--- Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Because if you use what is shipped out in email, you do not need to > know M and > you don't need to modify VistA, and I thought it was a something > thing that a > VB Programmer could deal with. >
Extending VistA (adding new components) and modifying VistA (altering existing components) aren't the same thing. There's no reason not to *extend* VistA, but modifying what is already there is another thing entirely. I agree with you that a VB (or Java, or C) programmer ought to be able to deal with mail messages without any trouble, but isn't that true of HTTP, HL7, and other protocols, too? The tricky thing is not the message format itself, but the interface with the rest of VistA. But then again, I suspect we're saying the same thing in different ways. === Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." --Arthur Schopenhauer ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
