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- From: jalten@cs.vu.nl (Alten JP)
- Subject: Re: BC 5.0? 32-bit BDE?
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- Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 22:24:15 GMT
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- Matt Arnold (marnold@netcom.com) wrote:
- : Pendo Lofgren <pendo.l@mn.medstroms.se> writes:
-
- : What's "BDE"? Do you mean "IDE" (Integrated Development Environment)?
- : That doesn't seem likely, from how you refer to BDE in item 3, but I've
- : never heard of "BDE".
-
-
- BDE stands for Borland Database Engine, which gives you full access
- to Paradox and DBase databases, and more, using the core
- of all the Borland database programs, called IDAPI.
- As for now, it only exists in a 16 bit Windows version, with a
- C interface. It would be nice if a new C++ interface will be
- added and support for 32 bit Windows. I'm using a
- C++ wrapper for the BDE myself, which makes it usable for me.
- BDE is very powerful.
-
- clear enough?
-
-
- Jelle Paul Alten
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- | Jelle Paul Alten | jalten@cs.vu.nl |
- | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | |
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