Getting data from REVELATION (AREV Specific)
At 20 MAR 2000 02:58:12PM [email protected] wrote:
I have to get data from Revelation. How?
- The command to start the program is REV.EXE
- The splash screen reads: REVELATION (TM) Operating Environment
Any help is appreciated.
At 20 MAR 2000 04:17PM [email protected] wrote:
On the "Utilities" disk for revelation there was a program called 'porter'. You can use this export data from Revelation.
Do you have this disk?
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At 20 MAR 2000 06:09PM CT Savell wrote:
From your message it does not sound as if you are familiar with the application you are running from Revelation. Do you know how to log into your application? Do you know how to get to TCL? Is your system a runtime only or a full system including complier, etc.?
There are number of ways to get your data DSig's suggestion of using PORTER being one of them. It depends on what you mean by "getting the data out of Revelation." PORTER (and some other simlier methods) can be used to import or export data stored on the hard disk. If the data you seek however is calculated on the fly and displayed in a report, you would then want to write the report to a file then import the file into a spread sheet or other program to manipulate it.
At 21 MAR 2000 12:30PM [email protected] wrote:
Thanks for the replies.
I don't know anything about Revelation. I don't have the disks, and there is no file named porter.
I can get into TCL, but I am lost once I am there. I am converting an application and cannot get any technical info from the vendor. (After all, what incentive do they have?)
I was hoping there was an ODBC driver, or some similar tool.
Thanks again.
At 21 MAR 2000 12:39PM Don Bakke wrote:
Your best bet would be to contract with a Revelation developer/consultant to export the data for you. Since you have no familiarity with Revelation and you probably don't understand the multi-value architecture, this will be a significant challenge for you without assistance.
You can go to the Developer Network area for company references or you can post a help wanted message on the classifieds.
At 21 MAR 2000 02:55PM [email protected] wrote:
To be fair, Revelation is 15+ years old so no .. no odbc (of course event RTI's new products don't have odbc .. this is a captured environment:-)
So .. there have been a couple of threads recently about conversion tools available. Try a search. The only other options are write a routine yourself (not hard but you do need to be familiar with the data structures) or contract the data conversion out.
Also some of us (me me me
make a living out of conversions and other necessities for RTI products.
If you want to discuss the conversion of data give me a call or Email me.
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At 04 APR 2000 09:15AM Chris Leenhouts wrote:
We also make our living selling do-it-yourself tools and service packages to help you get to MS-Access, SQL and other environments quickly from RevG. See http://exorsys.com/revelation.htm for more info.