Re: Honest Answer Hard to Achieve

Maybe take a look at http://aubit4gl.sourceforge.net. You might get an idea here. --- Smitty <wolphie@hotmail.com> wrote: > Our company is using Informix SE 4.0 (1990) and want > to upgrade to > Informix SE 7.x. The primary reason being so we can > use ODBC to > connect to the Windows world (to use report writers, > make VB/Delphi > front-ends, etc.). But we have 1000s of existing > 4GL programs and > need them all to work under the new version of > Informix (SE 7.x). > > We've been told several conficting things by several > different > salesmen. For example, when we get SE 7, will we > need a new version > of the 4GL compiler? Some say our existing programs > simply need to be > recompiled with our existing 4GL compiler (c4gl > Version 4.0). Some > say we need to upgrade to a newer version of the 4GL > compiler (or use > "4Js", a similar product that can also do graphics > mode). Everyone > giving advice stands to gain financially from our > decision, it's hard > to know who honestly has our best interest at heart. > > Bottom Line: > We want a version of Informix new enough that ODBC > drivers exist for > it. Informix SE 7.x sounds like that version. Do > we need a newer > version of 4GL also? And if so, do we just need a > few developer > licenses (we have 3 developers), or enough runtime > licenses for each > and every user (80 users). We have the version of > 4GL that creates > *.ec/*.c code then compiles/links that to make our > executable (*.4ge), > no "p-code" or interpreted code. Any help much > appreciated! > > wolphie@hotmail.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ sending to informix-list