Re: From AIX to NT

Chris Jakeman <cjakeman@apvpeter.demon.co.uk> wrote: :We've been working for some years with a large application on Unix using :AIX, graphics and Informix for the database. The database is accessed :using both ESQL/C and 4GL and the 4GL forms are displayed to the user in :'xterm' character-only windows. : :We want to add Windows NT to our list of supported platforms and it :would be much better for us to have common code for AIX and Windows NT. : :Has anyone tried to do this? We are going to do this. We will start by doing new developments in Java. Eventually we will rewrite old functionality in new Java programs. At that time we can support any platform. There are solutions out there that are supposed to make your 4GL applications runable on Windows NT. They may be usefull as a stopgap solution. You will however not be happy with this over time. Your users will eventually complain that it isn't real Windows programs. In the long run there is no alternative but to rewrite your applications in some language that runs on both platforms. The one we see as best suited for this in the long run is Java. 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