Using the ActiveX control is fun, especially if all you know is ObjectPAL. We had a lot of fun building a complete web-based knowledge base in Paradox back in 1999 and 2000. Through the years we've also used it here and there for use with our clients but ONLY when they have full hosting capabilities internally and are willing to maintain all that themselves.

Today I posted a new article to the Paradox group titled "Paradox and the Internet". This article gives a pretty good overview of the Paradox internet features. The content is from my Paradox 9 Power Programming book. See link below.

• http://www.prestwood.com/ASPSuite/KB/document_view.asp?qid=100771

>Hello Mike,
>As a retired engineer that started out with a slide rule I am frequently amazed at just how elegant >solft ware can be. You are like the worlds expert on Paradox and since I haven't been able to find >the answer on my own for the past ten years now, I figure it is time to ask somebody.

>Every once in a while when I set a look up a lookup table I get:
>File name is too long for a Paradox version 5.0 table.
>This doesn't make sense since I've been using 9 for a long time. WHAT DO YOU THINK i'M >MISSING!

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

>One other nagging question that you might know to answer to. What the hell is the Paradox ICON >supposed to represent. It looks like a laundry basket to me, but that doesn't seem all that probable!

>Respectfully,

>Joe Restle
>3993 Loftyview Pl.
>Erlanger, KY 41018
>859 283 2925
>

>File name is too long for a Paradox version 5.0 table.

16-bit versions of Paradox, DOS or WIN, are limited to the old 8.3 naming convention.. no long file names are allowed in file or folder names..

>>...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.

• Paradox Icons

>>...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.