It is with great pleasure that we announce the removal of the Borland Database Engine (BDE) from future versions of Dispatch. While it more than served it's purpose, the BDE was a nuisance for us to deploy. Beginning with the soon to be released Dispatch 3.0, the BDE will no longer be required. So what does that mean to the end-user? Here's a short list:
The technology which replaced the BDE is called dbExpress. dbExpress was first introduced in 2000 and now at version 4. dbExpress is a mature and stable technology and we are confident that there was no longer any excuse to carry on using the BDE. If you are interested in in-depth technical details about the BDE and dbExpress, follow these links: BDE Based Architecture dbExpress Framework |
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