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Look Examples\DBTasks\TextData sample in BCB5/6. Buffer holds a record
data - not necessary string. Each field is stored at predefined (by you)
offset.

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Vassiliev V.V.
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> I am trying to construct my own database object, consistent with
> borland's objects, that connects to my own database engine (sort of).
> Actually, it's a client program that has conduits to the internal data
> through DDE and COM.  So, I want to construct my own database object to
> "transform" (so to speak) my DDE/COM database to a database object that
> can be placed on a TDBGrid or TDBEdit or any of the other objects.
>
> Is there documentation on how to do this?
>
> I have built an object, so far, that looks like the TDataSet object.
> I've gotten as far as noticing that when I connect my TMyDataSet object
> to the TDataSource object for a TDBGrid object that it begins making
> calls (IsCursorOpen, AllocRecordBuffer, GetRecord) and so on.  But,
> AllocRecordBuffer, for instance, returns a pointer to a character
> buffer.  My data, necessarily, isn't in a big character buffer.  It's a
> bunch of fields and things.  So, is there some sort of documentation
> that can provide some guidance?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>