A file management tool in BlitzBasic

[MystikShadows]

i would like the solution in BlitzBasic as an example take a contact file (with name, age, birthday phone, and so on.

I want to be able to add new contacts, delete some. Edit them. with a input screen and the likes any do something like this?

[Cylon]

wdym, you need a complete source code or just an idea how to do it?

[saimon69]

There were some examples of ASL requesters in old Amiga Format PDF files i remember; for the management part should be just array of structures (or newtypes as they are called in blitz) i would look to export in a format that can be handled by other programs, like CSV or PSV; maybe even JSON but you will need to create your own parser

[Daedalus]

Yeah, as was mentioned, are you looking for Blitz source for an entire database application, looking for general guidelines for creating such an application, or is there a particular part of that you wanted help on?

A database program like that is reasonably large and specific. You need to understand what it is you're looking to do so you can break it down into simpler parts. You need to plan out what data you want to handle and how you're going to store it. You need a file loader and potentially an interpreter. You need a file saver. You need a window to display details. You need the gadgets in the window to handle the various user interactions. And you need the data handling functions to do things like add new records, edit, sort, search, delete etc.

Most of that stuff is relatively simple, and there are probably various examples that cover most, if not all. But unless someone also wanted to write the very same application and is willing to share their source, I don't know if you'll have much luck finding a complete solution.