Re: Unify to Informix:What's the effort?

In article <3le9sk$qbb@tequesta.gate.net>, tschaefe@gate.net (Tim Schaefer) writes: > In article <3ld0l6$3e6@raffles.technet.sg>, kcchow@technet.sg (Chow Keng Choon) says: > > > >Hi there, > > > >Have anyone ported Unify Application to Informix? What is the effort needed? > >Is there an equivalent of Unify's screen painter in Informix? > > > >How good is Informix Newera? Hope people with experience in the above will > >response. Thanks in advance. Whatever people think of New Era, Unify VISION is much, much better! :-) And, it supports not only Informix Online and SE using all sorts of client platforms (Windows, HP, IBM, Sun, Dec, Macintosh), but it also supports native DB connections to Oracle, Sybase, Ingres, UNIFY 2000 + ODBC. > > > >- Ken Chow > > kcchow@technet.sg > > > > > Boy this is my week for putting in my 2 cents worth! > > I worked with an Accell/Unify guru a while back, and he showed me this > wonderful product. They have the front-end INFORMIX 4GL shoulda had. This > was/is such a great product the most computer-illiterate person could > develop applications with it. In fact, this guru had to train people that > had no experience with computers, and they were developing apps in no time. > I saw it on an older ATT 3B2, which was slow, but this product was put > together with some brilliant minds. How can I not agree with this! :-) > > Anyway, if you're using the Accell/Unify I'm talking about, the best you > can do is: > > 1. Find out how to generate a schema with Accell/Unify, and generate an SQL > schema script. > > 2. Make screen dumps to the printer of your application. I don't think the > screen source code is accessable, is it? > > 3. Create the data base in INFORMIX. > > 4. Start coding with the INFORMIX 4GL. > > I don't have the email address of the guru, sorry. Accell/Unify is another > one of those products that was ahead of it's time, and from what the guru > told me, overpriced. The closest thing I saw to Accell/Unify is Progress, > but not as good. > > Unify's Address: ( may not be current ) > > Unify Corporation > 3870 Rosin Court > Sacramento, CA 95834-1633 > 1-800-24-UNIFY Current address is found below... > > Anyway, hope I helped. > > Tim > \\\\|// > (o o) > ==============================---o00--(_)--00o---============================ > Tim Schaefer tschaefe@gate.net > The Computer Business Company, Inc. http://www.gate.net/~tschaefe > Coconut Creek, FL, USA DILLIGAF! > INX_UTIL Tool Kit is now shareware > Ub...eh...Now, see, who gets to ask the questions here? --Ross Perot > ============================================================================= -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Glende Work:(916) 928-6254 | Unify Corporation dmg@unify.com FAX :(916) 928-6406 | 3901 Lennane Drive Sr Product Mgr, Distributed Systems | Sacto, CA 95834