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Yep that's the one although that was very much the later design, they tried a number of designs, none worked well. It was a competitor to access but was nothing like it. Competing with ms was painful.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I worked with that software at one company that used it to store data and to perform programming tasks.
It was very limited and the people in the IT department there ended up developing several things in C++ and putting them into a DLL to be used from SuperBase... 
At that time (20+ years ago) I was like: "does anyone else works with this?" but it seems that it was... 
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It never did reach critical mass, then it got sold and sold and eventually was so marginalised I think it disappeared. I made a comfortable living in the 90s building solutions using it and was sad to see it die, especially as the alternative was access. It was nice being able to turn up with 2 360k disks and have your database and solution installed.
I used Delphi for a while and eventually got into the dress vb6.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Looks like that consultant knows only three things:
1. Delphi.
2. Delphi.
3. Delphi.
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Avijnata, how long you been around here? You know it should be
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(Notice the joke icon)
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Consultants may not know how to reckon from zero. 
Because, money is never reckoned from zero, isn't it? And consultants only (know how to) count money.
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Option Base 1
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
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Visual Studio means not much other than the programming environment. Let's say you mean .Net and/or native coding (C/C++).
If your goal is Windows (i.e. desktop apps, GUI, etc), there's nothing better than .Net/C#/WPF etc.
However, the resulting .Net assemblies are typically easy to disassemble, and any obfuscation yields limited results (at least for WPF apps). Since I needed some hard-to-disassemble code, I moved some pieces of UI-less software to Lazarus/Free-Pascal, which is a free Delphi alternative.
Why not C/C++ instead of Pascal? Simply because the same Pascal code works on almost any platform, than the typical non-standardized C/C++.
Yeah: I really hate C/C++...
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Ask him why. Maybe he knows that some code is reusable for the project. Normmaly the consultants knows "only" Delphi and so he suggests it.
I would advise you, make the interfaces/files/data open standards like the database is SQL, files in text or xml to avoid the dependency from Microsoft data formats.
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Visual Studio is neither a language nor a framework, so why would you recommend it?
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OK, I meant to say a combination of C# and VS as opposed to Delphi.
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon
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In my opinion, Microsoft documentation is better.
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I would go with VS any day 
It's much cheaper, and support from the .net community pretty much rocks!
Best,
John
-- LogWizard Meet the Log Viewer that makes monitoring log files a joy!
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These days, for GUI applications I would definitely recommend C# over Delphi. The languages are quite similar at their core (they were designed by the same person) but it is orders of magnitude harder to find developers skilled in Delphi.
For recruitment, and for maintainability, C# is a much better option. If you find you need to fix something three years after deployment, finding a Delphi developer to do it will be very expensive.
I mainly use C# and C++, but worked with Delphi in the mid-90s and mid-noughties, so do occasionally get calls from recruiters desperate to find someone with Delphi experience. And they are desperate.
Sounds like the consultant is either not as knowledgeable about the field as you should be able to expect, or is angling for a long-term contract with no competition.
The only reason to start a new Delphi project these days is if you have a large amount of tried and tested existing Delphi code you want to re-use. Even so, in that case I'd package that into DLLs and call from a C# application.
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You are totally right. Getting skilled programmers is an important issue, it can kill projects.
Dlls are a really good point for using C# - even if a big codebase is in Delphi. The hammer bonus is the clear interface and no one will fizzle in the old code.
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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VS advantage: Every
Delphi advantage: none
Technically a no-brainer. I fear that the problem is more in the domain of psychology. If the consultant is pushy, eloquent, and convincing then how do you battle? A few bullets in favour of VS, (that may have been mentioned) are:
* Easier to hire talent
* Superior debugger
* It is more modern and future proof as a platform (but you must learn your homework to meet arguments on this)
* Easier to deploy
* etc etc
Good luck
Life is too shor
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Thank you to all who have responded to my question. Your advice is very valuable, as always! Thanks again!
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon
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Not quite so bad, but I came across this the other day
Anyone here who reads (or used to read) it?
General Protection Fault [^]
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RIP "Philthy Animal" Taylor[^]
Quote: Hearing what Taylor did, the group’s then-guitarist turned to Lemmy and uttered what might serve as Taylor’s epitaph: “What a horrible little c***. He’s perfect.”
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I am BUMMED! 
I believe I will listen to The Hammer on the way home tonight.
Goodbye Philthy. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Lemmy
I read in a guitar magazine some time ago that Lemmy's psychiatrist once asked Lemmy why he couldn't remember to take his meds at the prescribed time and then went on to pose a lemma of sorts stating that there must be some way we can help him (you) remember.
And Lemmy's reply was that the meds didn't do anything so there was nothing memorable about taking them.
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Saw Phil play with Motorhead in 1981
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So as some of you know I've decided to blog about maths to start liking it and to understand it.
I just spent an entire evening finishing an article on algebra (third article already) and I liked it.
And the worst part is I've been looking forward to it all day...
I can't say if my plan is working or if I'm losing my mind (or maybe they're the same)
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The Maths can be very addictive once you find you're good at it.
There is only one Vera Farmiga and Salma Hayek is her prophet!
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That is an excellent learning strategy. I wish I had such discipline.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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