But the ??? problem is ongoing and despite all the changes to the region settings in Windows 11, I still cannot get the ??? symbol to display properly. I also cannot get it to export to a .csv file. I will keep trying different settings. I did try the...

On a general note searchin gin DQL or in code can be done with much more precission buy using StringFind() and one can even search in all the data in a table with DEOS("@Record").

StringFind("StringToSearch","TextToSearchFor")

StringFind(...

Hi Pete.

DataEase utilizes three primary wild card characters for database queries and data filtering: 

• * (Asterisk): Matches any number of characters, including zero characters.
• ? (Question...

I am using Version 9.0.0.7342.

I am converting a system that uses the mathematical symbol for pi.

I decided to use the tilde (~) instead.

I have found that the tilde can be used in place of the asterisk when searching in a file ...

ps. I’ve tested … nevertheless . Also I’ve ancient giant tower with win95 & de4.53sql russian … and Microsoft lumia 950 with dosbox &de4.53sql russian ..and the first smartwatch Samsung gear 1 with dosbox & de4.53sql russian...

Earl Wertheimer Holy News on Windows 10 32 bit is just in time! Thx s lot, dear Earl

hi! And DE4.53 was the only true AI from the very beginning of DataMaster AI epoch ;)

Thx for The Holy News ! Glory to DatAIs Team nevertheless! 

I added the TOUCH.COM program to all .bats running DataEase.

It just resets the datestamp on USERFORM.DBS whenever our timezone changes for Daylight Savings Time.

Touch.com USERFORM.DBS /T:3:14:16

DataEase 4.53 and 5.53 work fine natively on Windows 10 32-bit.  

I've still got clients in production ;-)

Hi All!

Playing with different AI’s up to blockbusters generations I’ve found that their main idea copied from DFD … forms and DQLs creating … For sure modern  textual “prompts” is not faraway from ancient coding in C or...

u r welcome nevertheless . yup... The first and the only language on the planet  before Babylon tower development  is money. I need 7.2 legacy download working ;) Thank You very much! 

Thank you for your message. I appreciate that English may not be your first language. However, I am sorry but I don't understand your last two messages.

To confirm: my DataEase 7.2 has been working normally since I updated the error-prone update...

It is hard to hack old apps … so You have evmove.com , Evdat* even … 

??

thx for Your reply . For sure we need “something” unknown … here due to the war … hard to unlock to be short …

This is just a version available for people that bought it back in the day and its not retailed anymore. There is nothing this version do better than LE9 or DE8.5. 

Dataease 7 was mostly a disappointment to users even though 7.2 rounded of...

“01/04/26 15:09:11

Re:Re:DataEase access

There is no trial or testing serial for 7.2. Its just a lega...

"...........................................But 7.2 …how did you manage it without license key?"

I have always had license keys, each time I upgraded from the first DataMaster, through the first Windows versions up to 7.2. 

Thank You very much too! To be short we’ve lived in Golden Epoch. Now it is stagnation everywhere! But I am confident that next DataEase will give us a pleasure we had from the very beginning … Glory to DataEase ! ps. But 7.2 …how did yo...

Thanks. You wrote: "......................and take that story about CP/M and IBM and OS for the first IBM PC".

I remember those days well. I had a PC built for my business around 1998, and limited database software was written for me in CP/M.&nb...

Don't worry about us, you can't really waist the time here as all information about problem and possible problems is good to know.

We are handling a big old codebase ourselves and sometimes you can wonder how it can work at all with so many pos...

don’t worry … simply keep in mind and take that story about CP/M and IBM and OS for the first IBM PC  into account… Glory to DataEase team nevertheless ! 

Thank you for your suggestions. I tried all of them, except trialling DataEase 9x, without success. At this stage of my later years of age, I did not want to move to a new platform. 

However, I did learn that MS had fouled up their updates...

Hi All! It seems to me that log files or even dumPs are looking like coding directly in 0 and 1 via engineering panel as it was in ancient times ;) New DataEase approach gives me the way to make forms tables dqlS printing outputs and etc. to get info...

With a very old, many versions app, orphan code & forms tend to occur.

Application\Status is good to use to sort out and clean this up but some error messages do not give much info on where the error is.

Can it be set to write these er...

Written by DataEase 02/04/26 at 09:43:37 - 10 people have commented. The newsest comment is 138 days old.

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:DE Player not loading successfully since LE9 7342 update

Re:Re:Re:DataEase access

Re:Re:DataEase access

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:DE Player not loading successfully since LE9 7342 update

Re:DataEase access

Hi All! https://www.dataease.com/static/files/DataEase-7.2.3.947.exe  What serial # needed to test ? Glory to DataEase Team! Written by Ihor Zakharchenko 01/04/26 at 13:50:27 - 19 people have commented. The newsest comment is 126 days old.

