Newbie

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 21.10.2006 20:19, "Youri" <lystes at free.fr> wrote:

Hi Youri,

> 1st post on the list.
> 
> I am trying to learn Valentina using Real Basic.
> 
> I have tried the example at :
> 
> <http://www.valentina-db.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=paradigma:public:en:document
> ation:v4rb:tutorial:lesson1>
> 
> 
> I have created the project myself, I downloaded the finished project
> also and it fails every time I try to launch it in the following method :

Which project fails? Your or our?

If your ... Then may be you have not made Valentina.Init ?

I will ask our developers check V4RB tutorial files from site
To be sure they are up to date.

Also take a look at V4RB FAQs in our WIKI,
And I want to make sure that REALbasic see Valentina okay. Here

http://www.valentina-db.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=paradigma:public:en:documen
tation:v4rb:manual:installation:installation
 
Is described how to check that REALbasic have recognize Valentina


> dim f as FolderItem
> f = GetFolderItem( "dbPersons.vdb" )
> mDatabase = new VDatabase
> // If Database exists we open it, otherwise we create it.
> try
>      mDatabase.Open( f )
> catch err as VException
>      mDatabase.Create( f, EVDbMode.kDscDatBlbInd )
> end
> 
> 
> 
> Is there any other source of documentation to start from scratch?

Tutorial is the SIMPLEST thing we have.


> Everything seems very complicated to start. For instance I found on V4RB
> Reeference.pdf the Init method.
> 
> It says : inCacheSize   The size of the database cache in bytes.
> 
> And the example is
> Valentina.Init( 5 * 1024 * 1024 )
> 
> Why expressing the size this way? No explanation is provided for a
> newbie like me.

Youri, but 5 * 1024 * 1024 - this is really basic thing.

We cannot explain in DBMS docs such simple things as what
is Megabyte, what is a byte, what is a bit,
what is HEX numbers and what is binary numbers.
This is a basic we expect everybody knows.



-- 
Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information
http://www.paradigmasoft.com

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