VdB 5.6 Final install

SHELTON BISSELL

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Feb 26, 1998, 3:00:00 AM2/26/98

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Please ... help me get this straight before I screw up something.

I downloaded the 3 files into C:\VISUALDB\TEMP.

I have VdB 5.5a in C:\VISUALDB
(There is a C:\Visualdb\Bin)

I have VdB 5.6 beta in C:\VISUALDB\VDB56
(There is a C:\Visualdb\Vdb56\Bin)

Can I copy the 3 files into C:\VISUALDB\VDB56 and then run the .exe or do I
have to copy them into C:\VISUALDB and run the .exe?

?????
Shelton

Maher K. Barakat

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Feb 26, 1998, 3:00:00 AM2/26/98

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Shelton,

VDB 5.6 installer will look at the win.ini file to determine the path of the
Vdbase components to update.

Maher

Robert W. Newman

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Feb 26, 1998, 3:00:00 AM2/26/98

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Shelton,

I'm amazed you got that system to run correctly. I had two separate
directories and did some renaming to get everything to run. Anyway, I
agree with Maher; the important thing is what the win.ini says about
visualdb.

[VISUAL dBASE INSTALL]
UserName=Robert W. Newman
CompanyName=BoKen Enterprises
Location=d:\VISUALDB <<== the important lines
Runtime55=d:\VISUALDB\BIN <<==

With your setup, I expect you will discover that vdb55 is the one that
gets updated. Then you can delete the C:\VISUALDB\VDB56 folder.

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Bob Newman

SHELTON BISSELL

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Feb 27, 1998, 3:00:00 AM2/27/98

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Robert & Maher,

Success! But how 'bout this? It updated the copy out on our network server
(J:\Visualdb) because that was the last install. Then I simply edited the
win.ini to show C:\Visualdb and ran the .exe again to update the copy on my
workstation. Actually, I have _another_ installation of VdB 5.5
Professional on C:\Vdb55 but I'm going to leave it in place in case I decide
to use the Compiler or some of the Intranet Tools.

All in all, this went a lot better for me than when we went to the 5.6 beta.

Thanks again!

Shelton

Robert W. Newman

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Feb 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM2/28/98

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Glad to hear of your success.

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Bob Newman

Maher K. Barakat

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Feb 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM2/28/98

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> All in all, this went a lot better for me than when we went to the 5.6
beta.

Glad to have helped and I like the way you updated your vDbase installations
:-)

Maher

David Colvill

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Mar 3, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/3/98

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HI Shelton
Its an update to 5.5 or 5.5a
So I suggest you update your copy of VdBASE 5.5a
Regards
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Dave Colvill (Adelaide OZ)

SHELTON BISSELL

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Mar 4, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/4/98

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David Colvill wrote

>Its an update to 5.5 or 5.5a
>So I suggest you update your copy of VdBASE 5.5a

I'll probably do that. But what about the Component Builder? I understand
it needs the original version.

Also, all should be aware that the 5.6 update rolls your CRW back to the
version that was originally bundled with VdB, so you have to massage any
later CRW back in.

Shelton

Robert W. Newman

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Mar 6, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/6/98

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I put together a littl program that allows you to switch between
versions of CRW. I gathered the filenames and locations from Seagate,
and I can switch easily between 3.0, 4.5 and 5.0. I'll email it to
anyone who need this.
--
Bob Newman

Dexter McKenzie

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Mar 6, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/6/98

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Bob,
Sounds interesting. I've been contemplating moving up to 4.5. I take it
you use 4.5. What's the benefits over the 3.0 version bundled with VdB?
And yes, I would appreciate looking at your code.

Thanks,

Dexter

In article <3500823E...@mindspring.com>, rne...@mindspring.com
says...

Ken Mayer

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Mar 7, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/7/98

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"SHELTON BISSELL" <sci...@isdn.net > wrote:

>I'll probably do that. But what about the Component Builder? I understand
>it needs the original version.

John Frazier is working on getting this available ...

---
Ken Mayer and Carolyn J. Eaton
http://www.mindspring.com/~hirschv

Dexter McKenzie

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Mar 7, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/7/98

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Bob,
Sorry, forgot to put my real email address in that last message.
simpleso at erols.com.

Thanks,

Dexter

Robert W. Newman

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Mar 7, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/7/98

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Dexter McKenzie wrote:
>
> Bob,
> Sounds interesting. I've been contemplating moving up to 4.5. I take it
> you use 4.5. What's the benefits over the 3.0 version bundled with VdB?
> And yes, I would appreciate looking at your code.
>
>>

I upgraded because I ran into a situation where I needed to use the
results of a summary or subtotal operation in another formula, and I
could not figure out how to do it in v3.0. In fact, I may have had a
Seagate tech person tell me it couldn't be done. Since then, I use it
almost exclusively for new work. (I bought a copy of 5.0 in order to get
the free-form placement of fields, but the loss of QBEs was too costly,
and I use Vic McClung's printer class in those instances.) I have
discovered that if you base your report on a VdB QBE, you will be placed
in the Borland Expression Builder for writing formulas. If you base the
report on DBFs, using CRW45's Visual Linking Expert, formulas are
entered via CRW's Formula Editor. There are advantages and disadvantages
to this; the syntax is a little different, but I find it a little more
powerful and sometimes easier to code, particualrly having an
If...Then...Else, which is more intuitive for me than IIF().

I'll send the code.

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Bob Newman

Dexter McKenzie

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Mar 7, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/7/98

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Bob,

Thanks for the explanation and the code.

Dexter