4GL authoring programs.

danielw@wybbs.wynalda.com writes: >I have been writing informix code for a long time and have always copied other >programs and used them as prototypes when creating new programs. It seems >to me there must be a better way to do this. Are there any programs >out there that will help one create a master/detail relationship into >a form and create a 4GL program to manipulate them automatically? Then the >program would only have to add special cases around the input >statements in order to check the data being keyed. > >I use powerbuilder for GUI programming - and it does this quite nicely. It >makes me wish I could do the same thing for the character based >applications that we are often asked to create. > >Another nice program would be a report writer for Informix that >builds nice looking reports (boxes, columns etc) to output to >postscript printers. Is there such a thing or am I dreaming? > >Any pointers are appreciated. For screen generation look into Fourgen 1-800-444-5463 (I think) or more in line with what you're asking; try CodeGen Software, Inc. at 1-800-598-8649 For Reports look into DB-Tech, Inc 1-800-234-4500 (They were at last years IFX Conf.) seemed great... in theory. Via a windows front end it creates a C executable that runs on UNIX and will query Informix and produce a postscript file. || ======= **** **T* ======= ||John Regep || **** **** ||Kmart Information Systems || **** *R** ||Kmart Corporation || =========== ********* =========== ||3100 West Big Beaver C-1 || ***A* **** ||Troy, MI 48084 || **** **** ||(810) 643-5078 ||=============== *M** **** ===============||uunet!kmart!jregep