Hello, I thought it was time I said more than that so here goes. I am not new to programming as such, but have been programming in non-window type applications for many years and since I have discovered Liberty Basic as a tool to get me into the world of Windows programming, I have come along a bit, mostly thanks to the participation of the all members at the forum.
I have shared two programs as freeware with the LB community, that being EMA (a defect manager application), and the other BraveKnight (a chess program). BraveKnight is still in progress and I will learn a lot from doing it to completion. EMA keeps a database in the DBASE format (DBF) via Cheetah.
I am looking for a DBASE recovery program, that is freeware, so if you know of one please share. I make backups of my data regularly though.
Update: I did not have much success in finding a recovery program and have gone for the backup route as standard procedure, although I do want to program a html record dump so depending on where one gets stuck in the database (using navigation controls), the program option will ask for the begin and end record number and generate the dump. Come to think of it a text dump with field delimiters might be better so there can be a seperate program to rebuild the database from there, still a html database dump will be nice for viewing.
I have tried euphoria and bcx, but still prefer liberty basic for ease and friendliness of use, but I have to butta here. Date control, trackbar, windows compliant text editor control, tooltips, mdi, tabs, list view, and no commands supporting a open source/free database like mysql/sqlite/cheetah and many others, all these omissions are a pain in the butt. That said, the omission has forced me to learn about api programming. Also, a compiler to c conversion I think should come to pass, as well as an ability to create a dll. All these omissions necessitate me to roam for more tools, and myself being naturally lazy, this is an effort, but good for me (*groan*).
I also find oops interesting and have done in stx (smalltalk) and a bit in delphi. I wish there was a boop (basic oop) and I hope lb 5 fills that role sometime.
MrBrown
May 6, 2006
I have shared two programs as freeware with the LB community, that being EMA (a defect manager application), and the other BraveKnight (a chess program). BraveKnight is still in progress and I will learn a lot from doing it to completion. EMA keeps a database in the DBASE format (DBF) via Cheetah.
I am looking for a DBASE recovery program, that is freeware, so if you know of one please share. I make backups of my data regularly though.
Update: I did not have much success in finding a recovery program and have gone for the backup route as standard procedure, although I do want to program a html record dump so depending on where one gets stuck in the database (using navigation controls), the program option will ask for the begin and end record number and generate the dump. Come to think of it a text dump with field delimiters might be better so there can be a seperate program to rebuild the database from there, still a html database dump will be nice for viewing.
I have tried euphoria and bcx, but still prefer liberty basic for ease and friendliness of use, but I have to butta here. Date control, trackbar, windows compliant text editor control, tooltips, mdi, tabs, list view, and no commands supporting a open source/free database like mysql/sqlite/cheetah and many others, all these omissions are a pain in the butt. That said, the omission has forced me to learn about api programming. Also, a compiler to c conversion I think should come to pass, as well as an ability to create a dll. All these omissions necessitate me to roam for more tools, and myself being naturally lazy, this is an effort, but good for me (*groan*).
I also find oops interesting and have done in stx (smalltalk) and a bit in delphi. I wish there was a boop (basic oop) and I hope lb 5 fills that role sometime.