Re: [racket] MysterX poll

2012-01-06 Thread Matthew Flatt
At Fri, 6 Jan 2012 09:56:24 -0200, Rodolfo Carvalho wrote: > I'm not actually using MysterX, but for what I understood, shouldn't the > above sentence read the opposite? > > "... porting from `mysterx' to `ffi/com' (the new implementation) will be > encouraged." Right - thanks! _

Re: [racket] MysterX poll

2012-01-06 Thread Rodolfo Carvalho
Hello Matthew, On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 08:53, Matthew Flatt wrote: > Thanks for your responses to the MysterX poll. Based on those > responses, here's the plan: > > [...] > * Reimplement the COM parts (core and events) as `ffi/com'. The > interface of `ffi/com' will not match `mysterx' exactly

Re: [racket] MysterX poll

2012-01-06 Thread Matthew Flatt
Thanks for your responses to the MysterX poll. Based on those responses, here's the plan: * Mark the ActiveX parts of ActiveX as to be removed after v5.2.1 (i.e. after the next release). No one claims to be using the part of MysterX to be removed. * Reimplement the COM parts (core and eve

Re: [racket] MysterX poll

2011-12-30 Thread Galler
Matthew, I use the MysterX COM layer of sections 2.1-2.2 for working with Microsoft's ADO library I have no intentions/ability to use the other sections I would be happy to share all my ADO related code if it would be of benefit. Racket Users list: http://lists.r

Re: [racket] MysterX poll

2011-12-29 Thread Greg Hendershott
P.S. tl;dr: No one would help her plant the seeds, harvest the wheat, make the flour, bake the bread. Everyone helped her eat the bread. On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Greg Hendershott wrote: > I have used the basic COM layer (2.1-2.2) to do some one-off > utilities. Such as moving data from M

Re: [racket] MysterX poll

2011-12-29 Thread Greg Hendershott
I have used the basic COM layer (2.1-2.2) to do some one-off utilities. Such as moving data from MS SQL Server using the ADODB COM interface, into an Excel application using its COM interface. Although I'm not actively using those utilities at the moment, it seems a shame to lose that interoperabi

Re: [racket] MysterX poll

2011-12-28 Thread José Lopes
Hello Matthew, I am using the basic COM layer (sections 2.1-2.2). I am not using the event layer (section 2.3), but I might use it in the future. I am not using the ActiveX layer (section 3) and I am not planning to use it. Regards, José On 29-12-2011 09:30, Matthew Flatt wrote: If you us