O$: read non-unicode Datafile in O$ 5.2

[Jim Creak]

Could you use ODBC? 

Thanks
Jim

JACSoft Programming Ltd.



On 30/04/2013, at 10:39 PM, Nick Renders wrote:

> Hi List,
> 
> 
> I am looking for a way to read data from a non-unicode Datafile in Omnis Studio 5.2.
> 
> The Datafile is still being used by an O$ 4.3 Library and conversion to unicode is not an option.
> I've read in the "What's New" PDF that you can interact with non-unicode databases using the DAMs, but this does not seem to apply to the OmnisSQL DAM.
> 
> Any ideas on how to read the data in 5.2 without converting the Datafile?
> We're thinking along the lines of setting up an O$ 4.3 Library to pass the data to the O$ 5.2 Library.
> Does anyone have any experience with this?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Nick Renders
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