>I bought the book 'Delphi Database Development' (Greg Lief and
>others).  In the final of the book, there's a class named TDBfield to
>create DBF files, like the Dbcreate() in Clipper.
>I typed all the code, but some code is strange to Delphi 1.0, like:

>Procedure TDBfield.setname(sNew:string);
>begin
>   ...
>   if IsSymbol(snew) then

>end;
>The function IsSymbol don't exist in the code, neither in the
>companion CD.
>How to solve this problem? I need to complete the class, to use with
>my application, to create DBF like in Clipper.

>In the same book, in the page 916, he point to a file named
>XBFORMAT.PAS, in the companion CD. Again, this file don't exist in the
>included CD.

>I send two emails to Greg Lief (Object Lessons home page), but,
>unfortunatelly, he can't answer to me.

>Please, who can help me?
>Thanks.

>Hercules Russano
>HRsoFT-"Simples, mas funciona!"
>S?o Gon?alo-Rio de Janeiro-Brazil
>hruss...@uol.com.br

> Hi, friends

> I bought the book 'Delphi Database Development' (Greg Lief and
> others).  In the final of the book, there's a class named TDBfield to
> create DBF files, like the Dbcreate() in Clipper.
> I typed all the code, but some code is strange to Delphi 1.0, like:

> Procedure TDBfield.setname(sNew:string);
> begin
>    ...
>    if IsSymbol(snew) then

> end;
> The function IsSymbol don't exist in the code, neither in the
> companion CD.
> How to solve this problem? I need to complete the class, to use with
> my application, to create DBF like in Clipper.

> In the same book, in the page 916, he point to a file named
> XBFORMAT.PAS, in the companion CD. Again, this file don't exist in the
> included CD.

> I send two emails to Greg Lief (Object Lessons home page), but,
> unfortunatelly, he can't answer to me.

> Please, who can help me?
> Thanks.

> Hercules Russano
> HRsoFT-"Simples, mas funciona!"
> S?o Gon?alo-Rio de Janeiro-Brazil
> hruss...@uol.com.br

>It might help..
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>Gordon Hamm
>Voice Data Systems Inc.
>Astoria Communications
>360-686-8315
>Hercules Russano wrote in message <3491a97a.2820...@forums.borland.com>...
>>Hi, friends

>>I bought the book 'Delphi Database Development' (Greg Lief and
>>others).  In the final of the book, there's a class named TDBfield to
>>create DBF files, like the Dbcreate() in Clipper.
>>I typed all the code, but some code is strange to Delphi 1.0, like:

>>Procedure TDBfield.setname(sNew:string);
>>begin
>>   ...
>>   if IsSymbol(snew) then

>>end;
>>The function IsSymbol don't exist in the code, neither in the
>>companion CD.
>>How to solve this problem? I need to complete the class, to use with
>>my application, to create DBF like in Clipper.

>>In the same book, in the page 916, he point to a file named
>>XBFORMAT.PAS, in the companion CD. Again, this file don't exist in the
>>included CD.

>>I send two emails to Greg Lief (Object Lessons home page), but,
>>unfortunatelly, he can't answer to me.

>>Please, who can help me?
>>Thanks.

>>Hercules Russano
>>HRsoFT-"Simples, mas funciona!"
>>S?o Gon?alo-Rio de Janeiro-Brazil
>>hruss...@uol.com.br

>Markku Nevalaien

>Hercules Russano wrote:

>> Hi, friends

>> I bought the book 'Delphi Database Development' (Greg Lief and
>> others).  In the final of the book, there's a class named TDBfield to
>> create DBF files, like the Dbcreate() in Clipper.
>> I typed all the code, but some code is strange to Delphi 1.0, like:

>> Procedure TDBfield.setname(sNew:string);
>> begin
>>    ...
>>    if IsSymbol(snew) then

>> end;
>> The function IsSymbol don't exist in the code, neither in the
>> companion CD.
>> How to solve this problem? I need to complete the class, to use with
>> my application, to create DBF like in Clipper.

>> In the same book, in the page 916, he point to a file named
>> XBFORMAT.PAS, in the companion CD. Again, this file don't exist in the
>> included CD.

>> I send two emails to Greg Lief (Object Lessons home page), but,
>> unfortunatelly, he can't answer to me.

>> Please, who can help me?
>> Thanks.

>> Hercules Russano
>> HRsoFT-"Simples, mas funciona!"
>> S?o Gon?alo-Rio de Janeiro-Brazil
>> hruss...@uol.com.br