Re: Opinions on NewEra

Salaam Yitbarek wrote: > > Hi, > We are considering NewEra 3.0 for developing a front-end > to statistical data. From what I have heard, the good > things about NewEra are the object-oriented 4GL, > GUI code generation (unlike VB, but like Delphi), data-aware > objects, and, from what I understand, the developer gets access > to the C++ behind the GUI class libraries. > Am I wrong on the above? Any views on NewEra has a GUI development > toolkit would be helpful? > > Thanks, > Salaam Yitbarek salaam, sounds like you've talked to your sales rep and while that's not all bad, one must proceed cautiously. i'm glad you wrote. ne 3.0 holds a lot of promise over ne 2.x and below. ocx support, more controls, more access to the mfc and the windows api... i hope it happens because, in my opinion, ne is a great tool with a lot of potential. the ne-4gl language is simple. the next time you speek to your rep (he's probably calling as you read) ask him for a beta version of ne 3.0. it's not GA yet, but i'm sure he can oblige you and it would be worth it. have fun! -jason