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FAQ: FAQ4700B — Obtaining a list of available BDE language drivers
Category: BDE
Platform: All-32Bit
Product: Delphi2.x, Delphi3.x, Delphi4.x,
Question:
How can I retreive a list of available BDE language drivers?
Answer:
The following Delphi procedure returns a formatted list of
available BDE language drivers.
The procedure can be called as shown in the buttonclick
method below.
Add BDE and DBTables to your unit's uses clause.
procedure GetLdList(Lines: TStrings);
var
hCur: hDBICur;
LD: LDDesc;
cnt:integer;
begin
// get a cursor to the in-mem table containing language
// driver information...
cnt:=0;
check(dbiinit(nil));
Check(DbiOpenLdList(hCur));
try
while (DbiGetNextRecord(hCur, dbiNOLOCK, @LD, nil) =
DBIERR_NONE) do begin
cnt:=cnt+1;
Lines.Add(format('%4d %-6s%-10s %-10s%5s %-10s %-10s',
[cnt,'Name:',LD.szName,'Code Page:',IntToStr(LD.iCodePage),
'Description:',LD.szDesc]));
end;
finally
Check(DbiCloseCursor(hCur));
check(dbiexit);
end;
end;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
getldlist(memo1.lines);
end;
end.
7/13/99 10:12:07 AM
Last Modified: 01-SEP-99