Re: OT our shipping software is finally finished

2018-10-07 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Since we're talking about shipping software, I prefer to have our forklift operators having mobiles on their trucks instead of lappies, but we do have a bunch of desktop (and server, and mainframe) apps, it's just that most of them are written in tools other than LC. I will say that integrating ou

RE: OT our shipping software is finally finished

2018-10-04 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
Congrats! Nice to see LC out in the field. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018

Re: OT our shipping software is finally finished

2018-10-04 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 10/04/2018 04:45 AM, Andre Garzia via use-livecode wrote: I think that LiveCode is the best thing under the sun to build Desktop apps. I wish people were not so enthralled with mobile these days because Desktop stuff rocks. Amen to that. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com _

Re: OT our shipping software is finally finished

2018-10-04 Thread Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode
> Am 04.10.2018 um 13:45 schrieb Andre Garzia >: > > I think that LiveCode is the best thing under the sun to build Desktop apps. > I wish people were not so enthralled with mobile these days because Desktop > stuff rocks. Andre, i second that. The possibility

Re: OT our shipping software is finally finished

2018-10-04 Thread Andre Garzia via use-livecode
Matthias, Congratulations on shipping a shipping software! I think that LiveCode is the best thing under the sun to build Desktop apps. I wish people were not so enthralled with mobile these days because Desktop stuff rocks. Best andre On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:30 AM Matthias Rebbe via use-livec

Re: OT our shipping software is finally finished

2018-10-04 Thread Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode
The complete project started in February this year. I´ve started with our DHL module in February and finished that at the end of March. The DHL part was easier, as the app does not have to create the label. The app fetches the shipping data the same way as the Trans-o-Flex module does, but then

Re: OT our shipping software is finally finished

2018-10-03 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Congratulations! That's an impressive project and speaks well for both you and LiveCode. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On October 3, 2018 5:35:48 PM Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode wrote: Hi, with a little proud i a

Re: OT our shipping software is finally finished

2018-10-03 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Congratulations. Just wondering what the time frame was to start and complete this project? All the best and tons of sales. Cheers On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 8:07 PM Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 10/03/2018 03:33 PM, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode wro

Re: OT our shipping software is finally finished

2018-10-03 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 10/03/2018 03:33 PM, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode wrote: This is by far the most extensive app i´ve created with Livecode so far and i am really happy that it was finally approved by Trans-o-Flex. Congratulations. I know this has been a long rocky road. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmai

Re: OT our shipping software is finally finished

2018-10-03 Thread Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode
As this runs only on Windows and we are fetching the data from a MSSQL database we are using the odbc driver “SQL Server” which is included in Windows. Btw.: For connections from Mac to MSSQL server i have here Actualtech´s ODBC driver and also the Openlink SQL Server Lite driver. But i prefer

Re: OT our shipping software is finally finished

2018-10-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
And congratulations by the way. :-) Bob S > On Oct 3, 2018, at 16:01 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Ah. So do you use an ODBC connector? If so, which did you use? We have an ARP > I would like to at least create read connectors for into my Forms Generator, > but I would have to

Re: OT our shipping software is finally finished

2018-10-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Ah. So do you use an ODBC connector? If so, which did you use? We have an ARP I would like to at least create read connectors for into my Forms Generator, but I would have to have some kind of ODBC connector, unless direct connections are permitted now. Bob S > On Oct 3, 2018, at 15:57 , Mat

Re: OT our shipping software is finally finished

2018-10-03 Thread Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode
No, there is no api. We are fetching the data directly from the MSSQL database. But fortunately the developer of our ERP provided very detailed informations about the database and the structure of its tables. So at least i knew what table stored what information. I then “just” had to find out ho

Re: OT our shipping software is finally finished

2018-10-03 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I'd be curious how you did the back end integration with your ERP sysetm. Do they provide an API? Bob S > On Oct 3, 2018, at 15:33 , Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode > wrote: > > These are the main features: > By entering the invoice number the software fetches the corresponding > shipping