Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:47299 alt.msdos.programmer:1426 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuhcx!wcf From: wcf@psuhcx.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,alt.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: CodeBASE 4. FOXPRO, Clipper Message-ID: <2220@psuhcx.psu.edu> Date: 28 Mar 90 02:17:21 GMT References: Reply-To: wcf@psuhcx.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) Distribution: na Organization: Engineering Computer Lab, Penn State University Lines: 35 In article negron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Michael J.. Negron Jr...) writes: | Question: Does anyone have experience with a product called | CODEBASE 4 from Sequiter (sp?). It's a set of DBASE | compatible functions for C. Yup. I like it a lot. It's got a whole library of windowing, menuing, and data entry routines, as well as dBASE file reading routines, indexes (compatible with dBASE or Clipper), relations, filters, etc. | Question: On any of the above packages, how hard is it to | create a lookup window, that is a window on a database | file. For Example, in filling in a form on the screen, | a window pops up, listing all of the customers in another | database file. The user can then scroll through the | listing, hit Enter to choose one, and the window returns | the name to the form, in the appropriate spot. If it is | real simple, a sample piece of code that does the job | would be appreciated. Doesn't have to be real bulletproof | I just want to see what's involved, and how much each package | does for the programmer. It's quite simple in CodeBase -- there's an example to do exactly this in the manual, under one of the g4 routines. I've used it, it's amazingly easy. | Question: How fast and well do these packages run on a network? Unknown. However, the CodeBase manual mentions that it does do file locking, and is compatible with Clipper's record locking, so CodeBase and Clipper applications can be accessing the same database at the same time on a network. Send mail if you want any code samples. Bill -- Bill Fenner wcf@hcx.psu.edu ..!psuvax1!psuhcx!wcf sysop@hogbbs.fidonet.org (1:129/87 - 814/238-9633) ..!lll-winken!/