Re:Re:Re:LE9 OLEDB Database link to MS SQL server
Found a way to get OLEDB DB links working in LE9 although not sure if this can be a reliable option.
Replaced the LE9 'oledb_drv.dll' with the same dll from DE 8.5
OLEDB DB links can be created, forms created and table re...

Re:Re:LE9 OLEDB Database link to MS SQL server
The issue is only with the OLEDB provider option.
This has always been convenient as the logon credentials can be saved in the UDL.
"Other engines via ODBC" works
A database link can be created successfully with the SQL server O...

Re:LE9 OLEDB Database link to MS SQL server
Checked older LE9.6490 version and get the same issue with "Database Links" .
DE8.5 "Database Links" works with no issues.
Looks like DB links is broken in LE9?
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LE9 OLEDB Database link to MS SQL server
Has anyone managed to create an OLEDB Database Link on LE9 to MS SQL server?
When trying to create a link on a new application, it either does nothing when selecting 'Add' or crashes.
On an application migrated from DE8.5 the ori...

Re:Form Inconsistency errors
Written by DataEase 19/03/26 at 11:14:37 - 1 people have commented. The newsest comment is 1 days old.

Form Inconsistency errors
Hi hope someone can help but ever since we have run DataEase using LegEasy4DOS we keep getting form is inconsistent messages. See attached messages. Never got these messages before we used LegEasy4DOS any idea what that could be? Reorganisin...

Re:Re:Re:DE Player not loading successfully since LE9 7342 update
Hi, thank you for feedback however the issue is not how to start the player, the problem is when the player starts it closes almost immediately aftewards and fails to open the database selection dialogue. I think it once threw a Prism error message. W...

Re:Re:DE Player not loading successfully since LE9 7342 update
Written by DataEase 26/02/26 at 12:24:33 - 3 people have commented. The newsest comment is 17 days old.

Re:DE Player not loading successfully since LE9 7342 update
I get the same!
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DE Player not loading successfully since LE9 7342 update
Hi, has anyone tried using DE player since updating. I get the splash screen them it closes. Any ideas ?
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Re:Re:Re:user directory open error
Ive used my vintage IBM tower with win95 and de4.53 on board to help New York subway IT team a year ago in almost the same situation … (look to the left down corner of the pic) I feel You probably are not far from Ukraine … s...

Re:Re:user directory open error
Good idea, and in fact this is the second computer this hard drive has been in :>)
I'm trying to create a test computer where I can try to recover lost data. We have lost 6 months of information. I have backup files but I'm worri...

Re:Bug in DE6 that cause problem when importing and migrating date fields.
Thank you for the info.
Will see if it can be used to sort a workaround.

Bug in DE6 that cause problem when importing and migrating date fields.
Written by DataEase 09/02/26 at 13:48:06 - 9 people have commented. The newsest comment is 39 days old.

Re:LE9 7342
my remarks on the release will be a bit later after we got finished with blackouts here but I feel new impression from it even if UI is almost the same still…
Nice job, DataEase
Thx
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Re:Re:user directory open error
Hi, all
I have a sacral untouched ever copy of userform.dbs nevertheless you can change date and time stamp using free tools like it was in PC Tools or NC,,
As to purists I believe in DE9 coming soon after this Armageddon and vb...

Re:user directory open error
The problem is 4.53 security using time stamp on userform.dbs as security tempering check. Some "funny" person set the time stamp to PHI i.e. 3.14 but Microsoft fix for Daylight Saving is a "hack" so they don't just adjust for time they act...

LE9 7342
Thank you for LE9 7342.
So far it looks good.
Will report any issues. Busy with a large migration & enhancement project.
Is the following now normal expected behaviour for LE9?
It was previously reported for LE9 6835 and this...

