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Subject:Re: qbe to sql
Date:Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:20:41 -0400
From:"Larry DiGiovanni" <nospam@nospam>
Newsgroups:pnews.paradox-dos
Bernie van't Hof wrote:

> So the result is php, interpreted pal. Translation Target is 100%, which 
> is not difficult. Replicating the pdox dos code behavior is more 
> difficult.

Still struggling.  :-)  The above sentence kind of sums up my confusion.

Let's say I have a simple script:

VIEW "CUSTOMERS"
PICKFORM n.myFormNumber   ; This is a global variable defined elsewhere - no 
way to know when or how
WAIT UNTIL "F2", "ESC"
DO_IT!

What's the output of this and how do I run it, and what do I see?

> One could either re-write an app (which would be a on-off), or emulate 
> paradox. I chose the latter as it maintains all the business logic of the 
> original app and is re-usable. If re-writing the app you still have to 
> account for paradox behavior anyway.

Paradox applications, especially DOS PAL apps, tend to be written in certain 
ways to accommodate the way Paradox works.  Data is modeled to work in 
Paradox forms, which does not always promote good modeling.  What I am 
saying here is that retaining the original design is not always a good 
thing.  ;-)

> What are you like with javascript? (That's my weakness, among others).

Fair to middlin'.


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Larry DiGiovanni 


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