From: Shashank Date <sdate@...>
Date: 2003-11-24T02:52:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Using Vruby instead of VB ?

Hi,

> I *think* Vruby/Swin will give you that from what I've read.  I haven't
> actually tried it.  I'm a bit concerned that the author says his
> development environment is Windows 98, but perhaps it's a non-issue.

Yes, Vruby/swin gives that , and Win 98 is a non-issue (yet).

> > 2. Interface with MS Access (possibly with MS SQL Server2K in
> > future)
>
> I *thought* you could use ODBC to interface with MS Access, but I'm not
> positive.  Otherwise, it ought to be possible via OLE (right?).  There's
> no specific DBD for either Access or SQL Server that I know of.

Yes, I will use ODBC (or OLEDB, whichever turns out to be easier ;-)).
ODBC Performance is not a big issue yet since the database is very small.

> >3. Print reports in landscape and portrait mode
>
> Eek - now you're talking hardware interfaces - way out of my realm.

The feature list on this website says something about "using printer with
swin"
http://www.osk.3web.ne.jp/~nyasu/vruby/vrproject-e.html#feature

I will have to find out what it is all about. (if only I could
read/understand
Japanese ... sigh)

> >4. Run only on one machine (no networking etc)
>
> Simple enough - don't create any sockets or pipes that would allow
> networking. :)

Yes :-)

And I spent about an hour installing the "nifty" FormDesigner:

http://homepage3.nifty.com/Yukimi_Sake/ruby.html

But it is worth the pain. Will keep you posted.

> We'll help as we can, I'm sure. :)
> Dan

Thanks Dan.
-- shanko