Re: Which frontend development tool for Informix 7.30?

From: "Dirk Schuette" <dirk.schuette@nwn.de> > >can anyone tell me some good development tools for an Informix Dynamic >Server 7.30 running on an Reliant Unix 5.44 Machine? >The clients connected to this Unix Server are running under Windows NT 4.0 It depends on the number of users and what you're trying to do. You should certainly consider: "Departmental" tools Borland C++ Builder Borland Delphi MS Visual Basic "Uneasily in the middle" tools PowerBuilder "Enterprise" tools Forte Dynasty Supernova Uniface Then there's all the "real" OO stuff, according to Mikey. Doubtlessly he'll share with us. :-) You'll notice the glaring omission of Java, due to the fact that it *still* crashes my browser daily (or hangs it up until I lose patience), I'm sure Nils will leap in and tell me how wrong I am here. But if I had to choose the one product which has never let me down, which has always delivered on time and within budget, runs well and I depend on, it would be classic Informix-4GL. So there. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > > It depends on the number of users and what you're trying to do. You > should certainly consider: > > "Departmental" tools > Borland C++ Builder > Borland Delphi > MS Visual Basic > > "Uneasily in the middle" tools > PowerBuilder > > "Enterprise" tools > Forte > Dynasty > Supernova > Uniface > > Then there's all the "real" OO stuff, according to Mikey. Doubtlessly > he'll share with us. :-) For a "real enterprise-level OO stuff", why not take for a spin IBM's VisualAge For Smalltalk. We use it to build client/server, Web, and distributed apps. This is what we replaced Informix's New Era with. We are very happy with VisualAge (to the dismay of the Java fans within the organization). > > You'll notice the glaring omission of Java, due to the fact that it > *still* crashes my browser daily (or hangs it up until I lose > patience), I'm sure Nils will leap in and tell me how wrong I am here. Java? We sure dumped that baby real early enough to save ourselves. > But if I had to choose the one product which has never let me down, > which has always delivered on time and within budget, runs well and I > depend on, it would be classic Informix-4GL. > > So there. > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Jun Nolasco