I guess I need to give more than 5% of my brain to think on this some.
Send me a private email assuming a know nothing and I'll try and see what I
can do tonight.
At work at the moment.

Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ
http://www.ibobjects.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Tomaselli" <jrt@...>
To: <IBObjects@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 4:23 PM
Subject: RE: [IBO] Plugins


> Also, the run-time packages did not work.
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Wharton [mailto:jwharton@...]
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 7:07 PM
> To: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [IBO] Plugins
>
>
> You have two binary files that are talking to eachother. If they were
> compiled with different versions of IBO and statically linked you will
have
> problems. If you use run-time packages then you are for sure referencing
the
> same compiled IBO code for both modules.
>
> HTH,
> Jason Wharton
> CPS - Mesa AZ
> http://www.ibobjects.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Tomaselli" <jrt@...>
> To: <IBObjects@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 3:38 PM
> Subject: RE: [IBO] Plugins
>
>
> > Jason,
> > Ok, I will test with a recompile with Run-Time but I don't undestand
what
> > you mean by a "difference base of code".
> > Johnb
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Wharton [mailto:jwharton@...]
> > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 5:04 PM
> > To: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [IBO] Plugins
> >
> >
> > Perhaps you have a difference base of code between the running app and
the
> > one you are plugging in with. Run-time packages ensures that you are
using
> > consistent code between the modules compiled separately.
> >
> > Jason Wharton
> > CPS - Mesa AZ
> > http://www.ibobjects.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Tomaselli" <jrt@...>
> > To: <IBObjects@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 1:40 PM
> > Subject: RE: [IBO] Plugins
> >
> >
> > > Jason,
> > > I'm not quite sure why creating run-time packages (which I thought was
> > > mainly for distribution options) will fix the problem. Also I forgot
to
> > > mention that our testing worked fine with a BDE example. The Following
> IBO
> > > code is what gets tripped eventhough I test the Dataset as TIB_Dataset
> > > before I set it. For some reason the typecast occurs here.
> > >
> > > function TIB_DataSource.GetDataset: TIB_Dataset;
> > > begin
> > > Result := FStatement as TIB_Dataset;
> > > end;
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jason Wharton [mailto:jwharton@...]
> > > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 3:36 PM
> > > To: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [IBO] Plugins
> > >
> > >
> > > I think the only way this will work is if you are using run-time
> packages.
> > > Then, each module is getting and using objects created in the same
> > context.
> > >
> > > Jason Wharton
> > > CPS - Mesa AZ
> > > http://www.ibobjects.com
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "John Tomaselli" <jrt@...>
> > > To: <IBObjects@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 12:37 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [IBO] Plugins
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi Jason,
> > > > We are in the middle of creating a Demo App for smartPlugin from
> > Athrasoft
> > > > http://athrasoft.cjb.net/ ). When Finished we will put then demo
> > project
> > > on
> > > > both web sites for this very impressive product and hopefully save
> lots
> > of
> > > > time for the next IBOite who would like to use it.
> > > > Mostly things have gone very well;
> > > > Able to share database connections from Host with the Plugins.
> > > > Able to pass along tib_query and Datasources from Host to Plugin
> (needed
> > > for
> > > > Legacy applications)
> > > > The problem occurs when I try to use these objects as a datasource.
> > > > i.e.
> > > >
> > > > Params is a variable list passed from Host to Plugin in the
following
> > > line.
> > > > with Manager.LoadPlugin (True, PinName + '.spi',
> > > > dm1.ib_query1,dm1.ib_datasource15], @Pin) do
> > > >
> > > > The plugin picks them off in the following manner.
> > > > TObject(Fdataset) := Var2Obj(Params[0]); { Fdataset:
TIB_BDataset; }
> > > > TObject(dsHostPass) := Var2Obj(Params[1]); {dsHostPass:
> > TIB_DataSource;}
> > > >
> > > > The following code works fine when programattically using the
dataset.
> > > > Fdataset.bufferfirst;
> > > > frmMDI_1.edit3.text :=
> > > Fdataset.bufferfieldbyname('Description').asstring;
> > > > // works!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I would like to assign a datasource with the passed along object so
I
> > > could
> > > > have a grid display the results. The following code gives an
invalid
> > > > typecast error. I have tried serveral different methods all with the
> > same
> > > > results.
> > > >
> > > > IB_DataSource2.dataset:= Fdataset; // blows up
> > > >
> > > > Is this possible?
> > > > TIA
> > > > John
> > > >
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