RE: [VB4Linux-Dev] I hate subjects

[Abhijit P. <spa...@pn...>]

Hi,
well...obviously, we cannot support M$ databases like Access under
Linux...so..do we use a small plug-in thingy to convert the Access database
to say..MySql DB and help the user do all the necessary things like adding
users and stuff.
This script runs before the actual VB2C compiling takes place.
Once these variables have been set, database ready and data extracted, the
user can then proceed to compile the application. Since all this shall be
'Dialog-box--> Back, Next, Cancel'(walk-through) based, it shall be very
easy for the user...programming here has to follow some guidlines tho'...

As for the OCX things, I do not know of any such things that exist for
Linux...
just a thought...can you build database apps using Glade?..if so, then they
might have developed some components...maybe we could use them..or one of us
could just write them..(as the last option)

Does anybody know about the bonobo project? Pls send me information like,
URL, docs-URL, state of project and how does it fare against KOM? If bonobo
is not mature enough, can we use KOM for ActiveX controls-like
functionality?

Regards,
Abhijit Paithankar



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luke-Jr [mailto:Mi...@an...]
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 4:51 PM
> To: abh...@ma...
> Subject: Re: [VB4Linux-Dev] I hate subjects
>
>
> Hmm... How about branching off JUST enough so it's not Windows-specific?
> For example, have programs refer to .so (I /THINK/ this is the *nix
> equivalent) instead of .DLLs and just temperarally ignore that Windows
> API using programs will break?
> And instead of OCXes, something else (does X have a similar
> component?)...
>
> Matthew Keller wrote:
> >
> > Abhijit Paithankar wrote:
> > > The problem is that on the M$ platform, we have stuff like ODBC and
> > > DSN...how do we implement this in Linux? Also, what database
> server do we
> > > support?
> > > If the VB app uses an access database, it does not have
> things like users
> > > and passwords. How do we port this to linux?
> >
> >         I *strongly* think that in the realm of DB access,
> VB4Linux needs to
> > shoot off from being a VB clone, and do things in a UN*Xish way. Perl,
> > for example, does DB's right. There is a generic DB front-end, and then
> > you plug individual DB-types into IT. So, you can write a Perl program
> > to the DB API, and change, at will, the actual DB-type you're accessing
> > by diddling a variable and switching from TDB to mySQL to Oracle, etc.
> > We shouldn't, IMHO, even TRY to support M$'s flawed DB-model.
> >
> > --
> >
> >  Matthew Keller
> >  Enterprise Systems Analyst
> >  Computing & Technology Services
> >  Information Services Division
> >  State University of New York at Potsdam
> >
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