Re: NewEra 3.0 Postmortem

I think that we all know and have known for a while that NewERA has quite a few drawbacks and in terms of competing with other app development tools is falling further and further behind..... :( But, it will work with Universal Server ....... On Tue, 1 Apr 1997 chaminda@jcdcrs4.jobcorps.org wrote: } } Hi people, } } After meddling around with Newera 3.0 I thought I'll share my comments } with you. Informix has added some neew features, but don't expect } anything revolutionary ! Some of the features should have been in place } when they introduced 2.12. I thought when they introduced 3.0 at least it } would have the features that are now considerd standard functionality in } other products. For instance, Informix claims that 3.0 supports OLE. True } to a certain extent, but when other products support OLE2, Newera } supports only a stripped down version of OLE1. Newera supports Only } embedding, drag & drop, and ocx control features. It doesn't support object } linking and OLE automation. } } Adding visual components such as tabbed windows still requires a bit of } overhead. Drag and drop if at all, is limited to a few basic components } like buttons, radio buttons, and check boxes. If you need anything else } like tabbed windows or list boxes - its there, but you still need to add a } bit of code. Also it does not provide readymade 'common dialog boxes'. } } A new feature with 3.0 is that they have integrated the development } environment with a CM tool (Configuration management). } } Another rather clumsy feature is the integration of codewrite as a } main editor. The way its implemented, every time you need to add code } behind say a button or for a handler, 3.0 starts codewrite as a seperate } application. Codewrite is a good editor, but when you integrate it with } a product like this you've got to } be more discrete and embedde the product within the application itself. } } } Thats it for now. your comments are welcome ! } } Chaminda Peries }