Getting Started with dBASE - Getting Started Online Training Problem with Chapter 3 Download

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Getting Started Online Training Problem with Chapter 3 Download

Dave Batson

2005-08-08, 1:23 pm

Hello, I just purchased and am new to DBase Plus. I went to the site for
"Getting Started with dB2K" as directed by the website.

I downloaded the "GettingStarted" file and unzipped it into
C:\Gettingstarted as directed. When I tried to open the Session0301.dmd
module I get the following errors:

----------------------------------------------
Error: Unkown database name: dLearn
File: C:\GettingStarted\SE
SSION0301.DMD
Routine: SESSION2TABLESDATAMO
DULE::SESSION2TABL
Line: 19
----------------------------------------------
this.DLEARN1 = new DATABASE()
this.DLEARN1.parent = this
with (this.DLEARN1)
left = 8
top = 2
width = 115
height = 112[color=darkred]
active = true
endwith
====================
=========
----------------------------------------------
Error: Database not opened
File: C:\GettingStarted\SE
SSION0301.DMD
Routine: SESSION2TABLESDATAMO
DULE::SESSION2TABL
Line: 31, 47, 62, 79, and 95
----------------------------------------------
this.CUSTOMER1 = new QUERY()
this.CUSTOMER1.parent = this
with (this.CUSTOMER1)
left = 140
top = 10
width = 150
height = 138
database = form. dlearn1[color=darkre
d]
active = true
endwith
====================
=========
this.LINEITEM1 = new QUERY()
this.LINEITEM1.parent = this
with (this.LINEITEM1)
left = 460
top = 93
width = 150
height = 138
database = form. dlearn1[color=darkre
d]
active = true
endwith
====================
=========
etc.
====================
=========

The cursor actually is after the the line I highlighted with the ">>" but I
am assuming it refers to the line it just evaluated (or just above the
cursor) so I moved it to the line I think is in error. I am also assuming
that since all errors after the first one seem to be the same, it all stems
from the first error.

Could someone look at the "Getting Started with dB2K" GettingStarted file
for the Course sessions and tell me what I am doing wrong?

I am running:
OS: WinXP SP2
dBASE PLUS: 2.6.0.0 b1899
BDE: 5.2.0.2

Thankyou in advance for any help from the confused Noob!

Dave

Michael Nuwer [dBVIPS]

2005-08-08, 8:23 pm

That web site is intended to supplement Ted Blue's book on dB2K and
dBASE Plus. In that book the reader is shown how to create a "database
alias" with the BDE administrator.

You need to create a database alias with the name "dlearn". If you
don't have Ted's book, the following page might help:

http://www.dbase.com/Knowledgebase/.../BDEAliases.htm

If you are not working with Ted's book I'd suggest that you look at the
the dBASE Plus tutorial.

http://www.nuwermj.potsdam.edu/dLea...rial/index.html

Dave Batson wrote:
> Hello, I just purchased and am new to DBase Plus. I went to the site for
> "Getting Started with dB2K" as directed by the website.
>
> I downloaded the "GettingStarted" file and unzipped it into
> C:\Gettingstarted as directed. When I tried to open the Session0301.dmd
> module I get the following errors:
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> Error: Unkown database name: dLearn
> File: C:\GettingStarted\SE
SSION0301.DMD
> Routine: SESSION2TABLESDATAMO
DULE::SESSION2TABL
> Line: 19
> ----------------------------------------------
> this.DLEARN1 = new DATABASE()
> this.DLEARN1.parent = this
> with (this.DLEARN1)
> left = 8
> top = 2
> width = 115
> height = 112
>
>
> active = true
> endwith
> ====================
=========
> ----------------------------------------------
> Error: Database not opened
> File: C:\GettingStarted\SE
SSION0301.DMD
> Routine: SESSION2TABLESDATAMO
DULE::SESSION2TABL
> Line: 31, 47, 62, 79, and 95
> ----------------------------------------------
> this.CUSTOMER1 = new QUERY()
> this.CUSTOMER1.parent = this
> with (this.CUSTOMER1)
> left = 140
> top = 10
> width = 150
> height = 138
> database = form.dlearn1
>
>
> active = true
> endwith
> ====================
=========
> this.LINEITEM1 = new QUERY()
> this.LINEITEM1.parent = this
> with (this.LINEITEM1)
> left = 460
> top = 93
> width = 150
> height = 138
> database = form.dlearn1
>
>
> active = true
> endwith
> ====================
=========
> etc.
> ====================
=========
>
> The cursor actually is after the the line I highlighted with the ">>" but I
> am assuming it refers to the line it just evaluated (or just above the
> cursor) so I moved it to the line I think is in error. I am also assuming
> that since all errors after the first one seem to be the same, it all stems
> from the first error.
>
> Could someone look at the "Getting Started with dB2K" GettingStarted file
> for the Course sessions and tell me what I am doing wrong?
>
> I am running:
> OS: WinXP SP2
> dBASE PLUS: 2.6.0.0 b1899
> BDE: 5.2.0.2
>
> Thankyou in advance for any help from the confused Noob!
>
> Dave
>
>

