Re: Good User Guides for Informix Online DS 7.23 and NewEra

On 7 Jan 98 at 8:05, Jens Ebert wrote: } "Billy Wheeler" <billy@west.co.za> schrieb im Beitrag } <68t8a9$3i2@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>... } > On 2 Jan 98 at 22:59, Mike Segel wrote: } > } > } But this all seems to skip an important question when dealing } > } with NE as a useful language. First, it only runs on Windblows. } > } This may not seem important, but you no longer have the } > } portability that 4GL had accross multiple platforms. } > } > Not true. You can only *develop* on Windoze. But it still runs on } > lots of things. } } What do you mean by "run"? Looking at NE 3.1 Application Server } Software, at least for HP systems they dropped all support for } visual classes (like ixWindows). So all you can do is to write batch } aplications. Not such a problem for us - X has about 0.000000001% of the South African market... :-) -- Ciao, Billy Back at the gold-face in sunny Gauteng... Informix FAQ @ http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html Drivel @ http://www.west.co.za/tasteless/