Eko,
Cool, I'll do the Perl thing in its own thread.
On your FoxPro/FoxPro conversion, I have
years of Fox/DOS experience, and some
Fox/Win and VFP.
The transition is easier to Fox/Win (not perfect,
just easier). The transition to VFP is more of
a rewrite -- if you want to take advantage of the
"visual" stuff.
Some other suggestions:
1) Look at xBase++ (www.alaskasoftware.com), which
is actually a native 32-bit replacement for Clipper;
depending on the features used in the program, this
may provide the lowest impact. It's a solid product,
is compatible with all the data files and indexes.
Runs on all Win32 environments. Offers gradual
GUI upgrade path.
2) Also look at FlagShip (www.fship.com), a Clipper
replacement for Unix/Linux. Same idea as above,
but offers some interesting Unix/Linux-specific
development options. Has a Fox compatibility
module.
3) Perl, using the DBI/DBM modules. Perl DBI offers
access to everything. All major SQL flavors, ODBC,
and direct access to the existing FoxPro files.
Perl offers real portability, and its other modules
(like CGI, mod_perl, etc.) offer direct access to
internet/intranet features. Full (and portable) GUI
packaging available with Perl/tk.
And it's FREE.
That'll be $0.02 please.
~~ Garry
----- Original Message -----
"Eko Priono" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:40:06 -0700, Garry wrote:
>
> > Would there be any interest in some observations
> > on Perl, and its relation to SurvPC, or will that
> > bore you guys to tears?
>
> Perl is C-like, so I guess some programmers here will
> be interested...
>
> Me, for example, I've been trying to upgrade my new
> employer's database system (currently FoxPro for DOS),
> to either FoxPro for Windows and VFP, but got a bunch
> of crashes already. Most likely some of the current
> PCs just doesn't have enough memory to run the more
> bloated newer FoxPros reliably.
>
> Currently I'm looking for alternatives, one of the
> possibilities is as follows:
>
> * An intranet client-server setup
> * The server is a web server (probably under Linux),
> connected to either MySQL or ProgreSQL through Perl
> scripts (the actual apps).
> * The various clients simply accessing the web server
> with whatever browsers/platforms suitable for them.
> Range from Opera/Win3x (slow 486s) to MSIE/Win98
> (P-IIIs).
>
> The security level, etc., should be about the same with
> pure thin client scheme (X-Windows apps), but the client
> could be anything (even a 286) -- as long as they have
> some sort of web browser.
>
> Well, guys, whaddayathink? ;-)
>
> --Eko
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