Dave Batson

2005-08-09, 3:23 am

Thanks Michael,
Wow! It is not intuitively clear on the dBASE website what is going on
there. I thank you for straightening me out. I was confused about the 2
distinctions he made in the tutorial for dBASE and DB2K. I figured it was
some technical abreviation that was synonymous. What is this DB2K and why
would someone want it as opposed to dBASE? I am still not able to directly
locate the dBASE tutorial URL that you gave me on the website. So thank you
for the link!

If anyone from dBASE is reading this, please let someone know that the
website is not as clear and concise as it could (should) be. I started off
in some tutorial that was similar to an anatomy of dBASE and databasing and
decided I must have missed something. I went back to the website and found
what looked like something simpler, "Getting Started with dB2K". Obviously
this is not the case. You need a redesign of the website or some better
verbage explaining what these tutorials are.

Thanks,
Dave

"Michael Nuwer [dBVIPS]" <nuwermj@nowhere.edu> wrote in message
news:ojZ01tGnFHA.1188@news-server...[color=darkred]
>
> That web site is intended to supplement Ted Blue's book on dB2K and dBASE
> Plus. In that book the reader is shown how to create a "database alias"
> with the BDE administrator.
>
> You need to create a database alias with the name "dlearn". If you don't
> have Ted's book, the following page might help:
>
> http://www.dbase.com/Knowledgebase/.../BDEAliases.htm
>
> If you are not working with Ted's book I'd suggest that you look at the
> the dBASE Plus tutorial.
>
> http://www.nuwermj.potsdam.edu/dLea...rial/index.html
>
>
>
> Dave Batson wrote:

Michael Nuwer [dBVIPS]

2005-08-09, 7:23 am

Dave Batson wrote:
> Thanks Michael,
> Wow! It is not intuitively clear on the dBASE website

By "dBASE website" do you mean www.dbase.com or are referring to my
website www.nuwermj.potsdam.edu?

> what is going on
> there. I thank you for straightening me out. I was confused about the 2
> distinctions he made in the tutorial for dBASE and DB2K. I figured it was
> some technical abreviation that was synonymous. What is this DB2K and why
> would someone want it as opposed to dBASE?

dB2K is a former name for dBASE Plus. The naming has gone from Visual
dBASE 7.x to dB2K (dbase 2000) to dBASE Plus. Although the name has
changed the software has actually been a continuous progression of
incremental improvements.

> I am still not able to directly
> locate the dBASE tutorial URL that you gave me on the website. So thank you
> for the link!
>
> If anyone from dBASE is reading this, please let someone know that the
> website is not as clear and concise as it could (should) be. I started off
> in some tutorial that was similar to an anatomy of dBASE and databasing and
> decided I must have missed something. I went back to the website and found
> what looked like something simpler, "Getting Started with dB2K". Obviously
> this is not the case. You need a redesign of the website or some better
> verbage explaining what these tutorials are.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave

Dave Batson

2005-08-09, 1:23 pm

Thanks for the help Micheal,

I see you are part of the dBASE tutorial effort from the preface. <Blush>
Sorry about my comment about the website, but I still stand behind it.
The website is not clear for the first time or casual visitor. Something
like "Noobs (or something nicer) go "here" for the tutorial on dBASE Plus,
and DB2K users go "here" for the DB2K tutorial" would be more helpful.

Thanks again, though, for the very quick and kind replies. I look forward
to learning the new dBASE Plus system.

Dave.

P.S. Actually I am not a total Noob. I worked extensively with dBASE III
and some with dBASE IV "QUITE" a while ago. I have a possible application
for a database again and want to get re-aquainted with dBASE again.

"Michael Nuwer [dBVIPS]" <nuwermj@nospam.please.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:tyNsDcNnFHA.1796@news-server...[color=darkred]
> Dave Batson wrote:
>
> By "dBASE website" do you mean www.dbase.com or are referring to my
> website www.nuwermj.potsdam.edu?
>
>
> dB2K is a former name for dBASE Plus. The naming has gone from Visual
> dBASE 7.x to dB2K (dbase 2000) to dBASE Plus. Although the name has
> changed the software has actually been a continuous progression of
> incremental improvements.
>
>

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