A clue for using Valentina by XCMD

[Klaus Major]

Hi Ben,

> 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?

Yes, but it is not always the latest version (Ruslan is extremely busy 
in
releasing updates, so this is impossible per se :-)...

And it is in this subfolder:
/Applications/Revolution 2.1/components/global 
environment/database_drivers/MacOSX/

So you better to put it into the Rev folder to make it work in your 
stacks. ;-)
(This behaviour of Rev has always confused me, since sometimes the 
sample stacks seem to
loose the connection to the appropriate DLLs/External...)


Download the latest package here:

http://www.paradigmasoft.com/files/vxcmd.html

> 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" )

See below...

> 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?
>
> Any clues gratefully accepted.

did you take a look at the VXCMD Docs?

http://www.paradigmasoft.com/docs/VXCMDReference.pdf

I am sure you wil find the answers here...

>   Ben Rubinstein               |  Email: benr_mc at cogapp.com
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Hope that helps...

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de