> When you say "disk based" - you mean like System.IO file & directory > interaction? If that's the case, I highly recommend .NET. It tends to be > remarkably fast in this category.
I guess I could have been a little less vague on the projects - We have two "systems" that we use for our in-house business. One is a commercial app that is built on top of Microsoft Dynamics GP (an accounting package that uses MS SQL Server). The other is a collection of homebrew Visual FoxPro apps that have provided the functionality that the commercial app does not. Some of these apps are for interacting with the database to manipulate table data that the commercial app won't let us. Other apps provide additional functionality that are part of our business logic that are not addressed elsewhere. In the conversation I had with my boss today I made the comment that I don't want to get in the habit of "coding for coding's sake" or building "throw-away" apps. The oldest of the VFP apps that is still in use today was written almost 10 years ago. My stuff is going to be replacing it but it needs to have the same kind of shelf life. One of my biggest issues is in identifying the right tools to use and properly planning their use. I've been building web apps for 8 years, I know how utilities have to "flow". I haven't been exposed to the "Visual" world and so now I'm looking at these two technologies and trying to figure out code and layout and interface all at the same time. I never knew how "safe" working inside a browser really was! Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:308719 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
