Re: [OT] Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-21 Thread CWNoah2
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 April 2004 11:12 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OT] Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports Well, let's see... the new car automatically unlocks all the doors when I get in (my wife thinks the carjackers'll love that one), I have to stand on the brake pe

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-19 Thread astarte00
Which is precisely why I ALWAYS do a project with both ends of the sprectrum being in on the decision process (Management & IT). What good is a system that you bring in house only to have it a technical OR Business Solution misfit? BTW...although sometime the shoe fits...but why is management

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-19 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 4/19/2004 12:51:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > In truth I have found the fear to be more in the hearts of the IT > person who has tweaked the system over the past 15+ years and is insulted > that their masterpiece is being considered a dinosaur ready f

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-19 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 4/19/2004 12:31:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The reason why you need that special view (20L vs 12L) is because you are > constrained by your 132 column printer (or 240 cols). > > As a cube uses the screen as it's canvas, which has a scroll bar, you

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-19 Thread Results
Brian, As a graphical programmer, I couldn't agree with you more. As an MV programmer, I couldn't agree with you more. GUI has its place, especially with infrequent users. Green screen has its place, especially with heads-down users. -- Sincerely, Charles Barouch www.Ke

RE: [OT] Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-19 Thread Anthony Youngman
;s car had that fault when we bought it - another £30 repair bill coming up :-( Cheers, Wol -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 April 2004 11:12 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OT] Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crysta

RE: [OT] Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-19 Thread Les Hewkin
And it was YOU that bought it! m coffee... need more.. Les :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 April 2004 11:12 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OT] Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports Well, let'

[OT] Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-19 Thread CWNoah2
Well, let's see... the new car automatically unlocks all the doors when I get in (my wife thinks the carjackers'll love that one), I have to stand on the brake pedal to get it to start, the window decides for itself to go all the way down when I just want it down a crack, and the turning radius

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-19 Thread Brian Leach
When we advise clients on GUI, we always advise a divide and conquer approach. It is amazing just how small a percentage of a system actually needs to be GUItized, once you have partitioned out the business rules, report and (strange) user menus, admin facilities etc. Use a regular report desig

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Clif Oliver
Yeah. Then I'd be accused of shooting the baby with a wet silver bullet. Seriously folks, this is a good discussion, but it getting a bit off topic at times. I would suggest doing what Ross did a few posts ago. Rather than go into a long discussion about "is a star schema a cube or a representa

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Ross Ferris
oss Ferris Stamina Software Visage – an Evolution in Software Development >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, 19 April 2004 1:57 PM >To: U2 Users Discussion List >Subject: Re: GUI from Mv co

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Debster
ithout the programmer who insists that green screen is where a system should stay... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Gravagno Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 7:15 PM To: 'U2 Users Discussion List' Subject: RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Cry

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Ross Ferris
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Mark Johnson >Sent: Monday, 19 April 2004 2:07 PM >To: U2 Users Discussion List >Subject: Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports > >Thanks Dawn! You have enlightened me in qui

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Ross Ferris
EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, 19 April 2004 2:00 PM >To: U2 Users Discussion List >Subject: Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports > >In a message dated 4/18/2004 9:46:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> Neither you, nor the user, need to wo

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread LeRoi Keiller
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports In a message dated 4/18/2004 9:46:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > So YOU, as a developer, would construct a cube with the 6 "key" fields that the user is interested in. You also get to do

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Mark Johnson
#x27;" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 4:49 PM Subject: RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports Cube summary: In an MV implementation, a cube might be a file with a multipart key and each part of the key being a foreign key to another file. Additionally, instead of virtu

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 4/18/2004 9:46:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Neither you, nor the user, need to worry about "format" statements, as this > information will come directly from your dictionary (though there is an API that you > can use if your database does "naughty"

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 4/18/2004 9:46:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > So YOU, as a developer, would construct a cube with the 6 "key" fields that the user > is interested in. You also get to do things like define an "opening" view of the > information - AND also the query t

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 4/18/2004 6:08:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Sorry, I'm not going to publish the code here :-) suffice to say that > BECAUSE we have had the luxury of time to develop Viságe, we have overcome MANY > problems that face this type of technolog

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Ross Ferris
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, 19 April 2004 5:20 AM >To: U2 Users Discussion List >Subject: Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports > >In a message dated 4/18/2004 10:18:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >[EMAIL

