Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!media-lab!media-lab.media.mit.edu!dnb From: dnb@meshugge.media.mit.edu (David N. Blank) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: What is missing in Paradox 3.5 Message-ID: Date: 10 Apr 91 15:59:27 GMT References: <1991Apr09.224033.1497@vpnet.chi.il.us> Sender: news@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU Organization: M.I.T. Media Laboratory Lines: 35 In-reply-to: kji@vpnet.chi.il.us's message of 9 Apr 91 22:40:33 GMT > 1) A function to get the time of file, such as filetime(fname). They > have filesize(fname)! Definitely. I would love to have my application remake its libraries if the source script changed but couldn't think of a clever way to get around the lack of a filetime() function. > PS - I have a solution to the first one, not real fast, but it works! Please share it. Well, here's some other ideas that come right to mind: 1) a function to return the current color/mono attributes of the character under the cursor. I can return the cursorchar(), but not its attributes. 2) a function or mechanism to return the currently selected color combination in the color pallette. I wrote two functions to color a selected text lablel or field for form design. I could have really used a paintworkspace command. As it stands I have to pop up the color pallette and do a getchar() loop to force the user to select the color combination before continuing. If I can't get a paintworkspace command, I'd settle for way of knowing where I am in the pallette, then I can fumble under program control for the color combination I need. 3) the ability to write to the workspace on the fly. I would love to have the ability to create a generic form and fill in portions. For example, a form could have at the bottom: [Customer ] I would like to fill in "Edit" or "View". You can paint those words on the canvas, but as soon as you Wait , they go poof. This would only be a temporary change and not recorded in the form spec. I could fake the keystrokes to use the form editor and edit the form on the fly before using it, but that's an unelegant hack, IMHO. Peace, dNb