Re:DataEase access

Written by DataEase 01/04/26 at 13:45:00 - 19 people have commented. The newsest comment is 126 days old.

DataEase access

Thank you for your prompt reply.

I had considered all the ideas you suggested before sending in my query. However, my version of Dataease was a slightly earlier version than the one you sent the link to, so I uninstalled my...

Written by Anthony Kravitz 01/04/26 at 10:36:10 - 19 people have commented. The newsest comment is 126 days old.

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:DE Player not loading successfully since LE9 7342 update

Thank you for the detail.

So for LE9 7342 it must be used similar to DE8.5 where there is a clear separation between developer (dataease.exe) and user (deplayer.exe) logon.

What is the purpose of 'remoteease.exe"?

...

Written by Sam 31/03/26 at 23:50:50 - 10 people have commented. The newsest comment is 138 days old.

Re:DataEase access

Written by DataEase 31/03/26 at 18:18:17 - 19 people have commented. The newsest comment is 126 days old.

DataEase access

I have been a DataEase user since 1982, when it was called DataMaster, and am directly responsible for at least 9 other businesses purchasing the application through me. 

I have been retired for over 20 years and now use my DE applicat...

Written by Anthony Kravitz 31/03/26 at 15:32:30 - 19 people have commented. The newsest comment is 126 days old.

Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:DE Player not loading successfully since LE9 7342 update

deplayer.exe will be as robust and suited for running applications as developer.exe, and possibly even much more robust. 

The goal is to make a proper runtime evinronment where the developer can tailor the application completely and remove...

Written by DataEase 31/03/26 at 11:09:46 - 10 people have commented. The newsest comment is 138 days old.

DataEase 9 Player

The player that is shipped with DataEase Developer is there for testing how the app will look in player mode.

There is now a lot of seperate configuraiton possibilites for apps in Player Mode.

Player files

When deplaye...

Written by DataEase 31/03/26 at 11:07:17 - 10 people have commented. The newsest comment is 138 days old.

Re:Re:DE8.5

Glad you got it fixed.

There is some recurring "challenges" over the years in DataEase like Sequence Numbers etc. And obviously Date is also one of these.

Originally this was decided by DataEase i.e. what you set in your Configuration fi...

Written by DataEase 31/03/26 at 10:53:45 - 2 people have commented. The newsest comment is 140 days old.

Re:DE8.5

Got it sorted.
Was an issue with the Configuration DBM.
Replaced it and date format is now as expected

...

Written by Sam 29/03/26 at 23:20:46 - 2 people have commented. The newsest comment is 140 days old.

DE8.5 & LE9 Date format does not change with Regional settings for migrated app?

Got a very weird issue with an app originally migrated from DE6.53 on both DE8.5 and LE9.

The updated app must be setup for a client with a different regional date setting.

Normally if the regional date format changes then DE will automati...

Written by Sam 29/03/26 at 15:23:20 - 2 people have commented. The newsest comment is 140 days old.

Re:Re:Re:Re:DE Player not loading successfully since LE9 7342 update

Re: "This is intentional as Player is being moved towards a deployment/packaging tool while Developer will double as both Developer and Player."

While developer (dataease.exe)&nbs...

Written by Sam 27/03/26 at 03:38:09 - 10 people have commented. The newsest comment is 138 days old.

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...

Written by Sam 20/03/26 at 09:07:47 - 3 people have commented. The newsest comment is 151 days old.

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...

Written by Sam 20/03/26 at 08:31:47 - 3 people have commented. The newsest comment is 151 days old.

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?

...

Written by Sam 20/03/26 at 07:35:14 - 3 people have commented. The newsest comment is 151 days old.

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...

Written by Sam 20/03/26 at 00:08:26 - 3 people have commented. The newsest comment is 151 days old.

Re:Form Inconsistency errors

Written by DataEase 19/03/26 at 11:14:37 - 1 people have commented. The newsest comment is 152 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...

Written by Richard Sargeant 19/03/26 at 11:05:00 - 1 people have commented. The newsest comment is 152 days old.

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...

Written by Eric 03/03/26 at 10:56:18 - 10 people have commented. The newsest comment is 138 days old.

Re:Re:DE Player not loading successfully since LE9 7342 update

Written by DataEase 26/02/26 at 12:24:33 - 10 people have commented. The newsest comment is 138 days old.

Re:DE Player not loading successfully since LE9 7342 update

I get the same!

...

Written by Peter Birney, PB Associates 24/02/26 at 17:35:35 - 10 people have commented. The newsest comment is 138 days old.

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 ?  

...

Written by Eric 24/02/26 at 09:59:21 - 10 people have commented. The newsest comment is 138 days old.

Re:Re:Re:user directory open error

I’ve 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...

Written by Ihor Zakharchenko 10/02/26 at 12:52:09 - 8 people have commented. The newsest comment is 80 days old.

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...

Written by byterbit 10/02/26 at 00:52:55 - 8 people have commented. The newsest comment is 80 days old.

