Paradox vs. Paradox Runtime
Christopher Etheridge
What is the difference between Paradox and paradox runtime?
Thanks in advance!
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Christopher Etheridge
MasTek D.E.M.
Software Junior Engineer
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Ken McAdams
interactively. Once you have an application developed, you can
distribute your compiled forms, scripts, reports, and your tables to
your user who can then run the application using Runtime. Of course,
they could also use Paradox, but you would have to buy a copy of Paradox
for each user, whereas Runtime can be distributed freely with your
application once you have paid for one copy (per the terms of the
license, of course).
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Ken McAdams (kmca...@worldnet.att.net)
"When you stop learning, you start to die."
Alexander Philippou
You cannot enter design mode so you cannot modify forms / reports /
libraries / scripts. Generally, it is used to distribute applications
without requiring the clients to purchase a copy of Paradox.
Alexander Philippou
al...@noemon.com
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>You cannot enter design mode so you cannot modify forms / reports /
>libraries / scripts. Generally, it is used to distribute applications
>without requiring the clients to purchase a copy of Paradox.
Yeah... and you know, invariably I find myself just buying them a copy of the
real McCoy and bundling it into the price of the contract. It's just better
that way.
Frederic MARAND
Ken McAdams <kmca...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Christopher Etheridge wrote:
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>> What is the difference between Paradox and paradox runtime?
>> Thanks in advance!
>You use Paradox to develop an application, or to work with your tables
>interactively. Once you have an application developed, you can
>distribute your compiled forms, scripts, reports, and your tables to
>your user who can then run the application using Runtime. Of course,
>they could also use Paradox, but you would have to buy a copy of Paradox
>for each user, whereas Runtime can be distributed freely with your
>application once you have paid for one copy (per the terms of the
>license, of course).
All of it true, but add that the Runtime doesn't give the end user the
ability to define queries, forms, reports, and so on, and the licensing
terms prevent you from delivering an app enabling these facilities,
which might create concurrence for Paradox.
It's to be used much like the various VBRUNxxx.DLL : a runtime
environment for your custom application.
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Frederic G. MARAND
Agorus SA / OSI SARL
f...@soon.com
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Douglas Shaller
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Suppose you wanted to turn a working Paradox application with limited
distribution into commercial software? Would you use Paradox Runtime or
would you do something else?
Doug Shaller
Sundial Services
>What is the difference between Paradox and paradox runtime?
>Thanks in advance!
Paradox Runtime is the product with the development-features turned off. It
is distributable by owners, but it is not cheap.
Generally speaking, we never use it. The full-blown product is simply not
that expensive, and it's much more versatile. With it, users can not only run
your application but do anything else a database might enable them to do.
R2363C
With Runtime you can't use the design mode on form or report and you
can't use TableView Object.
Laurent NAVARRO
Christopher Etheridge wrote:
> What is the difference between Paradox and paradox runtime?
> Thanks in advance!
Mike Delaney
I do not use the runtime. I have supplied the complete package wit
heverything I sell. The main reason for this is that there is no QBE in
Paradox Runtime. That did it for me. If the users can't make queries
it would be of no use.
Mike Delaney