Hi,

Got a couple of questions with regards to external modules that I've not
been able to answer from the documentation.

1. Is there any way of implementing some type of on progress event from
within a external module?

2. Is there any way to access the session and database connection
information from an external module to access the database from which it is
being called?  Or would I have to pass the connection information through
the parameters and then

3. Is there any way to "unload" a module after it's no longer needed.  The
functions that I'm working on would be one time functions and not used
anywhere else, so I would like to get them out of the way once they are
done.

Thanks.

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Terry

>1. Is there any way of implementing some type of on progress event from
>within a external module?

If its SQL based I don't know, but I doubt it. If its as a Delphi etc dll then you can implement something in there as with any dll

>2. Is there any way to access the session and database connection
>information from an external module to access the database from which it is
>being called?

Not to my knowledge

>3. Is there any way to "unload" a module after it's no longer needed. The
>functions that I'm working on would be one time functions and not used
>anywhere else, so I would like to get them out of the way once they are
>done.

No idea but in that case the question has to be asked - why have an external module which is intended to be an extension to ElevateDB. Can what you want not be just achieved using a standard dll?

Roy Lambert [Team Elevate]

Terry,

<< 1. Is there any way of implementing some type of on progress event from
within a external module? >>

No, not at this time.

<< 2. Is there any way to access the session and database connection
information from an external module to access the database from which it is
being called?  Or would I have to pass the connection information through
the parameters >>

No, you would have to do like you say and pass the database name, etc. to
connect to.  We usually recommend that you split the necessary external
parts out from the database processing parts, and have the database
processing occur in a normal SQL procedure.  For example, say you have a
situation where you need to interface with another DLL or hardware device.
Instead of coding the whole thing in an external procedure using the
ElevateDB components, you can code the database portions in SQL and then
call the external procedure for the specific interface calls.

<< 3. Is there any way to "unload" a module after it's no longer needed.
The functions that I'm working on would be one time functions and not used
anywhere else, so I would like to get them out of the way once they are
done. >>

No, EDB will keep it around for performance purposes until the session is
closed.

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Elevate Software
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