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

OK, client side will be Windows, but server side can be changed easily. Please notice that using Java will be even better, client can be any system. Peter Lancashire <Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk> on 10/20/98 06:42:13 PM Please respond to Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk To: informix-list@iiug.org cc: (bcc: Rafal Furdzik/PaulWeiss) Subject: Re: wich is better, VISUAL BASIC..POWERBUILDER..etc Note: Some recipients have been dropped due to syntax errors. Please refer to the "$AdditionalHeaders" item for the complete headers. 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/ ---