Re: NEWBIE Informix product advice

Bryan Tonnet wrote: > ... > Over a slow WAN, telnet access is tedious to say the least. Although a > text based Informix 4GL solution may be the quickest and simplest for you > I wouldn't like to be a user on the other end of that connection. > Probably best to go for a client/server style of arrangement. OTOH, > pseudo graphical compilers like 4J's offer acceptable performance over > slow lines, produce a decent result and offer the advantages of a > server-centric development environment. I have seen telnet/4gl connections through x.25 WAN at 2400baud speeds that are acceptable. At 9600baud things become perfect. What seems to matter more than bandwidth is response times for the packets. Telnet over the internet with a 33k modem connection can be horrible because there are many tiny packets as opposed to few large packets. WAN connections have low bandwidth but usually respond well and are ideal for telnet. If you need a good user interface tool for Informix-4gl (pick-lists, menus and so forth) then check out the address below (I haven't plugged for a while, so...) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- John H. Frantz Power-4gl: Extending Informix-4gl frantz@centrum.is http://www.rl.is/~john/pow4gl.html