Re:user directory open error
hi, is it possible to move hard disk with XP os from failing device to other one in case if the disk mentioned is not failing too ?
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user directory open error
A Dataease app circa 1998. Version 4.53. Running well on an XP machine, but the computer itself is failing. Tried porting app to a Win 10 computer using Dataeases LegEasy4DOS.
Can't get it working.
I imitated the directory structure...

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:DataEase Import Format Type: DataEase 5.x - 8.x - loss of date field values
That feature may be useful in future to export in DE9 but it is not available in DE6 or DE8.
The issue is for DE9 be able to retain the date field values when using a DE6 DBM import.

Re:Re:LE9.7342 license
it works,thank You very much
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Re:LE9.7342 license
It has been exstended.
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LE9.7342 license
Thx a lot for a new release of LE9.73 …
Needs a license key to renew as before
Glory to DataEase team!
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Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:If(Command ((((( SOLVED
There is a couple of paradigm changes in DataEase that has been huge thresholds like the move from DE6 to DE7 that was everything but sucessful. DE6 and before was developed in Borland Turbo C/C++ while the main shift from 6 to 7 was that the codebase...

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:If(Command ((((( SOLVED
Thank you for the update,
I do use OML a lot in older forms, but I stopped using it when I tried to upgrade from 6.53 to DatEase version 9. A lot of the OML that worked fine in 6.53 didnt work in version 9, after I imported the p...

Re:Re:Re:Re:If(Command ((((( SOLVED
Was just going to say that you can run an ExecDQL in a derivation that return the result of the DQL which makes it much easier to structure the code but then I realised that you are useing 6 which definitely doesn't have this option. Hoever you can us...

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:DataEase Import Format Type: DataEase 5.x - 8.x - loss of date field values
TO be honest we have never experienced that the built in export/import has crashed but the .export feature in old style DQL is know for failing and being very variable with speed.Written by DataEase 03/02/26 at 19:47:04 - 9 people have commented. The newsest comment is 39 days old.

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:App Fault
Written by DataEase 03/02/26 at 19:43:28 - 5 people have commented. The newsest comment is 45 days old.

Re:Re:Re:Re:App Fault
Hi, unfortunately I followed your instructions to the letter but still getting the error.
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Re:Re:Re:App Fault
Hi again.
Had some deep dive and discussion with the guys and the problem is with the Microsoft Redistributables for Visual Studio.
These are files that is "newer" than the Operating system at the time, but frequently is included with a...

Re:Re:App Fault
Hi Tried reinstalling multiple times with and without admin rights. Same OS version, same AV and same printers.
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Re:App Fault
Hi!
Try to re-install the software with elevetated rights.
Is there anything different with this workstation at all. Different OS, printer drivers etc.

App Fault
Hi I am getting the attached error when running LegEasy4DOS on a windows 11 PC. Has anyone experienced this before and knows what causes it? I have installed the product on 2 other PC's with the same setup without fault. On this particular PC if you t...

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:DataEase Import Format Type: DataEase 5.x - 8.x - loss of date field values
Mostly the built in export.
DQL export is slower and has similar memory failure issues.

Re:Re:Re:If(Command ((((( SOLVED
Thanks for the comming back, yes they say that talking to yourself are the first signs of madness, but sometimes it really does help, im still strugling with one small part of it, but I will keep trying, if I get stuck i will post agin. &nbs...

Re:Re:If(Command ((((( SOLVED
We see you have been talking to yourself. Sometimes, just putting in down on paper make one see the problem oneself without help.
Glad you figured it out!

Re:If(Command ((((( SOLVED
if( HowManyStandOffs >0 , lookup"tFTPULL_RTD" "Text1" , if(HowManyStandOffs2 >0 , lookup "rFTPulls_TR" "Text1" , if( HowManyStandOffs3 >0 , lookup "rHMSO_3" "Text1" , Discription )))
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Re:If(Command
if( HowManyStandOffs <= 0 , Description , lookup "tFTPULL_RTD" "Text1" , if( HowManyStandOffs2 <= 0 , Description , lookup "rFTPulls_TR" "Text1", if( HowManyStandOffs3 <= 0 , Description , lookup "rHMSO_3" "T...

