Subject Re: Returning to dBase and need help From Akshat Kapoor <akshat.kapoor@kapoorsons.in> Date Tue, 12 May 2020 20:50:33 +0530 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 12.05.2020 03:03, Joe LeBlanc wrote: > Sorry about that, > I just purchased the new 2019 edition. > > Just as an aside, I started in the with dBASE 2.? and progressed to dBASE 5 for DOS where I wrote large programs over about 5 year. I tried to migrate to dBASE for windows but it was so badly written that I gave up on it and switched to Foxpro and Promatrix. I've still got a few commercial programs that I'm milking right now. > > Since nobody is supporting VFP, Promatrix and Software Passport for licensing, it's just a matter of time before Microsoft breaks this combination. > I tried dBASE a few years back but there were a lot of problems with the program. > My understanding is this version 2019 is good so I thought I'd give it another try. > BTW, I tried doing Ken's tutorial about 5 years ago and couldn't get it finished. There were so many holes in it. Even Ken couldn't get the thing to work. > > I don't want to spend the next 3 months getting a tutorial to work. > All I want is a sample programs with menus and some forms with the type of stuff I can use to learn dBASE stuff so I can. > I don't have to learn how to program ... just learn dBASE. Good Evening Joe, The systems have changed completely. I switched from VFP to dbase approx 3-4 years back. The style of programming is totally different. You will have to unlearn the old ways of accessing data and adopt new ways for accessing data. A simple example to state the difference recno() no longer works with oodml so all tables need a primary key column so that individual records can be identified. So please go through the tutorial. I went through it half way and I am still stuck with some old ways. In fact I started developing what I wanted to develop and went only through those portions that were required. Regards Akshat