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- From: Larry Baker <leb@sdt.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.xbase.misc,comp.databases.paradox,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Accessing Paradox or dBase tables from C++ HELP!
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 17:25:10 -0800
- Organization: SABRE Decision Technologies
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- A. Gonzalez wrote:
- > The new Borland C++ 5.0 comes with Visual Database Tools,
- > but I don't know if this will allow you to create full
- > database applications like you can using Visual dBase or
- > Delphi. This new version should be out anytime now. The
- > upgrade price is $199.95
-
- According to various [Borland] Sources, I have learned:
-
- - the Borland Database Engine, roughly analogous to Microsoft's
- JET Database Engine, is included in the package, with all its
- header files. The "old" BDE had a C-language style API, that
- looked a lot like ODBC. The 5.0 BDE interface (apparently)
- includes classes for things like tables, data sets, etc., which
- I speculate are roughly analogous to the CRecordSet type classes
- in the MFCs. The BDE is capable of reading & writing all the
- usual suspects: Paradox, DBase, FoxPro, and Access files, as well
- as using ODBC to read/write just about anything else.
-
- - a "Visual Database Designer" is included, which (I speculate)
- seems to include a Delphi-like drag-and-drop forms designer, and
- some kind of .ocx (custom control) support that is database-aware.
- C++ classes encapsulating the included controls are also included.
- I know very little about this part; it sounds rather like the
- DAOs with some better support for data-aware controls.
-
- Cheers,
-
- Larry
-
- SABRE Decision Technologies
-