Tony Many thanks for the pitch!!
mvScan is a tool for building a database of the relations in a system, parsing through source code, object code, dictionaries, paragraphs, PROCS, menus etc. and above all designed to be flexible enough to allow customized 'add-in' parsers that can handle site-specific conventions: there is no use in looking for OPEN statements, for example, if the site always uses a standard file open subroutine in its place. I wrote it as a tool for me to use in consulting work, and when this was raised on the list last month I took a long hard look at the product and realized that whilst it produces reams of useful information it isn't quite as user-friendly as it should be.. So I'm putting together some ideas on how to improve the usability, including generating a more graphical view of the results. Currently it will export to HTML pages to create documentation that will hyperlink through the various levels, but I think that having a chart view would assist the product greatly. Right now I'm in the middle of releasing a new product - a cut-down version of my PDF tools called 'mvPDF Lite' for the more budget-conscious consumer <grin> - but as soon as that is out of the way I'll be giving my attention to mvScan. In the meantime, I've written a white paper on what the scanner produces for anyone who is interested. And yes, Tony, I'll be in touch! Regards Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony G > Sent: 27 May 2009 06:48 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [U2] UV BASIC Flowing Charting Tools > > Here is a link to Brian's product page: > http://BrianLeach.co.uk/mvscan.htm > > I do not want to step on toes and attempt to create a > solution which duplicates one already provided by our > esteemed colleague Brian Leach. If mvScan is not available, > or for some reason doesn't suit specific needs, I will offer > to try to put a graphical front-end on someone's existing > application parser. I don't have the time to write that sort > of detailed and fragile back-end code but as I said earlier, > the graphical part > (surprisingly?) shouldn't be that tough. (Famous last words...) > > I make no apologies about the fact that my business survives > when we get paid for writing software, so anything I come up > with will be sold at some price balanced by both investement > and demand. > (It's a helluva world when I actually feel a need to explain > something like that in a professional forum, but here we > are.) If you object in principle to paying for software then > you can either do this on your own or wait (a year? forever?) > for someone to do it for you for free, but please don't hold > it against me for attempting to offer supply for demand > without losing my house in the process. > > So I invite people to check out Brian's mvScan. I invite > Brian, Norman, and John to contact me about collaboration > toward a new product with split revenues (thereby addressing > the bottom line issue which Norman's CEO mentions). And I > invite anyone interested in a graphical flowchart (and > perhaps other visualizations of their MV data) to contact me > so that we have some idea of whether it will be worth it to > even do this. > > Thanks for your time. > Tony Gravagno > Nebula Research and Development > TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com > Nebula R&D sells mv.NET and other Pick/MultiValue products > worldwide, and provides related development services Visit > PickWiki.com! Contribute! > > > From: Norman Bauer > > I would also love to use it. Brian has a program that > essentially does > > this, however in the economic times we are in now my CEO > told me "if > > it does not directly translaye into improveing the bottom > line I can > > not authorize it". > > > > If I get time in the next year I may write something and > release it, > > but don't hold your breath. > > > Charlie Noah wrote: > > > I am sure I'm not the only one interested. Please do request > > > permission to release it. John Israel said he'd written > one, but it > > > must be internal to his company, too. I can't find any > reference to > > > it, or to Brian Leach's program on the internet. I would be > > > interested in seeing their software as well. Guys? > > > Knowing how snarled and convoluted some of our legacy > programs are, > > > this would be extremely difficult software to design and > build, and > > > I applaud those who have done so. > > > > Dan McGrath wrote: > > > I have a tool I wrote here that does this for your entire source > > > repo. > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
