>>>And are there "higher level" language constructs like scatter to / gather from name ?
>
>>In VFP I used Scatter to and Gather from to copy a record to memory and back again. In WinDev I accomplish this with HCopyRecord(). See also here for a complete list of function related to HyperFile SQL Management:
>>http://doc.windev.com/en-US/?3044156
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>very nice - function call IMO is cleaner in syntax than expressions, but largely a matter of taste

Other related functions would be FileToArray(), FileToMemory(), MemoryToFile() etc. There is so much ...

http://doc.windev.com/en-US/?1000018833
http://doc.windev.com/en-US/?3013071
http://doc.windev.com/en-US/?3013070


>Sounds more like record buffering if done on table or memorizing the list needing an update -
>But I was hoping for something like
>getting a sublist of possible drivers from remote DB into local cursor
>// calls to cursorsetproperty() if not done via cursoradapter with fitting update settings
>Editing/Appending/Deleting locally in table buffered mode in cursor,
>screen outpu bound to cursor fields showing changes on the selected data
>calling tableupdate on the cursor

Parts of what you have written here can be done, e.g. attaching screen / form fields to a cursor / table created or defined in memory. Other parts I am not sure of as I have not looked at those areas in depth. Maybe a question on mysnip.de forum or to PC Soft to confirm.


>When they describe android apps, they write:
>"For the Android applications, the only available database is SQLite. To use a database, a SQLite connection must be declared in the data model editor."
>http://doc.windev.com/en-US/?9000123&name=android_application_using_and_sharing_data&q=Android%20application
>
>Does this mean than their Hyperfile/dbf local tables approach is not possible there ?

I believe they refer to 3rd party database connection since when I look at common HyperFile functions like HAdd(), HOpen(), etc. I see that the Android (and iOS and Windows Mobile, etc.) icons are shown in colour and hence indicate that these functions are available for those platforms. See here; the icon bar across the top of the help page, just underneath the title, indicates which platforms and environments this function i currently available on:

http://doc.windev.com/en-US/?3044120


>Have you played with this ?

I have not as we have no pressing need for a mobile platform right now. But it is certainly a big sell for us that we can learn one language and use a lot of the code in different environments.