Michael Mattias wrote:
>Were I writing an application to be installed on each user's computer to
>access a database on a network, I'd use PowerBASIC/Windows.
>
>Then again, I've been using PB/Windows/database for five years, so it's
no
>big deal. But when I first started database access, learning the ODBC API
>was a dog of a job. There are some third-party tools to ease the load
(e.g.,
>PerfectSync's SQL Tools), and with the current versions of the compilers
>there is a COM interface. There's also (now, not then!) a large
collection
>of code posted at PowerBASIC's web site from which to start.
>
>In general, PowerBASIC is not a "point and shoot" tool. It provides a
very
>reliable platform to make calls to the Windows' API. Microsoft's Visual
>Basic has a much, much simpler programmer interface to database access.
If
>you are in fact a 'newbie' and just starting with Windows programming, be
>prepared to invest a lot of time getting this to work correctly if you
want
>to write a program using PB/Windows..
Visual basic is an erector set or a set of Lego Blocks.
PowerBASIC is a fully-equipped machine shop.
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