Re: wich is better, VISUAL BASIC..POWERBUILDER..etc

rfurdzik@paulweiss.com wrote: > > I do not agree with your opinion=2E If you need to use GUI like Windows an= > d you=20 > have 4GL programs in background, you still need to call them somehow, then=20= > you=20 > have configuration problems, unless you give users character mode only=2E > Setting Informix-Connect for example is not very complicated and it needs t= > o be=20 > done only once=2E Using VB is more generic than 4GL, your program can be ea= > sily=20 > changed to work on different platform and more people know how to write in=20= > VB=20 > than 4GL What other platforms than Windoze does VB run on, then? <snipping =2E etc...> > Benjamin Bernal wrote: > > > > I have to evaluate software, wich is better to work with informix > > I would use Informix Dynamic 4GL for speed and simplicity=2E It allows you > to write your SQL directly in the code without having to mess around > with ODBC and CLI functions=2E It can be deployed as a thin client and > managed from the server=2E Fat client systems such as VB eventually give > you management and configuration problems=2E > > If your application requires complex user interaction with precise > control over every mouse click you may find these other tools preferable > to Dynamic 4GL=2E > -- > Peter Lancashire > Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc > Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK > Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 > --- > If all else fails, read the instructions and the release notes=2E > Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www=2Einfuse=2Eorg=2Euk/ > --- -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 --- If all else fails, read the instructions and the release notes. Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www.infuse.org.uk/ ---