On Fri, 15 Feb 2008, Szakáts Viktor wrote:
> ace.h in SVN wouldn't solve the problem. Let's see one example:
> AdsGetNumActiveLinks() ADS C API (called from ADSGETNUMACTIVELINKS()),
> is not present in 6.11 (pbly 6.22 too) ace.h,
So this code should be updated:
#if ADS_REQUIRE_VERSION >= 6
HB_FUNC( ADSGETNUMACTIVELINKS ) // requires 6.2 ! Only valid for a
DataDict
{
...
And we have to intorduce minor number checking.
> so even if someone is
> using a hacked, or freshest ace.h, this ADS API will only be available
> when using the latest ace32.dll, but not when using the 6.22 ace32.dll.
> So we would just be swapping a compile error to a link error.
By default our code is compiled with:
#define ADS_REQUIRE_VERSION 5
AFAIR to our old ace.h were added some undocumented functions and
maybe it's the reason why it does not work now.
> IMO the proper solution is to detect (or get from envvar) installed
> ADS package version and compile only those parts of the contrib,
> which can actually be used with that version of ADS.
I'm not ADS user and the solution I'm leaving to people interested
in this library who knows all original ace.h versions with undocumented
but accessible tricks and can make proper updates.
BTW AFAIR it should be possible to use newer client for older server
versions.
best regards,
Przemek
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