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Currently
we have a legacy system using MS Access as a front end to Postgresql.
This beast is a monster app, remarkably stable all things considered,
but it forces us to maintain a bunch of Windows boxes for day to day
access to the thing.
Our ultimate goal is to go all thin client for access to our central database app. (As an interesting side note, the thin client idea is also because of the lower power consumption. We are in the process of planning a new manufacturing facility and be off the power grid) We are weighing our options: - We can leverage my skill set w/ Visual FoxPro (VFP) as the front end, but that leaves us dependant on MS for VFP's future and at least one Windows server as the central host. (Believe it or not, being a VFP guy this is not my first choice). - We can rewrite the app using PHP and web browsers for access, but some of our forms are incredibly complex. I sent a couple screen shots to a friend who is something of a PHP expert and he said these two forms alone could take several months to script properly. Plus, I'm not a big fan of browsers for complex data entry - they will drive my users (and me) nuts with all the mouse clicks and page reloads. Plus a redesign to simplify things means some big training issues. - We can develop a new app using a RDBMS that is platform independant or, if necessary, Linux only if we have to (since our thin clients can boot to anything we want). But this means learning a) a new front end, and b) a new language or scripting language The boss sent me some info on some packages to research, which I list below: GnomeDB KexiDB Rekall Bond Dabo (I added this one) Are there others I should consider? The only one I'm at all familiar with is Dabo which I DL'd the beta quite some time ago but only played with it for a very short time. I am looking for a feature rich GUI for form creation, report building, the usual stuff we see in VFP and Access. Matthew S. Jarvis IT Manager Bike Friday - "Performance that Packs." www.bikefriday.com 541/687-0487 x140 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
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