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Thank you for sharing this Derek.  I have wondered how (and if) this could be done

Thank you greatly for your excellent work and documentation!!!  It is truly astonishing.  :salute:

Would you happen to have a translated copy available?  I just wanted to ask before I run it through Google translate

Hi vovka,

Yeah- sadly, I have not done so.
Да, к сожалению, я этого не сделал.
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Thanks for sharing that demo.  It is second on my list- especially since there are English translations.
Спасибо, что поделились этой демонстрацией. Он стоит вторым в моем списке - тем более, что есть перевод на английский язык.

-joshuA

Derek, I didn't include any of the save stuff in the projects because I was focused on the comboboxes.  Sorry for not clarifying that.
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So, you both do away with the parent combobox.  Maybe I was using them inappropriately here...
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Sparrow, I was trying to let the program not only deal with queries, but also with populating the parent child stuff too- oh well.
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There were techniques in both of your solutions that I hadn't seen, so thank you both for that.
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Once again, many many thanks to you both!
-joshuA

Funny enough K245 just posted that link in another thread earlier over here

Hi Derek, thanks also for sharing your thoughts on this too.  I don't see any need to switch to another alternative for MVD.  However, I do browse out of curiosity from time to time.
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I totally agree, and I was thinking about that just earlier today actually.  It is rather mind boggling at how Dmitry has created such an exceptional tool.  Nothing that I have used has even come close to its simple efficiency packed with such potential.
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A year or so ago, I had a slight concern about the newer versions of windows being an issue.  It is reassuring to know that some of you are still going strong even on those platforms too.
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Going between 7 and 10, 11- I had noticed a few minor quirks with certain control properties being slightly different (such as colors not being recognized).  I'm sure this will slowly get worst over time as MS continues making these unnecessary changes to windows.  Bah!
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To specify what I was referring to about "certain control properties i.e. colors not being recognized" was the combobox.
Using Windows 7, the BgColor property can be set
Using Windows 11, in order to set BgColor, the Searchable property must also be set to true
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I am probably one of the few that even cares about this   but I use it occasionally
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And yes, the members of this forum are also the other part that make it so great!  Thank you all for that!
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-joshuA

Wow, those look nice from the 10+ notepads.  That explains it because I still use Windows 7 often.

sparrow: thank you for responding-  Unicode seems to be a moving object, thanks for the extra detail.  It may be possible to update on Windows 7, haha

Thanks again
-joshuA

Hi sparrow,

This is precisely what I was missing, great!  Thank you very much.

-joshuA

Hi all,

I would recommend trying http://draw.io/ which is interestingly last on the list in the link that brian provided.  It is useful for other things besides ERDs too.  It is easy to remember the name, it provides a web interface and also a downloadable software version (if preferred).

It doesn't do any automatic stuff, so one of the others in that list may be better suited for you.

Thanks for sharing the link too brian.

-joshuA

I second this notion.

Also, here are related links:

• https://www.embarcadero.com/events

• https://register.gotowebinar.com/regist … 8171652366

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Hi Derek,

No, I do understand the difference between the two points you mention.  But thank you for asking anyway.  And I do require both as you describe them.

My concern is more centered on what is happening to the data inside of MVD.  And I guess, my lack of experience is part of the cause here.  Example 2 kinda hints at this, because I checked for specific role(s) in the logic- even though the tab is hidden using the same condition (just to be certain).

But I am starting to feel at ease with my approach now since you say there are several ways it can be done.  So, thank you for that.

On another note, while you're in here... I was curious as to why you used a form label, in your earlier project, instead of the key being hard coded?

I've also been considering ways to make the key something that can be maintained by the user(s) as well.  I have a few ideas about it, but I haven't gotten that far yet.

-joshuA