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- * This is the Client Application.
- * This does all of the work. It gets all of the variables both
- * from the DBF in the Server application and from the memory
- * variables in the Server application.
-
- STORE SECONDS() TO MSEC
- STORE .F. TO ContactMade
- ? "Trying to establish contact with DDESAMP.DBF...."
- DO WHILE SECONDS()-MSEC<10 && try to contact the DBF for 10 SECONDS
- TALK TO DDESERVE ABOUT DDESAMP && Setup the link
- IF CONTACT() && if we made contact
- STORE .T. TO ContactMade
- ?
- ? "Contact established..."
- EXIT
- ENDIF
- CHKEVENT() && always check for any events
- ENDDO
- IF .not. ContactMade && contact not established--give up
- ?
- ? "CONTACT WAS NEVER MADE WITH THE DBF!"
- WAIT
- ELSE && If we get to this point, we have made contact
- EXECUTE "GO TOP" && execute this command in the server app.
- STORE REQUEST("FIELD1") TO VAR1 && get data
- STORE REQUEST("FIELD2") TO VAR2
- STORE REQUEST("FIELD3") to VAR3
- ?
- ? "FIELD 1 DATA (Character Field): "
- ?? VAR1
- ? "FIELD 2 DATA (Date Field): "
- ?? VAR2
- ? "FIELD 3 DATA (Numeric Field): "
- ?? alltrim(VAR3)
- EXECUTE "SKIP" && go to the next record in DDESAMP
- STORE REQUEST("FIELD1") TO VAR4 && get more data
- STORE CTOD(REQUEST("FIELD2")) TO VAR5
- ?
- ? "FIELD 1 DATA FROM RECORD 2 (Character Field): "
- ?? VAR4
- ? "FIELD 2 DATA FROM RECORD 2 (Date Field): "
- ?? VAR5
- TERMINATE && cut the link
- ENDIF
-
- STORE SECONDS() TO MSEC
- STORE .F. TO ContactMade
- ?
- ? "Trying to establish contact with MEMORY..."
- DO WHILE SECONDS()-MSEC<10 && Try to contact MEMORY for 10 SECONDS
- TALK TO DDESERVE ABOUT MEMORY && setup the link
- IF CONTACT() && check for contact
- STORE .T. TO ContactMade
- ?
- ? "Contact established..."
- EXIT
- ENDIF
- CHKEVENT() && always check for windows events
- ENDDO
- IF .not. ContactMade && contact not made
- ?
- ? "CONTACT WAS NEVER MADE WITH MEMORY!"
- WAIT
- ELSE && If we get to this point, we have made contact
- STORE VAL(REQUEST("RECORDNO")) TO VAR6 && get data
- STORE REQUEST("CHARVAR") TO VAR7
- ?
- ? "NUMERIC VARIABLE: "
- ?? alltrim(str(VAR6))
- ? "CHARACTER VARIABLE: "
- ?? VAR7
- TERMINATE && cut the link
- ENDIF
-
- WAIT "DONE!!!"