Subject Re: (no subject) From Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invalid> Date Sat, 15 Oct 2022 17:40:04 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 2022/10/15 06:28, Moses Hanna wrote: > Hello all > three weeks ago I got your advise in order to start again in dbase 9 I got the great tutorial by Mr Ken Myer. I stepped in step by step until I reached the creating datamodule. something i am doing wrong > attached 2 images one from the Ken's tutorial phase 3 and the other one is from dbase 9 while I am implementing the steps > it looks like the left side thing does not whow in the dbase 9 that I am working. may some gentleman point to me where I am doing wrong You're not doing anything wrong. :-)  Unfortunately dBASE 9 doesn't use the same DataModule designer that newer versions of dBASE use. The DataModule designer used for dBASE 9 and dBASE 10 is quite different to the DataModule designer used from dBASE 11 onwards and unfortunately the Tutorial instructions are based on the the latest DataModule designer. From dBASE 11 onwards the DataModule designer is similar to dQuery which was used before dBASE 9. For dBASE 9 and dBASE 10 the programmer was presented with a blank work space as shown in your .pdf file.  Database and query objects from the Component Palette can be placed on the work space.  Tables can also be dragged from the Navigator as one would do with a form.  Setting relationships between tables was done either by using the Inspector or the source code editor. To be able to carry on with the tutorial try copying the files from the sourcecode folder into you working folder.  dBASE 9 should not have problems with the code generated by the newer version of the DataModule designer. Mervyn.