Unreadable source

Hi all,

I have been using VisualWorks for over 5 years. I'm still on 3.0. I do not
like the license-policy Cincom is offering. Therefor I just downloaded
Dolphin. I want to migrate an application that is using ODBC. When I browse
the Database classen / methods of Dolphin 5.0 the code is unreadable
(displayes red). Downloading and installing it again did not make a
difference. Is it protected code? If so, is there a tutorial?

Regards Jan

Jan,

>  . When I browse the Database classen / methods of Dolphin 5.0 the
> code is unreadable (displayes red). Downloading and installing it
> again did not make a difference. Is it protected code?

The trial version does hide some portions of code, the database classes are
one example.  The retail code has no hidden code apart, IIRC, from some
portions involved with encryption.

However, the hidden code should not be unreadable - it should just say
something like "Source unavailable".  If you do see red then that might
point to a problem with the installation.

> If so, is there a tutorial?

There is a section in the Education Centre (under Developers Guide/Database
Connectivity) that should go through the basics.  The EC should be available
online from the OA web site, although I haven't tried recently.

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> Jan,
>
> >  . When I browse the Database classen / methods of Dolphin 5.0 the
> > code is unreadable (displayes red). Downloading and installing it
> > again did not make a difference. Is it protected code?
>
> The trial version does hide some portions of code, the database classes
are Guide/Database
> Connectivity) that should go through the basics.  The EC should be
available
> online from the OA web site, although I haven't tried recently.
>
> --
> Ian
>
>
>
It does display: "Source unavailable for this method" in red. Browsing the
sml file shows unrecognizable code. If I obtain a normal license, will I be
able to see most of the code? I remember that there were seperate packages
one had to buy a couple of years ago. Is ODBC an integrated part of Dolphin
now?

Jan

Jan,

> > If so, is there a tutorial?
>
> There is a section in the Education Centre (under Developers
Guide/Database
> Connectivity) that should go through the basics.  The EC should be
available
> online from the OA web site, although I haven't tried recently.

You can either read the ODBC docs online at:

http://www.object-arts.com/EducationCentre/Education.htm

and in particular this page:

http://www.object-arts.com/Lib/EducationCentre4/htm/databaseconnectivity.htm

or download and install the Education Centre (currently for Dolphin 4 but
can be made to work with Dolphin XP) by following the instructions at:

http://www.object-arts.com/UsingD4HelpWithD5.htm

Best Regards,

Andy Bower
Dolphin Support
http://www.object-arts.com
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Jan,

> It does display: "Source unavailable for this method" in red. Browsing the
> sml file shows unrecognizable code. If I obtain a normal license, will I
be
> able to see most of the code? I remember that there were seperate packages
> one had to buy a couple of years ago. Is ODBC an integrated part of
Dolphin
> now?

Yes. Providing you buy Dolphin Standard Edition (DSE) or Dolphin
Professional (DPRO) you will get the ODBC connection package with full
source. There is no hidden source in any of the purchased products. You can
read about the contents of the various Dolphin products here:

http://www.object-arts.com/Products.htm

Notice that DSE and DPRO also include a wrapper for Microsoft's Active Data
Objects (which is like a successor to raw ODBC). However, there is no
specific Dolphin documentation for this so you may need to refer to
Microsoft's own interface docs to get started. You may find something here:

http://www.microsoft.com/data/

My advice would be to start with Dolphin's Database Connection and the
documentation that I pointed you to in my other recent reply in this thread.

Best Regards,

Andy Bower
Dolphin Support
http://www.object-arts.com
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