VB6 s/w to keep track in tournament
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From: Saga on 18 Jun 2010 17:30 Thanks, much appreciated! Saga "mbyerley" <mDotByerley(a)VerizonDottieNettie> wrote in message news:grudncRwMqlhQ4bRnZ2dnUVZ_tmdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > > "Saga" <antiSpam(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:OomgmrwDLHA.4308(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> >> I might be involved in developing a vb6 s/w that will help keep track >> of the participants in a tournament. Before I go inventing the wheel > > A friend of mine has a pretty elaborate application written in RBase that > has been used and upgraded as time passed for the last 20 years or so for > the National Dart Championships in Las Vegas Nevada. Sorry it's not a VB > project, but you would not have to reinvent the wheel (AIUI, the > aforementioned RBase App has become quite sophisticated over the years). > > If it interests you in the least, email me off list: bauerlie hotmail.com > / you know what goes in the middle > >> (again) I would like to know if any of you have heard or know of >> an already built VB6 project that I can use as a starting point. >> >> The basic idea is to have a sign up form where contestants register >> then display each contestant as he or she either wins or loses a >> game. I need a few more charcateristics, but see no problem >> in modifying an existing template. Thanks, Saga >> >> >> > >
From: Tony Toews on 18 Jun 2010 18:03 On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:22:57 -0500, "Saga" <antiSpam(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >I might be involved in developing a vb6 s/w that will help keep track >of the participants in a tournament. Before I go inventing the wheel >(again) I would like to know if any of you have heard or know of >an already built VB6 project that I can use as a starting point. > >The basic idea is to have a sign up form where contestants register >then display each contestant as he or she either wins or loses a >game. I need a few more charcateristics, but see no problem >in modifying an existing template. Thanks, Saga But maybe this would be better done in Access which handles databases better than VB6. Tony
From: Helmut Meukel on 18 Jun 2010 19:10 "Tony Toews" <ttoews(a)telusplanet.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:h7rn16dhm7n2447d1i0rlqtob2rnhvgask(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:22:57 -0500, "Saga" <antiSpam(a)nowhere.com> > wrote: > >>I might be involved in developing a vb6 s/w that will help keep track >>of the participants in a tournament. Before I go inventing the wheel >>(again) I would like to know if any of you have heard or know of >>an already built VB6 project that I can use as a starting point. >> >>The basic idea is to have a sign up form where contestants register >>then display each contestant as he or she either wins or loses a >>game. I need a few more charcateristics, but see no problem >>in modifying an existing template. Thanks, Saga > > But maybe this would be better done in Access which handles databases > better than VB6. > > Tony > Huh, if it's a mdb both programs use the very same database engine: Jet 4.0. I use Dao 3.6 not Ado for accessing a mdb. I use Access for creating the tables, indexes and relations, because these are one-time tasks, not worth coding them. Creating and testing Queries is easier in Access. I use my test copy of the mdb for this, but then write the code to check if the query exists in the target mdb and create it otherwise. But I may be wrong assuming BV6 is more flexible than Access, I never tried it with Access97, A2000 or later. I decided to go the VB-way when I checked out Access 2.0 and VB3. Helmut.
From: MikeD on 18 Jun 2010 22:45 "Tony Toews" <ttoews(a)telusplanet.net> wrote in message news:h7rn16dhm7n2447d1i0rlqtob2rnhvgask(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:22:57 -0500, "Saga" <antiSpam(a)nowhere.com> > wrote: > >>I might be involved in developing a vb6 s/w that will help keep track >>of the participants in a tournament. Before I go inventing the wheel >>(again) I would like to know if any of you have heard or know of >>an already built VB6 project that I can use as a starting point. >> >>The basic idea is to have a sign up form where contestants register >>then display each contestant as he or she either wins or loses a >>game. I need a few more charcateristics, but see no problem >>in modifying an existing template. Thanks, Saga > > But maybe this would be better done in Access which handles databases > better than VB6. > That's debatable. VB6 can handle databases quite well (OK, yes, you will need to write some code). I'd even argue that VB6 gives you more freedom and flexibility regarding databases than Access does. Plus, you get a full programming language in which you can do more things and better things than you could in Access (oh, and then there's the little fact of making a real executable program, rather than something that has to run within Access...and yes I know about the Access runtime that is redistributable...there's still no comparison). No disrespect, Tony, but I think that's a terrible suggestion. -- Mike
From: Tony Toews on 18 Jun 2010 23:28
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:45:10 -0400, "MikeD" <nobody(a)nowhere.edu> wrote: >No disrespect, Tony, but I think that's a terrible suggestion. I respectfully disagree. While you raise some valid points you can created a database style app a lot faster in Access what with bound forjms, continuous forms, subforms, tab control and so forth. Now if it's a non database app then I'd suggest VB6. Tony |