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    Friday, November 14, 2008 Read | +Add Comment

    Thanks Daniel. I added your info on (* *) to the multiple-line comment section and I combined the single line comment info with this post and deleted the single line comment. Originally I wanted to document single line comments from multiple line comments. In hindsight, that was a dumb idea.

    Since compiler directives are also embedded in comments, I added a bit of introductory info about that too.



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    Object Pascal Comments (// and { } or (* *))

    Commenting code generally has three purposes: to document your code, for psuedo coding prior to coding, and to embed compiler directives. Most languages support both a single line comment and a multiple line comment. Some languages also use comments to give instructions to the compiler or interpretor.

    Commenting Code
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    Compiler Directives - $
    A special comment. Delphi compiler directives are in the form of {$DIRECTIVE}. Of interest for comments is using the $IFDEF compiler directive to remark out code.


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    Thursday, November 13, 2008 Read | +Add Comment

    You're welcome and thanks for the kind words. By the way, a few months ago you suggested we improve the look and make it a bit simpler and cleaner. Based on your input (and others) I made quite a few changes. Is the website better looking now? Or, do I have more work to do. I do have some ideas I haven't had time to implement but if you have any suggestions, they are welcome.



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    Mike Prestwood will present UML 1.4 at the Nov VB user group
    Mike Prestwood will speak on the Universal Modeling Language (UML) at the November 19th meeting of the Sacarmento Visual Basic user group. Tek Systems will be providing dinner.

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    Thursday, November 13, 2008 Read | +Add Comment

    Mike,

    You are an encyclopedia of knowledge. So if no the session, even if the extracts of the session on UML 1.4 in th eform of knowldege base article would help us learn a lot.

    Request you to evaluate the possibility.

    And, thank you very much for so much knowledge sharing!

    Regards

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    Regarding...
    Mike Prestwood will present UML 1.4 at the Nov VB user group
    Mike Prestwood will speak on the Universal Modeling Language (UML) at the November 19th meeting of the Sacarmento Visual Basic user group. Tek Systems will be providing dinner.

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    Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Read | +Add Comment

    Although I still like Paradox, I guess I should add that if you want to explore switching to MS Access, check out my ObjectPAL and Access VBA Cross Reference Guide.



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    WPO X4 Ships! Paradox Still Does Not Support Vista!
    According to current information on the official Corel X4 home page, WPO X4 ships with Paradox 11 SP2 and still does not support Vista. Yet.

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    Wednesday, November 12, 2008 (Updated 11/12/2008 3:05:49 PM)
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    >>...What the hell is the Paradox ICON supposed to represent. It looks like a laundry basket to me...

    I'm not sure which Paradox icon you are referring too, but I think you're referring to a database icon (for example with Paradox 11). Databases in documentation tools frequently use a generic cylinder looking icon to represent a database.


    >>...I found a typo (grammatical) error in Paradox'. EG Message says There isn't enough columns to make the copy. Should say "aren't"!

    As Steven alluded to in another post, I wish there was someone left at Corel to address the big issues and also take care of the little issues like a typo in a Paradox error dialog.



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    Is Paradox a good Internet solution?
    My thoughts on whether Paradox for Windows is a good solution for building web-based Internet solutions.


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    If you're still using Paradox for any of your business database applications, you need to put a plan together now for converting to another development tool or at least understand what the future is likely to hold. If you're a power-user or researcher working with data, stick with Paradox at least for now.
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