Hi Charles,
Version 2.6x supports commandline arguments to
import a file in a DP Transaction Log format. /EI-filename So
for example if you had an application that you wished to import data from, you
could take its output massage it into the Transaction Log format and directly
import it into DP. I use this for dynamic web application with DP as
the backend database... It brings the reliability power and simplicity of
DP as a multiuser database and allows you to do things that were unimagineable
with the previous versions.
If you are using DP for any production of HTML
reports, then the new feature of conversion of the ampersand symbol and other
standard XML entities to their web form makes life alot easier. For instance
when using the ;W field print indicator on am alphanumeric field contain an
"&" charcter it is converted to & in the ouput which will be
correctly interpreted in a browser. It makes creation of XML files a breeze
which means you can use DP together with many more applications.
You mentioned that you are worried about having to
rework reports... I can't remember having to do that, except for a minor
bug relating to creation of WordPerfect merge files. But it is a simple thing to
get around.
Regards
Brian
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 10:40
AM
Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Upgrading from
2.3c
Hi back to you Brian,
Nice
to hear from you.
In 2.3c, panel links are restricted to the
related child records. There's an old saying that says, "if it ain't
broke, don't fix it." When I read about others having to rework reports,
etc., I got gun shy.
What are the improvements? What do you mean
by an alternate means of importing records with web
potential?
Charlie
Brian Hancock wrote:
G'day Charles,
One issue would possibly be the traversing of
Panel Links with the F5 key... In 2.3c is gave you access to all
records in the target/child panel link and not just the ones related to
the displayed record.
I can't think of anything else, except to say
that I am surprised you hadn't upgraded long before now.... and why
wouldn't you move up to the lastest version 2.6x, which give you an
alternate means of importing records with web potential, as well as a few
other nice things.
Bye
Brian
-----
Original Message -----
Sent:
Sunday, November 11, 2007 8:16 AM
Subject:
[Dataperf] Upgrading from 2.3c
Hi Everybody,
I have to
make some changes to a database I built years ago. I thought the
might be the right time to upgrade from 2.3c to 2.6h. But before I
did so, I wanted to find out what the differences are, and whether it
would necessitate changing reports. I read that there were report
changes that had to be made when upgrading from the 2.2x
series.
Thanks.
Charlie Wolf
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