If(Command
I know I must be doing something wrong but can any one let me know, how to get this working ?
If ( HowManyStandOffs =< 0 Lookup ("tFTPULL_RTD", "text1", If ( HowManyStandOffs2 =< 0 Lookup ("rFTPulls_TR", "text1", If( HowMa...

Re:Re:Re:Re:DataEase Import Format Type: DataEase 5.x - 8.x - loss of date field values
What process du you use for exporting?
From experience we know that your app is quite big and complex so you might experience problems most users never experience.
Do you use DQL with .export, execdql export or the built in export featur...

Re:Re:Re:DataEase Import Format Type: DataEase 5.x - 8.x - loss of date field values
The problem with the export to delimited format is that the number of records that can be exported is limited. For tables with more than 500 000 records it often fails with an insufficient memory error. This can be sorted by filtering and&nb...

Re:Re:DataEase Import Format Type: DataEase 5.x - 8.x - loss of date field values
This is put on a list but as this code has not been touched more or less since 7.x it's not a priority.
Importing from DataEase files is an obsolete functionality as most people export data for import rather than exchange database files.
Re:DE9 Email configuration.
HI Eric.
This functionaltiy was originally implemented to do automatic mailing directly to many users that will all get an individual mail.
Personally I'm a big "hater" of CCs as it tends to fill up my mailbox with mails that is not rele...

Re:DataEase Import Format Type: DataEase 5.x - 8.x - loss of date field values
LE9 beta 7292 still has the same issue with previous version dates on dbm import
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DE9 Email configuration.
Hi, Ive got the email working to send a pdf to a nominated email address from OML script attached to a button on a form using Documentrun. Is there any way of sending to a CC email address at the same time ?
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Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:new LE9 version 7021
It is Vikings Jól now… so 48 months since the final release of LE9 will be counted from …what date. We are finishing 7292 testing and it is very important to us when absolutely new by concept DE will be ready to get it from he...

Re:Printer problems on L4D etc.
Hi all! May be it is my turn to use my more than 30 years int DFD experience to help dear Sir Richard as it was with NY subway team ? My teacher always said use your hands and do not think while hands are solving an DFD challenge ;) to be s...

Printer problems on L4D etc.
Hi again Richard.
Forget everything about Novell etc. The way it works in L4D is quite straight forward but obviously it opens up a can of worms and possibility to get it wrong.
L4D use the printer settings in Windows, so L4D will port t...

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:LegEasy 4DOS - still available and supported?
Hi there, yes DataEase currently runs via an XP PC with the Novell Client installed, but we want to move away from this!
And just to say, we weren't the ones that originally developed this DataEase Order Processing, it was another company m...

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:LegEasy 4DOS - still available and supported?
Hi Richard.
I feel that you here are trying to fix something really easy in a very hard way.
I guess your customer has been running this in XP or somethng which is in reality MS-DOS 7 or something with ehanced support for LPT etc.<...

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:LegEasy 4DOS - still available and supported?
Hi there, we're still battling trying to get the Epson LX-300 layout to work via LegEasy. ??
Can we launch DataEase via a batch file in LegEasy?
So we have already shared the LX-300 via another PC, and want to try redirecting LP...

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:LegEasy 4DOS - still available and supported?
The prolem here is most likely that the wrong pritner is used in Workstation COnfiguration for Local 1.
This is the "Nightmare" we explained some time back.
Applicaiton printers is just a template and the moment someone with a new...

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:LegEasy 4DOS - still available and supported?
Hi We are now having an issue where the lines and spacings are not quite right. Text seems to be all shifted to the right. Report settings have all stayed the same. I think it maybe that even though the the print processor is set to raw on windows I t...

