Valentina for REALbasic FAQs

Thank you for your interest in Valentina. Here you will find links to general topics related to all Valentina for V4RB products as well as specific frequently asked questions and answers about REALbasic support.

Read about how exceptions work in Valentina for REALbasic.

I see that I can use syntax curs.Field(1).value as well as e.g. curs.LongField(1).value. If exists any difference?

Yes, exists difference. In the first case works VField.value as VARIANT, In the second case works VLong.value as integer. The second case is much faster, at least for RB 5.5 - 2006.

How I can init an ObjectPtr field for self-recursion when I create it in the constructor of my subclass of VTable?

You need to use the “self” keyword of REALbasic to get reference of the current Table.

How I can set a field to be NULL ?

You can use method VField.SetBlank().
Also you can use property VField.IsNull = true.

How I can check that REALbasic have recognize V4RB plugin?

Please read Valentina for REALbasic Installation.

What Valentina for REALbasic installs and where?

Please read Valentina for REALbasic Installation.

REALbasic Standard do not see Valentina plugin. Why?

Please read Valentina for REALbasic Installation.

REALbasic now can compile for the MacOS X Intel platform. Does Valentina for REALbasic (Mac) also support this?

Yes! Paradigma Software began shipping products with MacOS X Intel support since late 2005. The same week that REAL Software shipped MacOS X Intel support, Paradigma Software shipped Valentina for REALbasic (Mac) with a universal binary target.

When I work in the debug mode my application works very slow. In the release build it works fast.

Probably in the debug mode you have Valentina.DebugLevel = kLogParams. This mode is slow because it produces debug log on HDD.

Can I use RBDB API with Valentina for REALbasic?

Yes you can. Please read details here.

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• Valentina SQL FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions about Valentina SQL, including the standard SQL implementation and Valentina extensions.