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Ross Ferris
Software Development >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, 19 April 2004 5:22 AM >To: U2 Users Discussion List >Subject: Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports > >In a message dated 4/18/

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Ross Ferris
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Mark Johnson >Sent: Monday, 19 April 2004 5:49 AM >To: U2 Users Discussion List >Subject: Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports > >Not to be out of touch, but what is a Sales Cube. I saw Swordfish and I >hope >that

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Tony Gravagno
[hacked quotes from Ross] >Viságe is NOT a terminal emulator on steroids - it is a >complete application development framework, That is a fundamental point which most people miss. AccuTerm is not an application development environment along the lines of Viságe, and I will include Nucleus and Des

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Dawn M. Wolthuis
ge- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Johnson Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 2:49 PM To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports Not to be out of touch, but what is a Sales Cube. I saw Swordfish and I hope that itn't it. Thanks.

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Tony Gravagno
[I went on and on and then said] >>As an aside, pardon me for being so bold, but it's amazing that the >>providers of these GUI products aren't jumping to pay people >like me to >>help developers become viable candidates for their products. There's >>no guarantee that any given site will adopt

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Results
t;CB3" Barouch Mark Johnson wrote: Not to be out of touch, but what is a Sales Cube. I saw Swordfish and I hope that itn't it. Thanks. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U2 Users Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 18

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Mark Johnson
Not to be out of touch, but what is a Sales Cube. I saw Swordfish and I hope that itn't it. Thanks. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U2 Users Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 3:20 PM Subject: Re: GUI from

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 4/18/2004 11:23:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > That would certainly be the case, especially when you also take into account the > REDUCTION of DB licences required to support your user population ! (or for existing > sites the ability to increase the

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 4/18/2004 10:18:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > For example, aligning this back to the original post, rather than attempting to use > CR for reporting, I'd simply create a Viságe.BIT cube to give the users free-form > enquiry and data exploration faci

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Ross Ferris
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Tony Gravagno >Sent: Sunday, 18 April 2004 2:45 PM >To: 'U2 Users Discussion List' >Subject: RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports > >As an aside, pardon me for be

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Ross Ferris
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, 18 April 2004 10:18 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports > > Then some of the validation (two field

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Ross Ferris
Embedded responses to (hopefully) add contextual reference >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Bruce Nichol >Sent: Sunday, 18 April 2004 3:20 PM >To: U2 Users Discussion List >Subject: Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-18 Thread Ross Ferris
quot;smart" Terminal Emulator MANY moons ago, and we still use & promote AccuTerm with our R5 application suite. >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, 18 April 2004 3:58 PM >To: [EMAIL P

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-17 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 4/17/2004 10:21:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > AFIK, "Visage" offers users a GUI in a TOTAL WINDOWS LOOK AND > FEEL/BROWSER environment, without having to do a "total rewrite", but a > "rewrite" none the less, re-using some portions, perhaps, of exi

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-17 Thread Bruce Nichol
Goo'day, At 10:17 18/04/04, Will replied to: In a message dated 4/17/2004 4:16:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > A key factor that makes CUI non-portable > to GUI is the embedded Input and Print statements in the code. I respectfully disagree that this is key. Aren't we for

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-17 Thread Tony Gravagno
Will wrote: >> A key factor that makes CUI non-portable >> to GUI is the embedded Input and Print statements in the code. > >I respectfully disagree that this is key. >After all event oriented apps also have input statements >I think you mean the key factor is that the programs are not >event orie

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-17 Thread Mike Randall
R. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 8:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports In a message dated 4/17/2004 4:16:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL

Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-17 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 4/17/2004 4:16:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > A key factor that makes CUI non-portable > to GUI is the embedded Input and Print statements in the code. I respectfully disagree that this is key. After all event oriented apps also have input statements

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-17 Thread Tony Gravagno
Tough to find a good place for these comments. There are some interesting observations to make on the mentality of IT people, business management, etc.. First, on the concept of "if we're going to add a GUI we might as well get an entirely new app": The business rules and UI should be considered

RE: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports

2004-04-17 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 4/17/2004 9:10:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The tools are there to produce applications on par with anything on the > market. Web interfaces via tools like Redback. UOJ, .Net PDP, or the java > interfaces are all there to produce great solutions fo