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MIDAS Papers and Presentations
| Title | Description | Author |
|---|---|---|
| How to Use AutoInc Fields with DataSnap | How to Use AutoInc Fields with DataSnap. | Dan Miser |
| Resolving Joins with DataSnap | Describes some convenient ways to resolve joins using DataSnap. | Dan Miser |
| Dynamic Constraints in MIDAS | A run-time dynamic constraint editor for MIDAS servers, allowing you to change data constraints on the fly for your clients without recompiling. | Dan Miser John Kaster Louis Kleinman |
| Using ClientDataset as a Replacement for Cached Updates | How to use ClientDataset in your 2-tier applications. | Dan Miser |
| MIDAS: Beyond the Basics | Sample code and Power Point presentation from my BorCon99 session on this topic. | Dan Miser |
| Cross-platform MIDAS | Sample code and Power Point presentation from my BorCon99 session on this topic. | Dan Miser |
| Introduction to MIDAS | Paper presented at BorCon98 in Denver, CO. | Dan Miser |
| A Technical View of MIDAS | Technical paper on how to create a MIDAS application. | Charlie Calvert |
General MIDAS Downloads
| Filename | Description | Author |
|---|---|---|
| MIDAS Essential Pack | OpenSource suite of components to provide more functionality in MIDAS applications. Contains CDSUtil, TSharedConnection, TConnectionBroker, and TLogProvider. | Dan Miser |
| D2006 version of MIDAS.DLL | Version of MIDAS.DLL from Delphi 2006 (10.0.2151.25345). Fixes some bugs, and should be backwards compatible with Delphi 5-2005. | Borland |
| D2005 version of MIDAS.DLL | Version of MIDAS.DLL from Delphi 2005, Update 1 (9.0.1761.24408). Fixes some bugs, uses a new memory manager, and should be backwards compatible with Delphi 5-7. | Borland |
| D7 version of MIDAS.DLL | Version of MIDAS.DLL from Delphi 7, Update 1 (second update) (7.1.1692.668). Fixes many bugs, and is backwards compatible with Delphi 5 and 6 (a claim has been made that TByteField is not backwards compatible, and XML files saved in prior versions need to be regenerated with this DLL). | Borland |
| Add dynamic fields | Add TFields to a ClientDataset | Manuel Parma |
| ODBCExpress Provider | TProvider for ODBCExpress | Ove Ranheim |
| RDM Disconnect | Disconnect a Remote DataModule from the client connection. | Dan Miser |
| Shared Connection | Utilize secondary RDMs from your client application, sharing connections. | Josh Dahlby Dan Miser (*) |
| ClientDataset Threading | Open a ClientDataset in a separate thread | Josh Dahlby |
Note: Files in this section apply to Delphi 3 - 5. You will need to fix any compiler errors yourself until I can do it.
MIDAS 3 Downloads
| Filename | Description | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Connection Sample | Sample to show how to use the SharedConnection component to share database connections across multiple RDMs. | Dan Miser |
| Stateless Fetching | Sample to show how to store state on the client so you can use incremental fetching with the new MIDAS-3 app servers. Best illustarted when installing the server as an MTS object. | Dan Miser |
| MIDAS Router | Provides a way to route all MIDAS traffic through a central machine | A. Petrov |
| Socket Server Callback | D5 version of callbacks over TCP/IP, using SocketConnection and scktsrvr | Dan Miser |
Note: Files in this section apply only to Delphi 5.
MIDAS 2 Downloads
| Filename | Description | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Socket Server Callback | Callbacks over TCP/IP, using SocketConnection and scktsrvr | Dan Miser |
| Dynamic Providers | Shows how to export and use providers dynnamically at run-time | Dan Miser |
| DL214 common files | Common files neccessary to run the DL214 samples. Contains CDSProvider component and CDSUTIL to help wrap updates into one transaction. | Dan Miser |
| Interbase Demo file | Interbase database with sample tables | Dan Miser |
| Join | Sample showing how to reconcile join queries | Dan Miser |
| Lookup | Sample showing the benefits of using briefcase fiels with lookup tables | Dan Miser |
| Master/Detail | Sample to show how to wrap master/detail updates into one transaction | Dan Miser |
| Oracle Briefcase files | Briefcase files of DBDEMOS upsized to Oracle 8 | Dan Miser |
| Single | Sample to show how to set up CDS in 2-tiers and modify the SQL during update | Dan Miser |
| Constraint sample | Sample to show how you can propogate constraints from server to client at run-time. | John Kaster Louis Kleiman Dan Miser |
Note: Files in this section apply to Delphi 4. In some cases, you will need to convert the samples to be MIDAS-3 compliant.
MIDAS 1 Downloads
| Filename | Description | Author |
|---|---|---|
| ScktSrvr | View who's connected to ScktSrvr and kill connections if necessary. | Josh Dahlby Dan Miser (*) |
| ScktSvc | Socket Server running as an NT service. Here are the Installation Instructions | Josh Dahlby |
| Custom Providers | Files to make it easier to create custom Providers | Josh Dahlby |
| MIDASCon.pas | Link to the latest MIDASCon.pas on Borland's web server (2/17/98). Here are the Installation Instructions | Borland |
| DBCLIENT.DLL | Update date 2/10/98. Version 4.5.1.5 | Borland |
| TUpdateSQL Provider | Component to provide greater control over the update | Mark Edington |
| Threaded Class Factory | Easily create threaded application servers | Mark Edington |
| OLEnterprise CAB file | File to make it easier to deploy OLEnterprise clients | Borland |
Note: Files in this section only apply to Delphi 3. They are not used or needed in later versions of Delphi.
(*) Enhancements only
Last update: January 17, 2004
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