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:LegEasy 4DOS - still available and supported?
Hi We are now having an issue where the lines and spacings are not quite right. Text seems to be all shifted to the right. Report settings have all stayed the same. I think it maybe that even though the the print processor is set to raw on windows I t...

Re:Re:simply browsing
Cool! ... wechave to take that into account..Thank You very much!
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Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:new LE9 version 7021
Great! thx a lot!
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Re:Re:Re:Re:new LE9 version 7021
This vesion is close to the final release of LE9. There is a lot of improvements but its only put on here now to help...

Re:simply browsing
This just save the link to the image hosted on the web as if you copy from the Web it will copy the link to embed.
You need a proper BMP i.e. clipboard image to be pasted into the HTMLEdit field for it to be automatically convereted to BASE64....

simply browsing
yup. saving pictures ? yup! browsing too ;) GLORY TO DataEase (tm) TEAM!


Re:Re:Re:new LE9 version 7021
now in trial mode with lost license key ;) ready to test a new LE9 build nevertheless... but sincere thx and Glory to DataEase team!
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Re:Re:new LE9 version 7021


Re:Re:new LE9 version 7021


Re:new LE9 version 7021
Your problem is that you don't have the right setup for you LE9 WebObject.
The WebObject in LE9 is based on Internet Explorer and it is self configuring. Default configuration is IE7 so you need to set a registry setting to have it emulate IE11...

new LE9 version 7021
got electricity again ... no success with pasting image from clipboard to image feild in SavingImage application on my LE9 version 6835 still
I hope the official download of new LE9 version 7021 or higher will be ASAP to solve the situation
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you simply paste any cliboard image into that editor. The editor will automatically convert it to BASE64 which is a text representation of an image (or anything else binary really).
How to do that detailed please. Clipboard has image inside but it is impossible to paste from clipboard into HTMLEdit field. Thank You
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Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How to save an Image in your database and display it again.
... got electricity for a while here after one more blackout here this is the reason for late communication ;) general Zaluzhzhny our ambassador in London will explain the strange reasons for that soon ..may be corruption in this state rules all

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How to save an Image in your database and display it again.
Glory to DataEase team! Thank You sincerely!
... as to scaling in Windows it is so experimental as LE9 7021 ;)
EditionWindows 11 Pro
Version26H1
Installed on?11.?11.?2025
OS build28000.1
ExperienceWindows Featu...

Re:Re:Re:Re:How to save an Image in your database and display it again.


Re:Re:Re:How to save an Image in your database and display it again.
That is because you have scaling on your Windows. The button is there but not were it looks on the graphics. If you click on the dialog itself it shoudl pop up
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Re:Re:How to save an Image in your database and display it again.
not clickable Downgrade , frozen screen of old LE96835 version for sure ... &...

Re:How to save an Image in your database and display it again.


How to save an Image in your database and display it again.
Written by DataEase 12/11/25 at 14:02:14 - 15 people have commented. The newsest comment is 127 days old.

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:image file
yes, You are right ..this is wrong ... tell me please how to make it correct ? Thx a lot and sorry for these pics nevertheless
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Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:image file


Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:image file


Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:image file
"just use a HTMLEdit field to paste/insert the field into the memo and a normal webfield to display it."
Please show the steps and settings to get it working on my side. Thank You sincerely
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Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:image file
the fields mentioned definitions and etc. will be enough .. thank You
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Re:Re:Re:Re:image file
What Item would that be?
The download link would be the same so the problem would be the same.

Re:Re:Re:Re:image file
template, item, ... sample database via email or download it from here ?
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Re:Re:Re:image file
thx a lot..agree fully but is it possible to get Your item here or via email ? thank You sincerely in advance
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Re:Re:image file
Just tested download and it works fine. Must be something blocking it your end.
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Re:image file
"To get it to work, you can just use a HTMLEdit field to paste/insert the field into the memo and a normal webfield to display it.
They will print etc. like normal image fields."
it looks like jubilee ImageEase will able to exe...

