4J's

Hi all Has anyone used 4J's and converted their 4gl code across ? Was the conversion painless ? Was the final outcome worth it ? thanks in advance.

brett wrote: > > Has anyone used 4J's and converted their 4gl code across ? Yes. We first moved from I4GL to BDL a few years ago, then to Genero this past year. > Was the conversion painless ? Relatively, yes. We ran into a couple of minor SQL issues when we had to run against an Oracle database, but we didn't have to make too many code changes. We had a financial application that ran at 800+ customer sites, and we kept everything fairly simple to accommodate a wide range of environments. Our customers ran everything from SE to IDS 9. (Oh, plus two Oracle sites and a few SQL Server sites. That is what 4Js gave us: the ability to run against those other databases, plus a graphical front end.) We didn't take advantage of anything that wasn't available in SE. If you do use some of the more sophisticated engine features, you may have a few more things to deal with. I can't speak to that. > Was the final outcome worth it ? Absolutely! I loved the fact that I could continue to work in a language that I was very comfortable with, and it allowed the company to expand our market to sites that insisted on using those other databases. Plus, the front end gave us the look and some of the features of a true graphical application without having to rewrite the business logic. -- June Hunt