[VStudio] convert_1_2 doesn't work; export doesn't work for v1 files

[Giacomo Vernoni]

Added to Mantis on April 11.

I tried to install 3.5.1, 3.5, 3.4 after deleting the previous (well..  
next!) version.
No go.

Export doesn't work on v1, convert_1_2 doesn't work.

Is it Leopard? Is it Intel? Is it me? I don't know. I just need the  
work done...
My Mac is brand new so there aren't years of upgrades or  
installations: System is clean.

By the way, there's a glitch in the export dialog, when it asks the  
name: if you enable/disable (one or more times) the "hide extension"  
checkbox, it just keeps adding a dot to the name.

I was in a hurry, so I opened the "Convert_1_2.dir" example in the  
"Common" folder of the V4MD Examples to convert the DB.
To make it work I had to uncomment theese lines:

     dbVersion = Valentina.getDatabaseVersion(path)
     if dbVersion = 0 or dbVersion = 512 then
       return
     end if

because getDatabaseVersion gives a "Handler not found in object" error.

Converted to v2, the table exported fine in VStudio.


Giacomo Vernoni
www.way-out.it



On 9 apr 2008, at 10:44, Giacomo Vernoni wrote:
> Hi list,
> before adding to Mantis I'd like to ask if someone else has the same  
> problems.
>
> Valentina 3.5.2 (feb 9)
> Mac OS X 10.5.2
> Mac Pro
> fresh install of VStudio
> v1 plugin enabled
>
>
> problem 1
> - Utilities menu > Convert_1_2 asks for a file and then nothing  
> happens. (Mac only?)
>
> problem 2
> - Open a v1 DB (reindexed, checked, all OK)
> - Contextual menu on table > export
> - dialogs ask for destination, fields to export, etc
> - result on v1 tables is always 0 records, file is not created
>
> problem 3
> - Create a new v1 DB, mode 4, one table, one varchar field, three  
> records.
> - close the DB
> - open it again
> - table name is garbage, data is lost
>
> I tried Convert_1_2 on Windows XP (simple test DB created on Mac,  
> see problem 3): it adds a .blb file to the v1 DB (why?) and the  
> table is unreadable.
>
>
> Let me know... I can't export a simple table and obviously I thought  
> it was a five minute task that my customer asked me to do.
>
> Giacomo Vernoni
> www.way-out.it