Re:Re:Re:image file
I see ... may be an test template with this Norbert Wiener in Kyiv summer 1960 pic? But thx a lot for reply nevertheless
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Re:Re:image file
To get it to work, you can just use a HTMLEdit field to paste/insert the field into the memo and a normal webfield to display it.
They will print etc. like normal image fields.

Re:image file
The image in your post is stored in a DataEase Memo.
However its stored as Base64 which the Web Element automatically convert it to when you paste it into it.
However Base64 is a very "inefficient" format so the size in the memo is...

image file
Hi all! Is it possible to store image file in an DataEase version and how to do that ... for sure I do know that file is a set of 1 and 0 and nothing more. Thank You!
Written by Ihor Zakharchenko 11/11/25 at 06:59:19 - 5 people have commented. The newsest comment is 128 days old.

image file
Hi all! Is it possible to store image file in an DataEase version and how to do that ... for sure I do know that file is a set of 1 and 0 and nothing more. Thank You!
Written by Ihor Zakharchenko 11/11/25 at 06:59:19 - 15 people have commented. The newsest comment is 127 days old.

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:LegEasy 4DOS - still available and supported?
Yes.
In DFD you can use abstraction or you can put in a full printer name or yuou can leave the printer name and will then need to select priinter when you print (this is in the "DOS" bit).Written by DataEase 10/11/25 at 22:23:36 - 18 people have commented. The newsest comment is 90 days old.

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:LegEasy 4DOS - still available and supported?
Thanks for the reply. We have it working now, however for one particular report it seems to always bring up the windows print dialogue box. Doesn't seem to matter what printer or port we use, that particular report always opens the print dialogue box....

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:LegEasy 4DOS - still available and supported?
Sorry for the late reply.
Just had some testing done.
we can send output to LPT5 from L4D if we copy the file but not if we print directly, this lead us to believe - also based on old documentation - that the limittation is in the DFD code a...

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:LegEasy 4DOS - still available and supported?
Hi there, we have now got the 1 user base license installed and we are setting up printer mappings, is there a way to add LPT5:? As our current setup uses LPT5: for a particular Dataease report.
Thanks, Richard
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DataEase Import Format Type: DataEase 5.x - 8.x - loss of date field values
When using the Import Data utility with Import Format Type: "DataEase 5.x - 8.x" the date field values are lost.
if the original data is exported as Variable length text delimited format the date values import works.
Anyone know how to g...

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:LegEasy 4DOS - still available and supported?
Understood, unfortunately I don't think our client will pay for licences until we've demonstrated to them the proper 'live' solution. Also their users are use to just clicking on an RDP icon and DataEase simply launches, with additional menu...

Re:Re:DataEase 8.5 menus corrupt
Good day
I restored the app from a backup,
Re: "See if there is a problem with status table for menus by running it."
Are you referring to 'Application \ Status' ?
Written by Sam 20/10/25 at 02:33:21 - 2 people have commented. The newsest comment is 151 days old.

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:LegEasy 4DOS - still available and supported?
Written by DataEase 17/10/25 at 16:52:43 - 18 people have commented. The newsest comment is 90 days old.

Re:Re:Re:Re:LegEasy 4DOS - still available and supported?
It's only small, up to 5 users...
So how would you recommend we install then and can we have a simple shortcut to start DE on each the user's Desktop?
Cheers,
Richard.
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Re:Re:Re:LegEasy 4DOS - still available and supported?
Hi richard.
You are right in thinking that it is a little "byraucratic" but the interface was created originally for large users in mind and has a server install option.
But as it turned out, the majority of DFD users - of which there is...

Re:Re:LegEasy 4DOS - still available and supported?
Hi there, we are currently evaluating a 30 day version on LegEasy 4DOS and have some questions:
1) Does the product have to be installed on all PCs needing to run DataEase or can it be installed on a 'server PC' and other PCs connect to get thei...
