Re: Anyone using Valentina on Mac OS X
Re: Anyone using Valentina on Mac OS X
- Subject: Re: Anyone using Valentina on Mac OS X
- From: David Hood <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 20:00:56 +1200
On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 01:11 PM, Levan, Jerry wrote:
Greetings,
I just downloaded the Valentina Carbon Database Application, it
appears
that a principle method of talking to the database is via AppleScript.
Yep, in general I find it easier to tell the Valentina Application via
Applescript than actually working directly with the application. I tend
to think of Valentina as an engine that appears in a number of
different cars (frameworks and plugins for development environments).
The application has the hooks for applescript to control the engine.
It appears that it has only recently been "carbonized" and some of the
demo
scripts need fixing... (old "choose file" syntax ). Executing demo
scripts
from the script menu crash the application...
I would like to hear a few reviews before I spring for the licensed
version.
I've been using it for about 9 months, though only the last couple with
X. My thoughts are:
It is blindingly fast. I can import hundreds of thousands of records,
create methods (equivalent to filemaker calculation fields, this is
about the only thing I need to do within the application) and export the
results, all without having time to go and make coffee.
It's a bit raw in places. The current version is (about) 1.8.10 for the
full release and there is a lot of functionality planned to be added
over the next few months. The development schedule seems very active, it
feels like most weeks there is a new beta version.
I use it mostly for searching out large groups of data I then pass to
excel for analysis via applescript. I also use it for establishing links
between different data tables by trying different combinations of keys
in rapid succession. For these tasks I haven't seen anything more
promising, though for other jobs I use other database programs at the
moment.
Given the demo version is fully functional (only time limited, and 10
minutes is a long time in Valentina) I'd suggest just playing with it
for a while, you can decide how useful it is to you.
David Hood
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