VRev ADK + Val Studio = Best Practice

[Ivan Smahin]

On May 3, 2012, at 5:22 AM, Kay C Lan wrote:

> Every now and then I get involved into a small project involving Valentina ADK & Revolution (LiveCode) so it normally takes me a little time to get the mind back up to speed.
> 
> I just wish to confirm that the following is necessary:
> 
> I regularly hit a snag where Val returns an Error code.
> 
> To isolate whether it is a Val, Rev or more likely my code I start up Val Studio and enter the appropriate command there.
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> To do that, as the ADK is a single instance, I need to Quit Rev, Start Studio, do my thing, then Quit Studio and Start Rev all over again.
> 
> Am I wasting time here?
> 
> I've tried issuing a closeCard command which contains VDatabase_Close(DbRef) and valentina_shutdown() commands, but that doesn't work. I've tried 'Close and Remove from memory" but that doesn't work - I assume as the Rev IDE is still running the Val extension is still loaded?
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> I've tried de-selecting the DB in Studio but that doesn't work.
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> Unless I Quit one, before I start the other, one will typically crash - usually Rev.
> 
> So  is there a trick to keeping both Studio and the Rev IDE running or must I always Quit one to work with the other?
> 


The only thing required for local database is db.Close() in LiveCode before db.Open in vStudio and vice versa.
Also you can consider using vServer (at least for development) instead of local databases - there is free of such limits - any db can be accessed from different application simultaneously.

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Best regards,
Ivan Smahin
Senior Software Engineer
Paradigma Software, Inc
Valentina - The Ultra-Fast Database
http://www.valentina-db.com

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