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Actually most of this is already built into MFC and free classes on CP. We already have apps that can do most of this and they are not hard to build. Access works fine as a database with DAO interface. Not the fastest, but fast enough. Can store anything there. Windows already has folders and these can also be done inside the DB. Rules are a little harder, but that is just parsing code with a user interface. MFC already has HTML hooks as well as other freeware classes. MIME classes are also available as well as SMTP and MAPI. Outlook style displays are also on CP as freeware. When you get done, what you have is something like Outlook or Outlook Express. Other features can be added as desired, things like auto text-to-speech for new E-Mail, page me on my beeper when I get a mail from XYZ, call me on my cell phone and read back my new mail, turn the lights on at home when I send a special E-Mail, send me a mail at work if someone rings the door bell... Ed
Yes I agree there is a lot of great code around already, which would be very usefull. I haven't done any work in Access in a long time so I don't know how it would hold up. My Calypso email database is 338M this week and growing. I can't tell you how many messages are in it, apart from a lot. Unfortunately Calypso pretty much grinds to a halt with a DB this big. I typically access my email on two machines, Desktop and Notebook and copying a DB this big back and forth is a pain. A feature which appears to be very nice on The Bat is a mechanism to sychronize the mail DB on multiple machines by moving just the differences. I haven't actually tried this yet but if it works as advertised it will be a big hit with me. Neville Franks, Author of ED for Windows. Version 4.0 just released. www.getsoft.com
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Yes I agree there is a lot of great code around already, which would be very usefull. I haven't done any work in Access in a long time so I don't know how it would hold up. My Calypso email database is 338M this week and growing. I can't tell you how many messages are in it, apart from a lot. Unfortunately Calypso pretty much grinds to a halt with a DB this big. I typically access my email on two machines, Desktop and Notebook and copying a DB this big back and forth is a pain. A feature which appears to be very nice on The Bat is a mechanism to sychronize the mail DB on multiple machines by moving just the differences. I haven't actually tried this yet but if it works as advertised it will be a big hit with me. Neville Franks, Author of ED for Windows. Version 4.0 just released. www.getsoft.com
Access speed is for the most part independant on DB size. We have customers whose database size has grown to 2 GB. One can also use the file system to store some types of data. Things like message attachments might be best stored directly in file system, with DB pointers. We do that for fax data as it is easier for users to find their data when they need it. Ed
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It is good to know other people out there are interested in the same thing. Never mind looking elsewhere for developers I found a lot of them here, since we are going ot develop something as a group what sounds great is if we also document getting the group together, our development techniques, trials and tribulations :-) That would make a great article on CodeProject along with the source code and application we develop. What do u think guys? Sam C ---- Systems Manager Hospitality Marketing Associates
Hi Sam, Well I'm interested in tossing my hat into the ring and I can most likely find some more like minded souls. My only problem is a total lack of spare time (ED4W takes up most every waking minute), but I can't see why that should stop me. Maybe Chris could be talked into setting up a Forum for the project, or do you have that under control? Neville Franks, Author of ED for Windows. Version 4.01 just released, with a C++ Class View that actually works. www.getsoft.com
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Hi Sam, Well I'm interested in tossing my hat into the ring and I can most likely find some more like minded souls. My only problem is a total lack of spare time (ED4W takes up most every waking minute), but I can't see why that should stop me. Maybe Chris could be talked into setting up a Forum for the project, or do you have that under control? Neville Franks, Author of ED for Windows. Version 4.01 just released, with a C++ Class View that actually works. www.getsoft.com
I'm looking forward to seeing it started! I'd be happy to join in :D Cheers, Paolo.