Visual Basic Dbase toolkit

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3 total messages Started by David James Alexander Hanley Tue, 11 Aug 1992 21:00

Author: David James Alexander Hanley
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 21:00

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  I'd like to write visual basic programs that will have the ability to
minipulate, extract information from, and create DBASE compatible files.  Not
wanting to do it all myself( I have no clue how dbase files are formatted ),
is there a DBASE comptible toolkit that I could get that wild simplify the
process for me?  Failing that how could I find out about the format?  Or could
I possibly link in a C toolkit that would do the job for me?

  Thanks.  Any help would be appreciated.

DAVE!

Re: Visual Basic Dbase toolkit

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Author: Alfred I. Anderson
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 22:08

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In article <92224.160050U55870@uicvm.uic.edu> David James Alexander Hanley <U55870@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>Date: Tuesday, 11 Aug 1992 16:00:50 CDT
>From: David James Alexander Hanley <U55870@uicvm.uic.edu>
>Subject: Visual Basic Dbase toolkit

>  I'd like to write visual basic programs that will have the ability to
>minipulate, extract information from, and create DBASE compatible files.  Not
>wanting to do it all myself( I have no clue how dbase files are formatted ),
>is there a DBASE comptible toolkit that I could get that wild simplify the
>process for me?  Failing that how could I find out about the format?  Or could
>I possibly link in a C toolkit that would do the job for me?

>  Thanks.  Any help would be appreciated.

>DAVE!

I've used the Q&E Libraries from Pioneer Software.  Lets you access DBASE 
files as though they were on an SQL server.  It does work.  Nice thing is 
that you can switch your application from DBASE to SQL servers (Sybase, 
Oracle, OS/2, even text files) and it all "works".	

On the down side, the interface to VB is kind of fishy.  Takes considerable 
code to really make it a nice interface.	

So --- you might want to take a look at this if you don't find anything else.

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Alfred Anderson                Internet:    anderson@Mayo.edu
Mayo Foundation - Rochester MN 55905
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Re: Visual Basic Dbase toolkit

#503

Author: Nitin Borwankar
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 23:40

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In article <anderson.22.713830139@mayo.edu> anderson@mayo.edu (Alfred I. Anderson) writes:
>In article <92224.160050U55870@uicvm.uic.edu> David James Alexander Hanley <U55870@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>>Date: Tuesday, 11 Aug 1992 16:00:50 CDT
>>From: David James Alexander Hanley <U55870@uicvm.uic.edu>
>>Subject: Visual Basic Dbase toolkit
>

[ stuff deleted about Q&E by Pioneer which is a middleware product for
  access to databases from Windows apps ]

>files as though they were on an SQL server.  It does work.  Nice thing is 
>that you can switch your application from DBASE to SQL servers (Sybase, 
>Oracle, OS/2, even text files) and it all "works".	
>      ^^
       || 
       ^^ also Ingres. ( this has nothing ;-) to do with the fact that Ingres
			is my employer )

[ stuff deleted ]

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>Alfred Anderson                Internet:    anderson@Mayo.edu
>Mayo Foundation - Rochester MN 55905
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Nitin Borwankar,
Ingres, Alameda Ca. 
nitin@ingres.com
**** visualize whirled peas ****

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