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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>I have some concern about the objects available
for <BR>>data access in RR. Are there objects that are the <BR>>equivalent
of the flexgrid, datagrid and data <BR>>controls that are part of VB? If not,
are there <BR>>uncomplicated ways to duplicate their function?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You can use a list field to display data. Anything
that you can do with the data controls or the recordset object can be done using
the revolution database library. Drag&drop database support is
planned.</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<DIV><BR>>If I use my existing Access database, must I use ODBC? </DIV>
<DIV>Yes.</DIV>
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<DIV>>I have used ADO and DAO with VB in the past.<BR>As I understand it ADO
uses ODBC to do it's magic.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>>Lastly, will the limitations of the RR trial version
<BR>>restrict what I can do to the point of making it
<BR>>impractical?<BR>No. Please check out the software database demo which
can be found at </DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.runrev.com/revolution/developers/developerdownloads/usercontributions.html">http://www.runrev.com/revolution/developers/developerdownloads/usercontributions.html</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>and look at the VB to Rev comparison by Ken Ray at</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.runrev.com/revolution/info/compare/visualbasic/vb-vs-rev/index.html">http://www.runrev.com/revolution/info/compare/visualbasic/vb-vs-rev/index.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>You may wish to go with Valentina over MS Access. It's a very fast cross
platform single user database. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>As for the starter kit limits below is a 3 line script for displaying data
in a fictional database.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>put revdb_connect("accessdn","","","") into dbconn #connect to ms access
database using dsn</DIV>
<DIV>put revdb_querylist("","",dbconn,"select * from emp where empno = 5") into
field "datatable"</DIV>
<DIV>#display tab delimited data into field.</DIV>
<DIV>get revdb_disconnect(dbconn)</DIV>
<DIV>#disconnect from database</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The same 3 lines can be used to display data in a Valentina database, only
Valentina will work cross platform, and is much faster.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Tuviah</DIV>
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<DIV>Tuviah Snyder ~ <A
href="mailto:tuviah@runrev.com">tuviah@runrev.com</A><BR>Runtime Revolution
Limited - The Solution for Software Development<BR><A
href="http://www.runrev.com/">http://www.runrev.com/</A></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>