Re: ISQL forms on NT?

Joel Robinson <joelatg@netcom.ca> wrote: :It seems very reasonable to want a isql on NT. Also with a large number :of WORKING reports and forms, it would be nice to offer an NT platform :solution. : :Not everyone in this world needs a fully GUI to do data entry and :reports! May be not (or may be they do?), but that was never my intention with my response. The point is that NT is inherantly GUI although character based tools are possible. It's inconceivable that anyone would want to write an ISQL emulating tool for NT, and even less conceivable that Informix would port it. After all it's an old toolkit whose time has passed years ago. Additionally it would have to run not only on the Windows NT machine where the database is, but also in C/S mode on MS Windows workstations. Quite inconceivable, unless there are realy a lot of users out there that want to do this same thing. I doubt that very much. If the original poster wanted to go to NT there can be no alternative than that they also eventually wants to go with GUI applications. Their "problem" is that there is no stopgap solution to run ISQL with the database on Windows NT. One thing I haven't realy thought of until now, that they could do, is of course to continue running ISQL on Unix while the database is on NT. However I wouldn't do such a thing. Why create so many problem when there are allready excelent solutions available using Unix on the server? Then character based and GUI tools can be used at will. That's my point. Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org