the title pages.
Really simple but for the logo. Anyway I figured I could do a little VB app
that took in a few lines of text and printed a title page – if only I could
print that bit map…
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
David