Thank you very much, I think that helps more than the first example because some users are lazy and if they made a mistake choosing the star they do not want to go back and fix the mistake.  Unless they are pissed off and they want to be sure to give you one star(because cero star does not exist).

My goodness, Derek! I knew how to do it after download and try your example!! I do not know how you make things so easy. You are the master. Thank you very much!!

Hello everyone, I would like to know if is possible to add the typical 5 stars like the Google reviews  in a form and then show it in a tablegrid without code. The only way I think it's possible is through code adding one Star related to a number from one to five but I don't think without code. Am I right or wrong? Thanks for your help, Jaime.

Thank you very much.

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"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have" Eckhard Tolle.

Hello, I have a question. If I am not wrong I think Embarcadero RAD - Delphi uses or recognizes Object Pascal and C++ as languages. Does the compiler included in MVD do the same? So does MVD recognize C++ too? Thanks, Jaime.

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Portability to Mac or Android that's up to drive-soft. The company designed MVD software knows the scope of that project and they have the answer for that which involves lots of time-money. MVD is already an animal and Mac-android could make it a monster.

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Many of the software out there lack of compatibility. For example Garage band lack of compatibility with windows and Android but I am assuming that if you want to use it you have to buy a Mac or use a sharing desktop application. If you want to use MVD from Android or mac you can do it sharing the desktop. Lack of compatibility it's not a bug or software error. The first page of MVD says clear for windows XP, 7, 8, and 10.

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I respect every opinion or complaint about Dmitry. But before complain you should ask yourself some questions and think yourself the answers. For example, there are some of the questions I asked myself before buying the software:
1)Is My visual database a complete database solution? My answer was yes, it is.
2)Has MVD all the resources to do all the database software possible? Yes
3)How is the learning curve? Small for small applications, medium(SQL language) for medium applications, large (code scripting) for large or very complex applications
4)Could you do a complete and simple application without writing any single line of code? Yes
5)The same 4 questions but instead of a simple application a complex application? Yes you can do very complex applications but you should know SQL and if possible Object Pascal language(but the code required probably is going to be 98% less than doing the same in Delphi starting from scratch).
6)If I purchase the license do I have support? Yes, you have support, and 95% of the support comes from many experts in the forum but ask yourself  When you buy an excel or MS office what type of support do you have? I have not seen any email or answer from Bill Gates to anyone "EVER" so, why do you need Dmitry?
7)If the software has a bug Dmitry is going to fix it? I prefer to ask Drive soft if it is going to be fixed it? Yes, without any question, but I have not seen many many bugs uploaded what I see is people requesting to program something that they do not know how to do it...Ask again yourself: the Microsoft or Google technical support is going to program my software for me? The answer is NO......so why then Dmitry has to program your software? He could or could not help you programming your software.....but he does not have to.
8) Who qualified guy help in the forum when Dmitry is not available? If you check every request you will see a lot of active users helping others
with very high skills in MVD and Delphi...............besides Dmitry ask the users: k245, derek, ehwagner, brian.zaballa........and so on
9)Are there resources to learn? Yes, you have the book, the help file, or you could take a beginner's MVD course or SQL advanced course here is the link https://vk.com/createmyvisualdatabaseapp_en or https://sites.google.com/view/my-visual-database
10) I understand that we have been educated in a society that teaches you the word: Give me, Give me, give me instead look and research for yourself. So my advice is to download the book, read it, practice, practice, practice, download examples from the forum, keep studying, then do a project and if you are stuck upload your project to the forum with the questions you have, please do not pretend that derek or the other guys are going to guess your project or your questions for you, they are not wizards or a warlock. You will suddenly see that you are not going to need to ask for Dmitry.
11)Dmitry is a person and has a life like you.

Best regards, Jaime.

