A clue for using Valentina by XCMD

[Michael D Mays]

Are you using Windows or OSX. If you are I think you might need to type 
in the message box of the stack you are using
  set the externals of this stack to "./VXCMD_Macho_MC"
so that the stack knows to use the Xcmd (p 4 of the VXCMD docs). You 
have to quit Rev or purge the stack from memory and then start afresh 
before the property is registered. If your file path or Xcmd is 
different then modify the set command accordingly. I think the macho 
version doesn't ship with OSX Rev so you will need to download it from 
Paridigmasoft.com. I don't know about windows but I think you need 
VXCMD_Win_MC.dll. That is what the docs say.

If you get the externals set to your stack you should be able to type
  put valentina("version")
into the message box and have the version returned.

Michael


On Jun 21, 2004, at 7:54 AM, Ben Rubinstein wrote:

> Can anyone give me some clues about using Valentina from Rev via the 
> XCMD?
>
> I've been able to use it via the revdb functions with some limited 
> success,
> but had some crashes (sadly not been able to pin down) and I think not
> everything can be done via the SQL interface - for example, I've not 
> been
> able to create a new database from scratch.  So I'd like to dig into 
> the
> direct interface.
>
> I've looked at the documentation, both Rev's and Valentina's, but not 
> got
> anywhere.
>
> As I understand it, Rev ships with the Valentina XCMD already 
> integrated it.
> Is that right, or should I need to do install anything else to get 
> working?
>
> My first - perhaps it's my only - problem is the name of the function. 
>  The
> documentation from Rev is nowhere (that I can find) explicit about 
> this.
> The documentation from Paradigma suggests that there should be a 
> function
> called "Valentina", eg that there should be possible to execute
>     put Valentina( "Version" )
>
> When I attempt the above, I get "error in function handler".  (I also 
> tried
> it as a handler rather than a function - just get the equivalent, "no 
> such
> handler".)  Do I need to do something else to make the Valentina 
> functions
> available?  Or is just a slightly different name?