Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-06 Thread Tony Blomfield
Thanks Max. I'm already into that, and more or less decided it is the most efficient all round solution. Less work to implement as well. I was really probing to find out what others are up to in an endeavor to broaden my horizons a little. I'm not at all sure about the flying objects scenario.

Re: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-06 Thread Tony Blomfield
I completely agree with this part. If you want to make stuff really thin, then you must at some stage cache data on the users (client) PC and only update it when there is a change in the same data on the server - this can be very effective for all those lookup tables that don't change very often

[DUG]: ACCESS VIOLATION

1999-09-06 Thread Darren J Gilbertson
Help! Whenever I attempt to create a new form I get the following error: Access violation at address 40053F57 in module VCL40.BPL. Read of Address I have rebooted but it still appears. How can I fix this? Darren Gilbertson

Re: [DUG]: ACCESS VIOLATION

1999-09-06 Thread Aaron Scott-Boddendijk
Whenever I attempt to create a new form I get the following error: Access violation at address 40053F57 in module VCL40.BPL. Read of Address I have rebooted but it still appears. How can I fix this? I'm assuming that all three patches are installed on Delphi as these fixed a

Re: [DUG]: ACCESS VIOLATION

1999-09-06 Thread Kerry Sainsbury
Uninstalling/Reinstalling Delphi might be the fastest option. --- Darren J Gilbertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Help! Whenever I attempt to create a new form I get the following error: Access violation at address 40053F57 in module VCL40.BPL. Read of Address I have rebooted

RE: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-06 Thread Kerry Sainsbury
--- Max Renshaw-Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tony, Have a look at the MS URL that Kerry posted - it's a pretty good argument for the flying objects scenario Ummm, I didn't post such a URL, and didn't see who did. I wouldn't mind taking a look though, if somebody doesn't mind posting it

Re: [DUG]: Dataset event firing

1999-09-06 Thread Tony Sinclair
No there (traditionally) is no back-channel from the database to the client (I think the IBAlerter component provides this for Interbase however)... It would be a nice feature if all (server) databases provided this and one of the clear benefits to a 3 tier model... Your best option is

[DUG]: Images

1999-09-06 Thread vss
Not sure my original email got thro, so here it is again :- Hi all. I was just playing with rotating text on an image controls canvas, when I noticed that if I rotated the text by incrementing the angle by 45 deg. at a time via a spin button, i.e. the rotation value was dynamic and it drew

RE: [DUG]: Images

1999-09-06 Thread Chris Crowe
Paint the rest of the client area. Procedure .Paint; begin FillRect(ClientRect); DOTextDrawing; end; -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 2:27 AM To: Multiple recipients of list

RE: [DUG]: ** HUGE RES File problem **

1999-09-06 Thread Myles Penlington
I got the Delphi Icon I loaded for the project. Myles. -Original Message- From: Chris Crowe [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 4:20 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Delphi Subject: [DUG]: ** HUGE RES File problem ** Hi all, I have a rather

RE: [DUG]: ** HUGE RES File problem **

1999-09-06 Thread Myles Penlington
Have you tried using the Delphi resource explorer (in Demos directory) to see what is in you compiled executable?? Do you have duplicate resources? They can cause one hell of a problem. Myles. -Original Message- From: Chris Crowe [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 07,

RE: [DUG]: ** HUGE RES File problem **

1999-09-06 Thread Chris Crowe
Do you mean you got the correct icon you loaded at step #4, or the bad icon (the delphi 2 or 3 icon?) If you did get the bad icon, can you explain how come? Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Myles Penlington Sent: Tuesday, September