Some things to think about. On the plus side FoxDraw has the build and
configuration functions within the same program, it is easier to edit text,
some additional file formats can sometimes be incorporated into a FoxDraw
graphic, you can create some nifty looking graphics, and there might be few
new trend enhancements. However, there may be more negatives than
positives concerning FoxView/FoxDraw. These negatives include a reduced
graphic size, a lot higher memory requirements, runs slower on Sun
Stations, often painful use of nested links/objects in graphic library
objects, the increased difficulty or lack of ability to get FoxView to
start up in different Environments based on the dmcfg file, the current
inability of FoxDraw (51 Series) to retain an existing link to another
directory when the graphic file is modified (i.e. if a graphic file exists
in /usr/disp and is linked to /usr/menus/d1, the link will be lost if the
file is saved out of FoxDraw).
We too are still running the old Display Manager on most of our systems,
except for one that has a mixture of both Sun and NT stations.
Corey R Clingo
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Just curious: Is FoxView that bad, or is it just a pain to migrate? I'm
relatively new to I/A. and find the legacy Display Builder a cumbersome
tool to
build graphics in (although some of the guys in the plant who have done it
more
don't complain much). I'm trying to evaluate whether to make a push to go
to
FoxView or not (it would be a gradual change even if we did, as I've heard
it is
best to rebuild existing screens in FoxDraw rather than try to import
them).
I'm not sure what Foxboro's stance is of supporting products beyond their
"useful life" (i.e., after a newer replacement has come out), but the fact
that
DM documentation is not available on the CD looks like writing on the wall
to
me.
Corey Clingo
Sr. Engineer
BASF Corporation
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It will be a dead heat as to whether you or we are the last to migrate to
FoxView....
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