Re: Need New Era Info (HELP!!!!)

In article fdk@nntp5.u.washington.edu, gabrielf@u.washington.edu (Sudzy) writes: >I am trying to find out if INFORMIX New Era has GUI capabilities. I >am designing a system with UNIX as the platform; needless to say, the >INFORMIX New Era I am investigating is for the UNIX. This is the >first time I will be using INFORMIX, and I had coded before in MS >Access 2.0 where GUI objects such as command buttons are easy to >incorporated into your application. I am wondering if INFORMIX New >Era for the UNIX will allow me to put GUI objects. > >Anyone out there who has time to enlighten me on this subject - please >respond. Appreciate it! > > > while newera is graphical it does not have all the controls and events that you will find in access 2.0. making the move from access to newera is easy in that you will be used to the event model of the language. where you will have problems is in the syntax of the language as it is much more complicated than access. also the list boxes and controls in general are not as easy to use as access. the 3.0 version (infmx is skipping 2.0 for unix) will be much better with the inclusion of application frameworks functionality. you might want to get the 2.0 windows version to work with and learn on til the 3.0 unix version comes out so you can use the new functions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- . . | ... ... | Tony Johnson Email: rp2360@email.sps.mot.com ..... ..... | Senior Software Engineer Voice: (602) 244-6264 .. ... .. | Business Information Services Pager: (602) 219-9372 . . . | Semiconductor Products Sector Fax : (602) 244-5898 | 5005 E McDowell Road E108 CServ: 72163, 702 Motorola-SPS | Phoenix, AZ 85008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------