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.

...

Written by Sam 09/02/26 at 21:55:22 - 9 people have commented. The newsest comment is 190 days old.

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 190 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

...

Written by Ihor Zakharchenko 09/02/26 at 11:51:39 - 1 people have commented. The newsest comment is 190 days old.

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...

Written by Ihor Zakharchenko 09/02/26 at 11:40:38 - 8 people have commented. The newsest comment is 80 days old.

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...

Written by DataEase 09/02/26 at 11:28:38 - 8 people have commented. The newsest comment is 80 days old.

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...

Written by Sam 09/02/26 at 08:22:47 - 1 people have commented. The newsest comment is 190 days old.

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 ?

...

Written by Ihor Zakharchenko 09/02/26 at 07:10:46 - 8 people have commented. The newsest comment is 80 days old.

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 Dataease’s LegEasy4DOS.

Can't get it working.

I imitated the directory structure...

Written by byterbit 08/02/26 at 22:18:44 - 8 people have commented. The newsest comment is 80 days old.

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.

...

Written by Sam 07/02/26 at 23:00:20 - 9 people have commented. The newsest comment is 190 days old.

Re:Re:LE9.7342 license

it works,thank You very much

...

Written by Ihor Zakharchenko 06/02/26 at 15:58:45 - 2 people have commented. The newsest comment is 193 days old.

Re:LE9.7342 license

It has been exstended.

...

Written by DataEase 06/02/26 at 15:13:46 - 2 people have commented. The newsest comment is 193 days old.

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!

...

Written by Ihor Zakharchenko 06/02/26 at 13:01:53 - 2 people have commented. The newsest comment is 193 days old.

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...

Written by DataEase 04/02/26 at 11:37:48 - 7 people have commented. The newsest comment is 195 days old.

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 didn’t work in version 9, after I imported the p...

Written by Handles 04/02/26 at 10:26:44 - 7 people have commented. The newsest comment is 195 days old.

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...

Written by DataEase 03/02/26 at 19:49:42 - 7 people have commented. The newsest comment is 195 days old.

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 190 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 196 days old.

Re:Re:Re:Re:App Fault

Hi, unfortunately I followed your instructions to the letter but still getting the error.

...

Written by Richard Sargeant 03/02/26 at 14:57:45 - 5 people have commented. The newsest comment is 196 days old.

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...

Written by DataEase 03/02/26 at 12:12:20 - 5 people have commented. The newsest comment is 196 days old.

Re:Re:App Fault

Hi Tried reinstalling multiple times with and without admin rights. Same OS version, same AV and same printers.

...

Written by Richard Sargeant 03/02/26 at 11:38:52 - 5 people have commented. The newsest comment is 196 days old.

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.

...

Written by DataEase 03/02/26 at 11:22:07 - 5 people have commented. The newsest comment is 196 days old.

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...

Written by Richard Sargeant 03/02/26 at 10:51:42 - 5 people have commented. The newsest comment is 196 days old.

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.

...

Written by Sam 02/02/26 at 21:01:11 - 9 people have commented. The newsest comment is 190 days old.

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...

Written by Handles 02/02/26 at 15:02:55 - 7 people have commented. The newsest comment is 195 days old.

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!

...

Written by DataEase 02/02/26 at 12:42:09 - 7 people have commented. The newsest comment is 195 days old.

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 )))

...

Written by Handles 01/02/26 at 19:56:32 - 7 people have commented. The newsest comment is 195 days old.

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...

Written by Handles 01/02/26 at 19:29:25 - 7 people have commented. The newsest comment is 195 days old.

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...

Written by Handles 01/02/26 at 17:26:17 - 7 people have commented. The newsest comment is 195 days old.

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...

Written by DataEase 30/01/26 at 10:28:32 - 9 people have commented. The newsest comment is 190 days old.

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...

Written by Sam 29/01/26 at 22:39:05 - 9 people have commented. The newsest comment is 190 days old.

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.
Written by DataEase 29/01/26 at 11:15:27 - 9 people have commented. The newsest comment is 190 days old.

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...

Written by DataEase 29/01/26 at 11:08:41 - 1 people have commented. The newsest comment is 201 days old.

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

...

Written by Sam 26/01/26 at 21:16:58 - 9 people have commented. The newsest comment is 190 days old.

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 ? 

  

...

Written by Eric 20/01/26 at 09:30:55 - 1 people have commented. The newsest comment is 201 days old.

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...

Written by Ihor Zakharchenko 21/12/25 at 11:19:40 - 8 people have commented. The newsest comment is 240 days old.

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...

Written by Ihor Zakharchenko 20/12/25 at 09:40:38 - 18 people have commented. The newsest comment is 241 days old.

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...

Written by DataEase 19/12/25 at 11:23:17 - 18 people have commented. The newsest comment is 241 days old.