Database functionality and tab stops in fields

[Ken Ray]

Barry,

You can use DB access in Rev locally - the demonstration stack I created to
show off Rev's DB capabilities accesses a local MS Access database. You can
view/download it at:

http://www.runrev.com/revolution/info/compare/index.html

It's the "Revolution vs. VB" comparison.

Hope this helps,

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/


----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Levine" <themacguy at mac.com>
To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 12:28 AM
Subject: Database functionality and tab stops in fields


> G'day, listas!
>
> Two sets of questions:
>
> #1 - I've been trying to understand the scope of the "database"
> functionality available to me from within Revolution. If I grasp what
> the techno-babble is telling me, it seems I need some kind of database
> "engine" running in the background (Valentina?).
>
> Is there some kind of "non-server-type" DB access available otherwise?
> Perhaps some kind of XCMD that would permit Revolution to "do the work"
> looking up the info in a local file? I'm thinking of something on the
> order of FileMaker as opposed to FileMaker Server. If that's not a good
> analogy, how about 4th Dimension as opposed to 4D Server?
>
> #2 - (and this may be a feature request) - Sarah Reichelt was kind
> enough to detail a method of creating reports using the tab stops
> feature. It would be great if there was a way to specify -each- tab stop
> (like "30,100,150,100,150" meaning "30 pixels -or characters- from the
> left, then 100 more to the next tab stop, then 150 more to the next...,
> etc.). Perhaps this is what is meant by the "Table Object" I've seen
> mentioned on the runrev website?
>
> I'll fill out the feature request at the website to add my $.02.
>
> Thanks,
> Barry
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Barry Jay Levine
> "The Mac Guy"
>
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