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Edmund · Guest

Hi,

I would like to create a command-line-based utility that
accesses a table and displays it on the screen(command
prompt screen); but as far as I can see, all of these
DBTables components require a 'form'. Are there a set
of non-visual components (probably library would be
more appropriate) that I can use to make a command
line utility. For this particular application, I don't
need a UI.

Thanks. Any information appreciated.

Edmund

Edmund · Guest

I suppose posting here helps jog the memory. While the
Delphi 7 help didn't help much, I did end up remembering
it was along the lines of :

var
myTable : TTable;
Self : TComponent;

..
myTable := TTable.create(Self);

Of course, this 'works', but I then ended up replacing "Self" with
"Null". No can do. Then I searched the net more on
'ttable.create(self)' and came across a link that had
ttable.create(nil) and bingo, it worked.

I do realize posting an answer to my own question is alittle
silly, but having not played around with Delphi and databases
in a while, I am quite rusty.

Anyway, this is a good 'for future reference' post. :)

Edmund

Wayne Niddery [TeamB] · Guest

Edmund wrote: