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Visual FoxPro
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>Does anyone know how to link a cursor to an external database engine?
>This is the problem I have. A co-work has a proprietary database written
>in Quick Basic. My job is to write an engine (OCX or Active X module) in C
>to manage this database. Is it possible to link a foxpro cursor with the
>result set returned by the engine. I am using VFP 5.0a. One last
>question, how does the Library Construction Kit work in VFP5 anyway?
>I know the best answer is to rewrite the program completely in VFP.
>But I don't have a choice. The boss wants it that way.
>Thank you in advance.

If the QB program is using a text file as its data source, you could use the ODBC text driver and create a view in VFP.


Wayne
Wayne Myers, MCSD
Senior Consultant
Forte' Incorporated
"The only things you can take to heaven are those which you give away" Author Unknown
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