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I respect every opinion or complaint about Dmitry. But before complain you should ask yourself some questions and think yourself the answers. For example, there are some of the questions I asked myself before buying the software:
1)Is My visual database a complete database solution? My answer was yes, it is.
2)Has MVD all the resources to do all the database software possible? Yes
3)How is the learning curve? Small for small applications, medium(SQL language) for medium applications, large (code scripting) for large or very complex applications
4)Could you do a complete and simple application without writing any single line of code? Yes
5)The same 4 questions but instead of a simple application a complex application? Yes, you can do very complex applications but you should know SQL and if possible Object Pascal language(but the code required probably is going to be 98% less than doing the same in Delphi starting from scratch).
6)If I purchase the license do I have support? Yes, you have support, and 95% of the support comes from many experts in the forum but ask yourself  When you buy an excel or MS office what type of support do you have? I have not seen any email or answer from Bill Gates to anyone "EVER" so, why do you need Dmitry?
7)If the software has a bug Dmitry is going to fix it? I prefer to ask Drive soft if it is going to be fixed it? Yes, without any question, but I have not seen many many bugs uploaded what I see is people requesting to program something that they do not know how to do it...Ask again yourself: the Microsoft or Google technical support is going to program my software for me? The answer is NO......so why then Dmitry has to program your software? He could or could not help you programming your software.....but he does not have to.
8) Who qualified guy help in the forum when Dmitry is not available? If you check every request you will see a lot of active users helping others
with very high skills in MVD and Delphi...............besides Dmitry ask the users: k245, derek, ehwagner, brian.zaballa........and so on
9)Are there resources to learn? Yes, you have the book, the help file, or you could take a beginner's MVD course or SQL advanced course here is the link https://vk.com/createmyvisualdatabaseapp_en or https://sites.google.com/view/my-visual-database
10) I understand that we have been educated in a society that teaches you the word: Give me, Give me, give me instead look and research for yourself. So my advice is to download the book,
read it, practice, practice, practice, download examples from the forum, keep studying, then do a project and if you are stuck upload your project to the forum with the questions you have, please do not pretend that derek or the other guys are going to guess your project or your questions for you, they are not wizards or a warlock. you will suddenly see that you are not going to need to ask for Dmitry.
11)Dmitry is a person and has a life like you.

Best regards, Jaime.

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I respect every opinion or complaint about Dmitry. But before complain you should ask yourself some questions and think yourself the answers. For example, there are some of the questions I asked myself before buying the software:
1)Is My visual database a complete database solution? My answer was yes, it is.
2)Has MVD all the resources to do all the database software possible? Yes
3)How is the learning curve? Small for small applications, medium(SQL language) for medium applications, large (code scripting) for large or very complex applications
4)Could you do a complete and simple application without writing any single line of code? Yes
5)The same 4 questions but instead of a simple application a complex application? Yes, you can do very complex applications but you should know SQL and if possible Object Pascal language(but the code required probably is going to be 98% less than doing the same in Delphi starting from scratch).
6)If I purchase the license do I have support? Yes, you have support, and 95% of the support comes from many experts in the forum but ask yourself  When you buy an excel or MS office what type of support do you have? I have not seen any email or answer from Bill Gates to anyone "EVER" so, why do you need Dmitry?
7)If the software has a bug Dmitry is going to fix it? I prefer to ask Drive soft if it is going to be fixed it? Yes, without any question, but I have not seen many many bugs uploaded what I see is people requesting to program something that they do not know how to do it...Ask again yourself: the Microsoft or Google technical support is going to program my software for me? The answer is NO......so why then Dmitry has to program your software? He could or could not help you programming your software.....but he does not have to.
8) Who qualified guy help in the forum when Dmitry is not available? If you check every request you will see a lot of active users helping others
with very high skills in MVD and Delphi...............besides Dmitry ask the users: k245, derek, ehwagner, brian.zaballa........and so on
9)Are there resources to learn? Yes, you have the book, the help file, or you could take a beginner's MVD course or SQL advanced course here is the link https://vk.com/createmyvisualdatabaseapp_en or https://sites.google.com/view/my-visual-database
10) I understand that we have been educated in a society that teaches you the word: Give me, Give me, give me instead look and research for yourself. So my advice is to download the book, read it, practice, practice, practice, download examples from the forum, keep studying, then do a project and if you are stuck upload your project to the forum with the questions you have, please do not pretend that derek or the other guys are going to guess your project or your questions for you, they are not wizards or a warlock.
you will suddenly see that you are not going to need to ask for Dmitry.
11)Dmitry is a person and has a life like you.

Best regards, Jaime.

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Could MVD has the magical undo function in the menu or taskbar button? wink

Today I deleted from a form by accident 10 labels, with text boxes, grid, and buttons and when I realized that I was deleting from the wrong form it was too late, I have to redo the form again which was not a big deal but I would have a big smile if MVD had an undo function. ( It is not MVD's fault for human mistakes).

