IMO - I don't think this is a good road for you to take unless you've got lots of time and patience.
As someone that knows C pretty well I can say from experience that C is not a good choice as a step from a visual (gui style) RAD tool/language. Not only because of the language itself, but for the learning curve. C is still great for a lot of things, but has never been good for a front end to a database application IMO. If anything C++ would be a better choice, but being productive is still challenging despite MFC and other large libraries to help make developing "easier". .NET would probably make the most sense in your case, as it attempts to do what your asking for here. Not that I personally like .NET that much myself, but I believe one of it's main goals are similar to what you're looking for, and is probably easiest of the 3 languages mentioned to get apps created rapidly (although it's learning curve is pretty steep still). Of course, IMO all those pale to VFP for RAD tools, but VFP is "dead".. I can't speak for the non-MS route, ie, an equivalent to .NET (or VFP for that matter)....there are numerous options out there, but I haven't had any direct experience with them so others will surely speak about them. Good luck- Steve At 07:47 PM 3/15/2007, you wrote: >Okay, maybe it isn't necessary to jump ship just *yet*, but it's only a >matter of time... > >I know that I'll need to do a rewrite of our MS Access front end app at >some point so have been considering other apps/languages lately anyway... > >I haven't given dabo a fair shakedown yet.. RealBasic looks good but is >proprietary... > >Or maybe python... > >So I got to thinking that all modern based 'visual' languages are >actually written in something like C anyway, so why not go ahead and >learn C (or a derivitive of that) i.e. learn one of the base languages... > >The idea being that there must be libraries out there to do the heavy >lifting for interface work as long as one understands the underlying >language... > >Anyone gone down this route already? > >Matthew S. Jarvis >IT Manager >Bike Friday - "Performance that Packs." >www.bikefriday.com >541/687-0487 x140 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** 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.
