PHP is your primary presentation language. Have you considered putting up a web service and putting all of the "Code Behind" there to do all the voodoo in some other langauge?
Options could be Python, java, C, any flavor .Net, etc. Notice how I kept VFP out of the mix. In a situation like this I would keep out of the xBase environment and only in a contemporary one that easily interacts with an array of different devices easily. Your existing codebase is all based around concepts of the Y2K timeline right? So much has changed in standard business since then. The Fax machine has been replaced by the cell phone. The email address has been overshadowed by the URL. This project allows you to take on contemporary skills easier when completed. Sure it is hard as hell to get going. There are hundreds of frameworks to aid the developer no matter what language they focus on. You have to consider that this app will be your first one that is designed for multi device from the get go. Workfows that were avoided long ago are now becoming a standard request to identify things are not slipping. That hits to a website are important to track for many reasons. On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) < [email protected]> wrote: > Hey -- -- > > A long-time client (25 years!) called me up last week. Looking to update an > application I first wrote in FoxBase+ Mac. It ran on Mac & DOS together, > then Windows. I haven't touched it since converting it to VFP -- a long > time ago -- maybe VPF 5 or 6 (Gosh I'm having a hard time remembering which > was the first really stable release). They love what I did for them. It has > run *so* long, trouble-free. I can't believe how long they have been using > it. > > They contacted me last week. Time for a rewrite. Naturally I'd like to do > it, and I certainly could use the business. > > Well, the company has grown up, now Oracle and MS-SQL are the standard data > stores. I haven't "done" MS-SQL since moving to open source stuff. I think > the last version I had was -- (oh, crap, I just looked it up) -- 2000. I've > already downloaded "2012 Express" and am looking to play a bit with it this > week. > > I suspect it will stay a desktop app, maybe with an extremely limited > public web component. This all just has to do with the nature of the > application and the demographics of the audience. I'll meet with them next > week. It doesn't sound like they will specify a front-end. I'm thinking > Python if it stays a desktop app. > > Your opinions, please: > > 1. If they insist on Oracle, am I dead in the water? I've never touched it. > Cavalierly, I think it is just a SQL data base, and the data objects > undoubtedly exist to do basic data manipulation. But I know there is a ton > of admin -- I assume their DB admins can take care of this (?) > > 2. Ditto MS-SQL, given that I haven't touched it in 12-13 years? > > 3. If Python, is Dabo worth messing with? I played with it for a couple of > weeks when "the boys" were hard at work developing it, but that also has > been a long time ago. Ed, Paul? I looked at the Dabo-users archive and > there is activity. > > Ken > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJidMYLiR_dob0artt=jfNeKAQJ=ud_aw8legzjdzkjxjbl...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