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Version 7.5 or 8. SQL query wizard or query builder similar or better to FlySpeed SQL. I am learning SQL and I think this could help a lot. I have read a lot of questions and corrections from the forum moderator that basically are SQL mistakes. MVD has an expression editor similar to the picture attached but you have to know SQL.

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I think version 7 could include two form wizards. The first one is from a single table and the second one from one to many tables. Similar to the form wizard that is included in MS Access and Libre Office.

Form duplication or make a copy. Let's say we have several tables and forms that are almost the same. For example, teachers, students, doctors, nurses, helpers, volunteers, and all of them have lists view forms and data input forms. It would be great if once we created one form we could make copies changing the form name, then we just have to change the fields and labels.

If possible, fully integration or deployment to the MS surface tablets

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My goodness Derek, I do not know how do you know so much about MVD, the concatenation you added to the combo box field name was tongue ...............you have to be the uncle or cousin of Dmitry, and if not then you have to be the neighbor in the building across the street with a telescope looking his development room 24/7.......and the stadium says to Derek....." Gooooooooooooooooaaaallllllllllllll".  Derek, Derek, Derek.......... lol

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I am not sure if this could help you but if you go to the MVD Facebook page there are additions from almost all MVD versions.

https://www.facebook.com/myvisualdatabase/

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Never mind, I figured it out.

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Hello, I have changed my laptop due it was taking a long time to open any project with 5 tables or 10 forms and it was running very slow so I even restarted factory windows 10 with only MVD and it was still slow. I installed MVD and surprise, reports do not open when I try to do a new report. I have window 10 version 20H2 and MVD 6.5. The Celeron old computer does open fast reports. I was wondering if do I need a library that probably the old computer has? Any thoughts? Thank you for your help.

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Hello, I would like to say to you Dmitriy: "Thank you very much for the software MVD". I would like to say to the community: "Thank you very much for your help". Probably you would say or think... thanks for what? There are out there many programming RAD suites, similar software like MS access, Velneo, 4D, FileMaker, and so on. But or they are very expensive, others needs a huge learning curve, other, some time to learn, etc. With MVD there's almost no learning curve, it's very easy, intuitive, simple.
I am really thankful for this tool, it's a dream come true for me. I tried in the past to learn programming and for many reasons but mostly for lack of time I couldn't make it. I tried Delphi (pascal), Visual studio (c#), even the f....g easy to learn python for one reason or other, after three or six months learning I didn't see results and I gave up. I tried FileMaker for a while and at the end is expensive like hell for me. I tried symphytum but it is so simple that it just to have a contacts app or similar.
I don't remember how I discovered MVD. I think it was under my frustrations as a never end programmer apprentice(I am a proud plumber well but not too much proud when I have to work with s...t) every year or so I typed on Google "database software without code" but thinking right now I think it was on YouTube...then I watch the MVD video tutorial......and boom...I found the software.
I did in the last 3 days what I never thought I could do without a programmer. That is why I appreciate so much to Dimitry what he has done.


Again: "Dmitriy, thank you very much"..
Moderator and Helpers of the forum: "Thank you very much".
Jaime

Thank you very much Derek for your great help and for the tips and tricks of MVD. As a newbie, I will try to add some of my thoughts(as an end-user, not as a programmer) to the community.

Hello Derek, Thank you very much for your quick response and good solution but I will use this solution as a paid or not paid invoice. But in my case, I am a plumber and the customer wants an estimate for replacing the sink or vanity but when I generate the order(Identical as the estimate with your solution) he says I am going to replace also the toilet so now I have an estimate with a sink and an order with a sink and a toilet but when I am almost done he add the faucet then I have an estimate with sink, order with sink, toilet, and an invoice with sink, toilet, and faucet. That was the point to have different tables that could keep the original data and the others with the modifications in case he/she wants to check the different steps from a project and everything clear is good to avoid misunderstanding. Or tell me how to keep with this solution the estimate with the original products and the invoice with other additions or modifications. Thank you very very much for your help.

Hello, Let's say I have the Tables customer, company, products...then I have the tables estimate header, estimate details, invoice header, invoice details, all with the same fields. How could I convert from a button on the estimate form to an invoice? that way, I do not have to write everything again from the estimate to the new invoice. Is that possible with an SQL query instead to write a script? I do not know how to write scripts. Thanks for your help.