Brian, Thanks for the note. I agree with all you say, and understanding how to put DP into the web is what's causing me to churn on implementation direction. If I can, I'll try to get more involved with discussions within the group.
Please make the copy of DP you have available to the group. I'm now on a new computer and don't want to risk posting the wrong version. I will download the version you post and make sure I'm synchronized. I'm scrambling to stay afloat financially, so that cuts into my DataPerfect time. However, so far I'm still solvent! All the best to all, Lew -------------- Original message from "Brian Hancock" <[email protected]>: -------------- > Hi Lew, > > That last version of DP is working a treat. The one that you had released > publicly, if you recall, still had the problem with multiple reports being > called from the T-Log, however the updated version you privately sent me has > been working fine, and it should now become the public release > > I hope everything is going well. > > By the way, although I do not have a specific plan for it as a project, I > have been thinking of the possibility of creating a generic web client > application for simple panel browsing, adding, editing and deleting. I have > been working with Adobe Flex, and the core program definition is all done as > an XML document. In conjunction with the STE Manager, I think it would be > quite possible to write some generic classes for the server interaction, > client side data validation, calculations etc, and by using these generic > classes, these can be called from sources code which would be XML report > output from the DP STE_Base program to define a panel in Flex MXML, which > could include its lookups and calculated formulae. An advantage of writing > it for Adobe Flex is that the command line compiler and Adobe Flex SDK is > public domain, the Adobe Flex Builder is not free, but if you create the > Flex MXML source from the DP STE-BASE application you would not need the > Builder, unless you were extending the application. With the compiler you > can create SWF files for web deployment on a wide variety of operatings > systems with the Flash Player, or what are called AIR Windows Desktop > applications. > > I still have major reservations about the value of a monolithic Windows > version of DP. These days most people want a web enabled database more than > a combined client and DBMS. They also want interoperability with other > products and services. Personally I think DP needs to have a web enabled > backend as its DBMS and a separate client which can either be a desktop > application or a web deployed application. > > Regards > Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, 14 January 2009 8:31 AM > To: Dataperfect Users Discussion Group; Dataperfect Users Discussion Group > Cc: Don Friedman > Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Commenting in formula > > I'm sorry I'm not doing much lately here. I'm hanging on and still studying > Window's coding, but nothing new to report. > > Good luck everybody -- these are hard times. > Lew Bastian > > > > > > -------------- Original message from Don Friedman > : -------------- > > > > > Thanks everybody - got it. Rick, always nice to know you're still around. > > > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Rick Parry wrote: > > Hello Don, > > > I believe it is: /* Text */ > > Take care, > > Rick > > > > > > From: Don Friedman > To: Dataperfect Users Discussion Group > > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 8:59:58 AM > Subject: [Dataperf] Commenting in formula > > > Help please. I have forgotten how to place a comment in a formula and can't > seem to find it either on the help screen or in Ralph's book. I have rarely > used this feature but want to in a current project. > > > Don > > P.S. Has anyone heard from Colin in NZ lately? I dropped him an email but I > must have an old address. > > > -- > Don Friedman > ProfessionalRecords.Com LLC > PRS Data Systems > 205 S Main Street > > Pittsburgh, PA 15215 > 412-784-1600 - 1-800-PRS-FILE > 412-784-1615 > Fax > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dataperf mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > > > > -- > Don Friedman > ProfessionalRecords.Com LLC > PRS Data Systems > 205 S Main Street > Pittsburgh, PA 15215 > 412-784-1600 - 1-800-PRS-FILE > 412-784-1615 Fax > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
