On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 21:32:09 -0600, Al Brouillette
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<alb...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Does anyone know if Paradox 9 uses the Paradox 7 format?
So I am led to believe - Someone hear (Brian Bushay maybe?) said
something along those lines a while back.
FWIW, I have Corel Pdox 9 on my machine and use it quite often for
looking at tables or structures, or even restructuring. The apps that
use the data don't seem to have a problem with accessing them via BDE
5.01. In fact I am sure I have seen the format described on a drop
down list as Paradox 7, 8, or 9.
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>Is Inprise at all involved with Corel on the handling of future Paradox
>releases?
Again, one of the TeamB'ers posted something to the effect that
Borland still have control on the file format, Corel effectively
control the interface.
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>IN OTHER WORDS, is it safe to assume that new Paradox versions will
>continue to be supported by the BDE for the foreseeable future?
That would seem to be a reasonable assumption. But I suspect there
will be moves away from BDE ultimately - D5 has IB and ADO direct
connectivity tools so maybe this is the face of the future.
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>We want to use Paradox files for a new project, but there is a
>management concern that, since Corel took it over, that future Paradox's
>may not be as well supported as Access will be.
Corel took over Pdox ages ago, not sure exactly when, but I'd say 3
years ago or so. Hasn't affected D4, D5 has it?
Personally I reckon Pdox and Access from a Delphi point of view are
really well supported in this ng and various resources on the net.
Done, seeing as you asked nicely <G>
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Gary Wilmot
Senior Developer
Vizual Business Tools Ltd
http://www.vizual.co.uk
