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. . duu .. I keep sending mails in all directions ..<BR>
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I think of the size of the .dll involved. From my limited experience I've stayed away from ie engaging database in my code (arranging one as a container for data). An empty database would fill meny times more than a dll that handles datafiles on it's own. I think that I had a look at gDal .. there is a cultural barrier to Linux or non Microsoft. At one side you talk about tags, on the other it's called attributes, Frame or Directory .. this may even be wrong, but I cannot afford to doubt the meaning of the words. I'm dealing with a 64-bit gohst that clutters certain things, DirectX disappeared in Win7, Xna differs and I enter new languages with lesser IDE's .. i's a bad time to look up new ground. Adding a whole new dll to a project would probably mean that I would have to face deployment and security matters .. that would eat 3 to 6 month.<BR> <BR>I talk and talk and have no real pondus against the question of why not use someone else's work. <BR> <BR>
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<BR>mpg said:<BR><BR><BR>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">What sort of “overhead” are you concerned about? The learning curve, or the size of the .exe, or..?</SPAN></P>
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