Re: wich is better, VISUAL BASIC..POWERBUILDER..etc

I do not agree with your opinion=2E If you need to use GUI like Windows an= d you=20 have 4GL programs in background, you still need to call them somehow, then=20= you=20 have configuration problems, unless you give users character mode only=2E Setting Informix-Connect for example is not very complicated and it needs t= o be=20 done only once=2E Using VB is more generic than 4GL, your program can be ea= sily=20 changed to work on different platform and more people know how to write in=20= VB=20 than 4GL=2E VB is more popular and easy than 4GL, code more understandable=20= for=20 others=2E And if you worry about performance you can use stored procedures=20= and=20 call them from your VB application=2E Another option can be Java too, it is= =20 becoming more and more popular and is platform independent=2E Java is also=20= OOP=20 and can run in your browser through the Internet=2E or Intranet=2E =20 Peter Lancashire <Peter=2ELancashire=2EPL1@bayer=2Eco=2Euk> on 10/19/98 12:= 59:32 PM Please respond to Peter=2ELancashire=2EPL1@bayer=2Eco=2Euk To: informix-list@iiug=2Eorg cc: (bcc: Rafal Furdzik/PaulWeiss) Subject: Re: wich is better, VISUAL BASIC=2E=2EPOWERBUILDER=2E=2Eetc Note: Some recipients have been dropped due to syntax errors=2E Please refer to the "$AdditionalHeaders" item for the complete headers=2E Benjamin Bernal wrote: > > I have to evaluate software, wich is better to work with informix I would use Informix Dynamic 4GL for speed and simplicity=2E It allows you to write your SQL directly in the code without having to mess around with ODBC and CLI functions=2E It can be deployed as a thin client and managed from the server=2E Fat client systems such as VB eventually give you management and configuration problems=2E If your application requires complex user interaction with precise control over every mouse click you may find these other tools preferable to Dynamic 4GL=2E -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 --- If all else fails, read the instructions and the release notes=2E Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www=2Einfuse=2Eorg=2Euk/ --- __________________________________________________ This message is intended only for the use of the=20 Addressee and may contain information that is=20 PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL=2E If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited=2E If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify us immediately=2E Thank You=2E __________________________________________________