-----Original Message-----
From: Prakash Chatterjee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 25 June 2002 16:00
To: Ganesan M
Subject: RE: Is mod_perl the right solution for my GUI dev?
Actually, no you can't. At least not without masses of Javascript and god
knows what else. And of course you'll have no guarantee that it won't fall
over on the client's browser.
>> Please correct me if this is wrong.
>> What is the big difference between "web frontend" and a "normal GUI"?
>> Can't you do everything in the "web frontnend" that you do in "normal
GUI"?
>>
-----Original Message-----
From: Ganesan M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 25 June 2002 15:54
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Is mod_perl the right solution for my GUI dev?
>At 16:09 25.06.2002, Ganesan M wrote:
>> My suggestions are:
>>
>> 1. Get rid of screen driver codes from the existing C programs
>> 2. Use "Inline C" in the mod_perl programs and run it through apache
>>webserver as a web page.
>>
>>But, some of my colleagues are suggesting to write a Java/VC++
>>Interface for the GUI.
>
>The problem you're looking at is rather different: should you try and
>create a *web frontend* or should you create a normal GUI? Largely
>depending on the nature of your application, the answers will be different.
>
>I can't say much more without knowing more about what you're trying to do:
>but to me it seems like if you need GD to do the job, you should probably
>be looking at a standard GUI instead. This needn't be done in Java or VC++,
>you could use any programming language with a windowing library, like Perl
>with Tk (or Gtk or Qt bindings, but I don't know much about any of those)
>or anything else.
Please correct me if this is wrong.
What is the big difference between "web frontend" and a "normal GUI"?
Can't
you do everything in the "web frontnend" that you do in "normal GUI"?
Ganesan.
