Quote from dglojnar on April 26, 2024, 1:36 pm

Hi to all :-)

I have a, kinda, "problem" :

I have been using one database from the German company R.O.M Logicware (Phoenix96) for over 20 years and I am extremely satisfied with its performance and usefulness.
Databse is 32-bit, extremely fast, compact, but, unfortunately, it is not very friendly to users - the logic is different from that of other databases, and the menu and interaction system itself is quite confusing.

There is a C API for that database and I would like to implement some functions in the plug-in for NB/VNW - table display using a rectangle, work with NV/VNW variables and basic navigation and search functions.
The database itself uses a minimal set of SQL commands.

Files created with the Phoenix database have the extension *.IND, and files containing the description of fields, forms, etc. have the extension *.DAT

As I have absolutely no experience in writing plug-ins with NB/VNW, I wonder if anyone is interested in writing the same?

Or a short instruction with an example of implementing one function and a list of the necessary software (I assume a C compiler, the only question is which one?), so I can then continue using the attached example.

Can the C API be used for Delphi?

I need all of that for an upcoming project - my long-term client wants to use the existing database as an independent EXE and not through the database itself.

I tried to connect the database via NeoDBPro and the ODBC driver, and that doesn't work either - I guess I need the exact driver for that database?
Or is there some universal ODBC driver?

I thank everyone in advance for any help, instructions or links :-)

 

Cheers and happy weekend !