Ștefan Suciu 2014-09-01
Version: 0.94
Tpda3 is a classic desktop database application framework and run-time, written in Perl. The graphical user interface is based on PerlTk. It supports the CUBRID, Firebird, PostgreSQL and SQLite RDBMS.
There is also an experimental graphical user interface based on wxPerl.
Tpda3 is the successor of TPDA and, hopefully, has a much better API implementation, Tpda3 follows the Model View Controller (MVC) architecture pattern. The look and the user interface functionality of Tpda3 is almost the same as of TPDA, with some minor improvements.
The configuration files formats are new and are in YAML (YAML::Tiny) and Apache format (Config::General).
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Perl v5.10.1 or newer.
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A database, one or more of the following:
- SQLite (required for testing);
- PostgreSQL version 8.2 or greater (using DBD::Pg)
- Firebird version 2.1 or greater (using DBD::Firebird or DBD::ODBC)
- CUBRID version 8.4 (using DBD::cubrid);
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The Operating System
Tpda3 should work on any OS where Perl and the required dependencies can be installed, but currently it's only tested on GNU/Linux and Windows (XP and 7). Feedback and patches for other OSs are welcome.
Because Tpda3 uses a few modules that need to be patched, the best way to install is from Stratopan. (This is a good time to say to the Stratopan team: thank you for a great service!).
cpanm --mirror https://stratopan.com/stefansbv/Tpda3/master --mirror-only --installdeps Tpda3
cpanm --mirror https://stratopan.com/stefansbv/Tpda3/master --mirror-only Tpda3
Download the distribution, unpack and install:
% tar xaf Tpda3-0.NN.tar.gz
% cd Tpda3-0.NN
Then as usual for a Perl application:
% perl Makefile.PL
% make
% make test
% make install
For testing the application without installation, after 'make' one can use:
% perl -Mblib bin/tpda3 [options] ...`
Only make install should be run as root.
After installing the application, at first start, the configuration directory is initialized automatically. The following command will list all the defined application configurations.
% tpda3 -l
On a fresh installation this command should return:
test-tk
test-wx
Run the demo application with:
% tpda3 test-tk
Notes for the custom Citrus Perl distribution that includes Tpda3.
Install and start as normal user, not root:
Open a terminal, and:
% cd test # or any other playground dir
% tar xaf tpda3perl-standard-51402-20903-linux-x86-061.tar.gz
% cd Tpda3Perl
% ./bin/citrusutils
After exit:
% source bin/citrusvars.sh
% perl -V
Paths should include Tpda3Perl.
Finally we start the app with:
% tpda3
Unzip the distribution to a folder, for example C:\dev\
Run: C:\dev\Tpda3Perl\bin\citrusutls.exe
And, after exit: C:\dev\Tpda3Perl\bin\citrusterm.bat to open a terminal, then:
% tpda3
Alternatively run: C:\dev\Tpda3Perl\apps\Tpda3.exe
Have fun!
(Thank you, Mark Dootson for Citrus Perl.)
Note: There is a dir on SF with some patched modules that can fix all this problems, and also the modules can be installed from stratopan.com.
Problems and their fix, listed here for reference:
Problem: Tk::Error: unknown color name "systembuttonface"
Fix: remove the option '-systembuttonface' from Tk::StatusBar module
Problem: In Perl 5.10.0 on Slackware 12.2 the module MListbox throws
an error like: XS_Tk__Callback_Call error:Not a CODE reference at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/Tk/MListbox.pm line 703. Similar
error on ActivePerl5.10.0 build 1004.
Fix: Fortunately there is a fix on the ActiveState forum (thanks to RobSeegel):
Go into the MListbox code, and replace all references of
$w->can('SUPER::
with
$w->can('Tk::Listbox::
Problem: Tk::Error: Can't set -state to `normal' for Tk::JComboBox=HASH(0x930c6a8): Cannot use undef value for object of type 'color' at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/Tk/JComboBox.pm line 1061.
Fix: There is a patch on PerlMonks (Thank you lamprecht!) http://www.perlmonks.com/?node_id=799099
Home page:
Development takes place, currently, on GitHub:
https://github.com/stefansbv/Tpda3/
The project page on SourceForge:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tpda/
Copyright (C) 2010-2014 Ștefan Suciu
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991 or at your option any later version.
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